The next step was to replace the hands - first the hour hand, then the minute hand, and lastly the second hand. The dial was perfect! Printed beautifully, exactly as ordered.Īpplying the dial was easy–just a matter of aligning the dial feet with the holes in the movement near 3 and 9, and apply gently even pressure to put the dial into place against the movement.Įverything to this point was fairly straight forward, although I should mention that I referred to several very helpful YouTube videos by minitwatch and Lume Shot. I put a glass ramekin over the movement to keep dust out while I wasn’t working directly on it. I hadn’t actually opened the Dagaz dial until this point - here it is inside a nice plastic case with Dagaz-logo tape on it. I used a screwdriver to gently pry up around the dial and worked it up until it came off, exposing the day/date wheel. There are two dial feet near the the 3 and the 9 that hold the dial against the movement. I put a piece of plastic over the entire dial, and used to the puller through the plastic. The hands puller made removing the hands a snap.
I used a screwdriver to gently pry up a bit and the movement popped out. With the crown out, removing the movement was pretty easy. To remove the crown, use a screwdriver or similar tool to press down on the little indentation on the lever just to the right of the crown, and gently pull the crown out. I used the case opener to unscrew the display back. When it finally arrived it was time to get started.įirst, I removed the strap and put the watch in to the case holder. Lastly, I bought the 7S26 military-style dial from Dagaz. I bought the dial press and the pump duster separately, as well as a hands puller and hands press (not shown). I bought a watch repair kit that included case opener, a bunch of small screwdrivers, tweezers, pry tools, etc. Since the the key thing I was going to change was the dial, I purchased the cheapest color option, which was the green dial.
#Seiko snk mod mod
Starting as low as $55, the SNK presents the cheapest way to get a decent mechanical with a fair number of mod options - so that’s where I decided to start. for modding, but at around $200 it’s pricey to get started on. The Seiko SKX is the watch with the most options in terms of available crystals, hands, bezels, etc. So I decided to do a watch mod project aimed at producing a milspec watch. Hamilton and others continue to make mechanical watches that follow this spec, but I don’t have the budget at the moment to buy one of those. The following image is from a military specification for a field watch from the early 60s: Great American companies like Hamilton, Elgin, Waltham, and Benrus made mechanical watches at scale for decades to be supplied to GIs. From WWII on, the US government wrote specifications for wrist watches to be worn by pilots and soldiers.
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