SKX Pilot (a thirty minute mod)
Take one Seiko SKX007J (or K*), one machined bezel, one Seiko 7S26 fit MkII Plongeur dial (day/date variant) Image credit: …
Category Archives: Modified watches
A poor man’s big pilot
And now for something completely different. It’s quite rare that any new watch causes me to break step passing a …
An homage to a watch that never was
A few years ago, I came across a picture of a rather lovely, but unlikely Omega dress watch, combining a …
A classic cushion
Arguably the most ubiquitous, yet still desirable Seiko divers watch of the past 35 years is the 6309-7040, the successor …
Ugly duckling conversions
On occasion, complete junk can provide the source of a diverting little project or two. Early on in my dabbling …
The slippery slope
It is easy to identify where all this started. A rash Ebay purchase landed a Seiko 6105-8110 diver’s watch from …
Adventures in Amateur Watch Fettling 