{"id":397,"date":"2009-11-16T22:58:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T05:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2009-11-16T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T06:04:24","slug":"watch-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/16\/watch-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch building"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damn this year has gone by fast. My current watch is one I modded\/customized 4 years ago as a beater watch for the hospital. However, I’ve ended up wearing it everyday it was so versatile. The one thing I’ve been worried about, though, is its water resistance so I don’t take it into the ocean or dunk it under too much watch other than when washing my hands. So I’m thinking about building a new beater watch.<\/p>\n

For the case, I am thinking between 40-42mm. I want something with a bezel so I can use it as a timer sometimes. I think I want a coin edge with a black insert to go along with being a more functional tool watch. Since I want better water resistance, it has to have a screw down crown. Ideally, it will also have a display back so I can also find a movement with some nice finish.<\/p>\n

\"Movement\"<\/div>\n

The dial is a tough one because it has to fit the case. So far, I’ve found a few options, but I think a black dial will work best and can still be dressed up with a nice leather strap. My current dial is a little busy, so I think I’ll go the opposite and go really simple. I’ll get another black date ring too to keep things clean and stealthy.<\/p>\n

I’ve been into pilot style hands that are white with black centers to continue the clean, stealth look. I found a cool set that looks like some of the Sinn or Damasko pilot hands. As far as second hands go, there is a trend to break up the monotony of a black and white watch with a colored second hand. Most go orange, but Damasko has a really nice ultraviolet yellow second hand that I’ve been liking.<\/p>\n

This is what I’ve come up with so far:<\/p>\n

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Damn this year has gone by fast. My current watch is one I modded\/customized 4 years ago as a beater watch for the hospital. However, I’ve ended up wearing it everyday it was so versatile. The one thing I’ve been worried about, though, is its water resistance so I don’t take it into the ocean […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whatever"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksarse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}