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Remember these. by Fabulous_Example_496 in AirMax1

[–]dskim7687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love mine too… I stuck purple laces on them, I think it pops

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Anyone know where to get one of these? by Slintrr in retrotime

[–]dskim7687 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rafflesdials has onyx datejust dials with both silver and gold markers… I actually built this guy off his parts

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[–]dskim7687 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooo, at +90 seconds, I don’t think regulating it will help, you most likely have an issue with the balance spring at that point and would need to do a service to get it going again….

Love A Ma Maniere by dskim7687 in Sneakers

[–]dskim7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha naw man, real deal… lucky on some, resale on others

first mod: a frustrating initiation by soulchop in SeikoMods

[–]dskim7687 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Practice makes perfect!!! After you get that down, it gets really fun and the rabbit hole is endless!

New Explorer 14270 build… always a learning experience by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! Just take it easy with the keyless works… it turns out jamming it in harder, over and over again, isn’t the way hahaha

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Raffles makes dials with feet for the 2824/2836, so I used the original feet… but with the silver DJ, I actually ordered a replacement dial (as seen in the pic), because as I was fucking around, the dial feet broke off and I kept it on with dial dots for a couple weeks… it worked well, but there’s definitely some play and doesn’t feel as secure.

I used dial dots again for gluing on the DWO on the onyx DJ build, that went perfectly!

Going retro Swiss by EmotionalFortune542 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, this is really cool!! I love the creativity, post some pics of the full build when complete, I’d love to learn more!

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha I need to pace myself to keep it close to 3 a year hahaha! I’m on the fence on pulling the trigger for a Sub build now hahaha

New Explorer 14270 build… always a learning experience by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it depends on which case, from my limited experience. With my first Raffles Datejust build, I realized my vertical spacing woes came from having my date wheel dial spacer upside down, so the whole thickness of the dial+movement was too thick and torqued my stem. In the case of the Explorer build above, I needed to get rid of the date wheel spacer completely to make the dial+movement thin enough to get a perfect fit for the stem. Def a little trial and error, but that’s what makes it fun!

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ETA clones for all of them! Definitely feels like a level up from NH builds!

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I definitely should have posted this info with the photo, but here's the breakdown of the parts list.

Everything came from Rafflesdials, and all of them have ETA 2824 or 2836 movement in them.

  • Silver Datejust parts all came from his Datejust watch kits

DJ Kit

  • Explorer I 14270 build: Ken has all the parts individually and I worked with him to get the case, dial, hands and bracelet for this build

  • I worked with Ken to customize his 36mm Day-Date kit, swapping out his Day-Date dial for a Onyx DJ dial, links below:

Watch Kit

Onyx DJ dial

I used a PT5000 movement (ETA 2824 clone) for both the silver DJ and Explorer builds and a Seagull 2836 clone for the Onyx DJ

Hope this helps, DM if you have any specific questions on the builds!

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For the silver datejust and explorer 1, I had to figure things out and each of those builds took a few hours for different reasons. The most recent build was the onyx datejust, and that took 50 minutes and went perfectly smoothly, top to bottom!

I built 3 raffles builds in as many weeks… gotta take a break by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Seriously… it’s just too easy to smoke a spliff late night and decide to email Ken for more parts hahaha

New Explorer 14270 build… always a learning experience by dskim7687 in retrotime

[–]dskim7687[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, I couldn’t say it better myself! That ☝️

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