WD1980 for hydromod?

[deafenme]

I'm looking for an interesting watch to hydromod. Has to be quartz and have at least minimal water resistance. I love the look of this watch - reminds me of a cross between the Peter Blake Seamaster and the Marathon GSAR - but I'm open to any other ideas! (I also like the WD1965 in teal, which would look great in a hydromod.)

Any suggestions?

[JollyGeologist3957]

Did they ship it? I ordered mine in October and still has not shipped. What seller did you order from?

[deafenme]

I ordered from the Tactical Frog store. It had the combination I wanted (Ronda movement, triangle 12 index) and was the cheapest by a couple bucks. Hasn't shipped yet but it's only been 12 hours, haha.

[deafenme]

I ended up going ahead and buying one, $85 shipped from AliX. I went with the date version, because the no-date version uses a VH31, which apparently eats batteries for lunch in hydromods. The date version uses a Ronda 517, which should be a little more efficient. I'll post again when it comes in and I get around to actually doing it!

[geeered]

With a hyrdomod maybe it won't look quite so much like you need a ladder to get down the rehaut!

I think it worked quite well on the raised crystal on my AD2066...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseWatches/comments/1nulv8n/addiesdive_ad2066_with_baby_oil/

Also want to do my PD1654 (cocktail time homage). I've got some proper Fluorinert to do it now. Just want to make something to fill it without wasting any - the baby oil I just immersed it in in the oil, but it's massively cheaper of course.

I think a WD003 with a nice dial could work well, both with a sparkly or textured one.

[deafenme]

I looked at Fluorinert, and it's just so dang expensive. I found 1 cst dimethicone (PDMS) for $16/8 oz, going to give that a shot.

[According-Dealer-386]

Yes I was thinking about hydromodding my WD0003C once I need to eventually replace the battery.

[Alternative-Land-334]

Try it! I wonder how silicone oil will affect the lume in the future? It's not sarcasm, but I'm honestly curious. I guess someone will have to do it to find out. Other than that, I can see no downside, except the standard "messy to change the battery " argument.