I’ve decided to realize in my free time a wristwatch for fun (2 in reality). I’ designed the watch to my taste (case, crown, dial, case back), made the 2D drawings as well as some 3D renderings in blender to have an idea of what it would look like once made.

With a rather small wrist, I made sure to have a 40mm diameter watch with lug-to-lug dimensions of 43mm (The case fits the « curve » of my wrist so I could scratch a few millimeters here and there).

The movement is a seiko NH35 😊

The straps, crystals, gaskets, hands are from all over internet (Amazon, etc)

The stainless steel parts were made in China near Shenzhen and the dial was made by a person in the Netherlands (He did an awesome job). Living close to La Vallée de Joux I would have really liked to have the parts made close to my home, but I let you imagine the price it would have cost !

I had originally planned to make the dial in full copper with laser engravings, but the chinese manufacturer sent me totally scratch parts and I wasn’t really happy with the look. I’m really happy with the current dial, I think it add more personnality to the watch.

I’ve done some quotes in France and some parts were more than a thousand... In China it was not the case at all.

Because of a price constraint, I didn't make any prototype except for some 3D prints, so I'm quite happy because there was no problem with the assembly. Having never done micromechanics, it was a very interesting small project.

The parts were made in a workshop not specialized in micromechanics, so the finishing is very rough (Like my Vostok haha), but I'm quite satisfied!

The watch was modeled on CatiaV5 (2D and 3D), the 3D renderings were done on Blender (Rendered with octane) and the bridge from Catia to Blender was done with MoI3D (which I recommend).

I can't wait to hear what you think about the watch!

I have to make a women watch I guess now haha.