peterhorstmann Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Dear Forum, I love watches and tinkering and thought it would be a fun project to put a watch together by myself. Since this is completely new to me I am hoping to get some help somewhere in the depths of this forum! So my plan is to make a 36mm explorer-style watch with this case from ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNBRANDED...53.m1438.l2649 And get a seagull 2836 movement for it. I would like to find some nice old watch dial from ebay (something cheap and with lot's of patina and character!) I'm sure I'll have a few questions as I go along and am happy to document the build here with plenty of pictures, but for now I would like to know if someone has handled the case I linked above. Is this the same case that is sold on raffles-dials? The pictures look the same and the text and price are identical. What I wonder is if this case can be made 100m (ish) water resistant? This is my main question right now. It looks like it has a screw down crown, which is great. The seller just said it would be waterproof enough for the bathtub and doing dishes, but I suspect he does not want to guarantee anything which I understand. I would love to make a watch that I can wear everywhere, at the beach, while sailing or skiing or camping or whatever and I think this is what the explorer should be used for! I know there must be info on these cases here somewhere and I am happy to repost the question there but perhaps someone can direct me towards that area of the forum? Thanks! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Unless there are serious manufacturing defects, waterproofing is largely a matter of decent gaskets and o rings, properly fitted and greased. Once you have that and obviously a properly seated crystal, you should be good. A lot of watch shops will pressure test a watch for a small fee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhorstmann Posted April 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Thanks for the fast reply, that sounds good! Does anybody have experience with that particular case and perhaps some close up pictures? The pics on ebay are not very detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 I have one. It’s a nice case, but not a very accurate copy of an Explorer 1. I used mine for a project not dissimilar to yours and it doesn’t matter about being accurate for that Unfortunately Covid19 means I won’t be able to access it any time soon to take photo’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterhorstmann Posted April 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Cool thanks. Will be interested to see fotos of your watch post-plague! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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