fram Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 (edited) Hi guys, After seeing the posts made by Ubi about using hour markers to replace pearls, I thought I would give it a go on the Porikaa. I am no watchsmith, so if I can do it, then nearly anyone can!! First I removed the bezel (using information found on this site!!). Then take off the bezel insert, done by CAREFULLY runnning a small blade under it (easy to do when the bezel is off the watch) its held on by double sided tape Blue Peter fans!! Then poke the pearl from the back of the insert with a tooth pick, and it pops off. Clean everything with white spirit to get the stickyness off. Then I simply replaced the pearl with an hour marker from a crappy 300m Prof rep and used epoxy to glue it in. Then re-assemble. This is thre first time I have attempted anything like this and it took about an hour start to finish. It doesn't look bang on original, I know, but I think its an improvement on how it is as standard. Please let me know what you think!! Cheers Fram P.S. I am no David Bailey, as is obviously apparent!! Edited July 25, 2009 by fram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makubex05 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Nice....great job fram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Good job! You get a lot of satisfaction from doing the mods yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Looks quite good IMO. Great job and welcome to the 'modders' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Looks great! I'm glad that this solution is working for others as it provides a nice, low cost method for improving the pearl If anyone is interested, I have some old WM9 markers for folks who want to try this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fram Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Thanks a lot for the info , it really is one of those simple but brilliant ideas that could work on any number of watches.. Cheers Fram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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