Show us your Mods!

[Agrispeed]

so, I'm seriously tempted to mod my SKX, with PO hands (love the red tip) and other such like, and hey, we all love something a bit different, so any mods no matter what, I'd love to see 'em. Any watch from a modded Tao, to a DLC'ed daytona!

[CardShark]

Seiko SKXA053 "Black Bullet"

Started off looking like this



...and ended up like this -





- bead blasted case, bezel, crown and case back
- sterilised case back (removal of all markings except for the Tsunami)
- black with white minute markers chapter ring
- luminova c1 sword hands
- AR sapphire crystal
- Time Factors Retro polyurethane strap


Seiko SKX009

Started off like this...



and now looks like this -





- Black cerakote case, bezel, crown and case back
- knurled crown
- orange aluminium chapter ring/spacer
- 5.3mm thick AR "superdome" sapphire crystal with matching sloped bezel insert
- orange plongeur handset with cerakote second hand
- 10watches/Dagaz dial
- various straps including a black with orange stitch sailcloth and a Hirsch Extreme

And the two together -



I bought the 053 as it is, already modded. It was this watch that inspired me to make up my own, which turned out to be the 009

Edited by CardShark on Thursday 9th February 00:52

[tcant]

Modded Seiko SNZ51K1 with dagaz dial

[Agrispeed]

wow, really like those, fellas. i love how versatile the seikos are, and always manage to look nice

I was thinking of getting a hand set like your 1st, with a orange tip on the second hand... with a different bezel...and well mayyyybbbeeee a black day/date dial... annnnndddd a new face...

I swear this is not gonna end well...

[Spice_Weasel]

Hey Cardshark

Do you know which Time Factors Retro polyurethane strap that is? The standard or the flat end? I am tempted to order one for my SKX007

Thanks
S_W

[CardShark]

Spice_Weasel said:

Hey Cardshark

Do you know which Time Factors Retro polyurethane strap that is? The standard or the flat end? I am tempted to order one for my SKX007

Thanks
S_W

SKX007 has a 22mm lug width so flat is your only option and will work fine, if you look between the lugs there's a small flat spot at each end of the round case that allows for a flat ended strap to fit

[stevethegreek]

cardshark, i've heard about your seiko mods through a mutual friend but this is the first time i've seen them...look fantastic!

i have one of these that i'd quite like to do something different with

[Spice_Weasel]

CardShark said:

SKX007 has a 22mm lug width so flat is your only option and will work fine, if you look between the lugs there's a small flat spot at each end of the round case that allows for a flat ended strap to fit

Thanks

[CardShark]

stevethegreek said:

cardshark, i've heard about your seiko mods through a mutual friend but this is the first time i've seen them...look fantastic!

i have one of these that i'd quite like to do something different with

That wouldn't happen to be a toothy grinned, follically challenged, Audi driving Mr D Smith Esq, would it?

Yokobies would be your best bet for that model, I'd guess. He has a huge range of mod parts and has a great rep as well

[stevethegreek]

CardShark said:

That wouldn't happen to be a toothy grinned, follically challenged, Audi driving Mr D Smith Esq, would it?

Yokobies would be your best bet for that model, I'd guess. He has a huge range of mod parts and has a great rep as well

Yes, that would be the very same...good description!

Thanks, will take a look at yobokies

[andy tims]

I wouldn't mod a Black Bullet. It looks good, but the owner could have used a 007 or 009 as the basis.

The only mod I'd had done is getting this blasted



but I've bought a few

[CardShark]

Liking the colours on those Andy, suit the watches very well.

I wonder what they'd look like with a set of coffin or Doxa style hands on them

[Agrispeed]

Dragging this thread from the depths...

Right gentlemen, I think I have made my decision.

Depending on how tricky/painfully expensive various parts/fitting is

now the full mod would be:

• SKX171 /Scubadiver face (Yobokies sold one, but cant see it anymore (it looks a lot like a standard face, but with raised 'pip's) - possibly PO style face if i cant get these
• black day/date
• PO hands
• black chapter ring (or SS if i go for PO face)
• black, or orange bezel
• Anvil or Super oyster bracelet.

so, whatcha think? and does anyone know any other modders apart from DAGAZ and Yobokies?
I'm going to go to the local friendly Indy on Wednesday to see if i can get a price for fitting the bits

cheers

[CardShark]

Sounds good to me but a pic or two would help

Motor City Watchworks in the U.S. (where I had my 009 cerakoted) have a small selection of mod parts, might be worth a look there, though the two you've mentioned have the greatest range. My local Indy would have made my watch up for me though MCWW offered a full build as part of the cerakote work.

[Apache]

bought off PMWF, would like to put a different bezel on but it's a nogo apparently