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Just arrived today, and what a looker! But what the heck IS it? It’s not a Doxa, it’s a little too big. The shape is right, the details are there... But what’s with the crown at 4:00? Great wrist presence, at 44mm it’s beefy but not top heavy. Ahhhhhh now I see. It’s a Seiko SRP Prospex, designed after the iconic 63xx “Tuna” watches from the 70s but dolled up in Doxa livery with a gorgeous domed sapphire crystal. Available from our friend Harold at Yobokies.

Old school MBW/MBK 5711 Jumbo solid back. I think it’s circa 2010 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now I'm on jazz vibes.Listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. During the COVID-19 that's the only thing that makes me feel more relaxed ;)

That is phenomenal!! Absolutely genius idea and work.

Love the versatility of the Seiko's. Great movements, endless modding support and variety. And they won't cost you an arm and leg. Speaking of cost, when the 4R36 needs a service, save yourself a few quid and just replace the movement with a Hattori NH36, swap the rotor and save over half the price of the Seiko 4R36 movement and a fair few quid over the price of a service...Unless you're servicing it yourself😉

Update: I have almost all the part together that I need. The last missing piece is the gen dial, which I ordered last week. So far everything went wrong that could go wrong but I'm back on track. First off, as mentioned above, the crown turned out to be a 24-600-0, not a 24-603-0. Furthermore it is not genuine, so that's a couple of bucks down the drain. Then raffles dials send me an unbranded crown. Some other things had defects too, so he send me a second parcel with the correct branded crown. I found a 24-603-0 for 165 € online, but as the rafflesdials worked very smooth a didn't look too bad I decided to not make the build more expensive than it already is and stick with the raffles crown. Maybe I'll upgrade in the future. The watchmaker who serviced the movement seems to have overoiled the ratchet wheels of the ETA 2836-2. Or they were defective from the start, but then he should have replaced them. Either way, the rotor spins a bit when winding the movement in a completely flat position. The watchmaker insists that this is a common ETA problem (which is not entirely false, but you can fix it) and that everything is fine. As this is not a significant problem I will be using the movement as is and have it serviced by a dude I was recommended after a year or so. Next it turned out that the bracelets I bought did not fit the case for whatever reason and the spring bars didn't catch the holes in the lugs. I removed the rings on the inside of the endlinks, which allowed me to attach the spring bars, but now the end links had nothing holding them in place and they were rattling around loosely. Therefore I resoldered the little rings and used curved spring bars, which is a bit of a hassle but solved the problem. This is how I want the final product to look like btw: 1998 no holes smooth bezel 36 mm Rolex Datejust 16200 silver dial Fingers crossed that everything will go according to plan from now on. Next steps include glueing the datewheel to the movement, glueing the dial to the feet, fitting the hands, casing the whole thing and getting it waterproof. Here are some pictures of the stuff I had delivered so far and the endlink rings I was talking about: https://imgur.com/a/0vr5E0O