Has anyone made their own watch?

[hairykrishna]

I've been doing a bit of dabbling with Solidworks at work recently and working with a machine shop who can produce essentially anything I give them in the material of my choice. It struck me that it'd be a fun project to produce my own watch case to fit an existing mechanical movement. Size the face so I can drop in a 'spare' sapphire glass from some existing model. Design my own face. Knowing nothing about watch making I'm sure this is much more difficult than I imagine!

I was wondering if anyone on here had done anything similar? Not sure my musing will ever get past the idle speculation stage but it'd be interesting to hear other peoples experiences anyway.

[bry1975]

Check this firm they can make watch dials to a high standard-

http://www.bedforddials.co.uk/clocks_watches


If you want to use generic watch parts like diver crowns, movement case clamps, hands, o rings check cousins site-

http://www.cousinsuk.com