BooneShine

My daily work watch... After a long day at work. Snk809 w/ dagaz dial. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

I like the idea of having a dedicated dead movement to us as a foot gluing platform. Do you have a specific brand/type of two part epoxy that you prefer to use? Also, what do you use to apply the epoxy? I'm thinking of grabbing a dedicated oiler as suggested above, but was wondering what some other good options are. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

Bought the Kello app last night on your recommendation and it worked like a charm... Been looking for something simple and cheap to at least get a general idea on whether my watches we running fast/slow. Also, I noticed that the results were different depending on if the watch was facing up or facing down. I'd read about this phenomenon before, but it was awesome to see it happen in real time! Wow, I knew superglue was too good to be true... Looks like I'm just gonna have to get better at managing those messy cements and epoxies. I didn't even think about lack of set time let alone the fume problem. It would suck to spend all that time prepping your dial and end up with it permanently off center, with your fingers glued to it. Then when you finally free yourself from the unsightly beast, the fumes raise your prints to remind you of your mistake. Damn you superglue! Our relationship could have been so promising! Ha. Thanks for the insight! Glad I didn't have to go through it myself... I may have just thrown in the towel out of frustration. Though I'm learning that this hobby/obsession is all about being okay with making mistakes, learning and growing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

Damn... Nice looking tank! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Damn... Nice looking tank! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

Thanks! It's funny how before I started the project I was like "man this is gonna be the ultimate watch... After this I'll never make another one..." Literally the next day I'm obsessively looking at pictures of 34mm Tudor Rangers. Ha! Please do post about your experience with the Loctite super glue on dial feet project. I was afraid to try it myself because I read somewhere that the fumes from super glue can sometimes mess with stuff. How exactly? I have no idea. So I'm super curious to know your findings... If it works out, sounds a lot less messy than two part epoxy and stronger than hypo cement. I also am not looking forward to opening this watch up to service it in the future. Hopefully I will have gotten better at the "micro gluing" by then and will be able to properly attach feet. Good call on the oiler... I'll have to try that out as well. Good luck with your project! Let us know which method you end up using and how it works out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk.

I just read that post. Pretty rad! Think I may try that on my next build. Anyone try putting new dial feet into the movement foot holes and then gluing the dial to the feet? Might work if you're really careful and then you don't have to worry about transcribing foot placement. I just finished my first 1016 project last night. First I tried dial dots, but because the clamps didn't hold the everything together tight enough, the movement would wiggle around behind the dial every time I pulled the crown out. So I took it apart. On the second go, I used g-s hypo cement to affix the dial spacer to the movement, then again to affix the dial to the spacer. I got new clamps that held everything together better and it all worked out great! I like the hypo cement because it holds quite strong, but is easy to remove with a blade if you need to. Here's a pic of my new time keeper: Yuki dial Yuki hands JMB v2 case set Yuki bracelet Asian ETA 2824-2 Word. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tiger Concept with a Raffles dial Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk