Gave my Reactor some shop time this morning.

Original
stock photo


Mine. I've been wanting to do this for awhile and like it better now. My wife got this red dial for me a couple years ago and didn't know I had the white dial from several years before.

Man, I have looked a few times...

...what did you do?

Ron, buddy, pal...you OK Bro? I have looked over and over and don't see anything different from El Stocko!!!

Mom always told me if I didn't quit abusing myself that I'd go blind....

The original bracelet starts at 22mm at the clasp and where it meets the lugs is 30mm, I milled the sides to be 22mm all around.
Gives a whole new feel to the watch and glad I did it.

Wow...now that you point it out, that's pretty friggin' cool....

So is that fact that you did such a great job, nobody noticed!

now I wish the lug bolts were flush and not sticking out

barnbuilder1 wrote:

The original bracelet starts at 22mm at the clasp and where it meets the lugs is 30mm, I milled the sides to be 22mm all around.
Gives a whole new feel to the watch and glad I did it.

Ah, now I see said the blind man! I guess your comment about a red dial threw me off. Can you point that out to me also??? I guess 25's Mom was right!!!!

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barnbuilder1 wrote:

The original bracelet starts at 22mm at the clasp and where it meets the lugs is 30mm, I milled the sides to be 22mm all around.
Gives a whole new feel to the watch and glad I did it.

Ah, now I see said the blind man! I guess your comment about a red dial threw me off. Can you point that out to me also??? I guess 25's Mom was right!!!! I will say the lug bolts stand out more since you altered the bracelet.

I see Ron ! Nice job there sir. At first I didn't see it either.
However, then I compared your pictures to the original ! I can
see where that would be alot more comfortable now. Great
work, great watch, and great pictures too !

See it NOW...cool!

Great job Ron, I didn't notice either until you pointed it out. That's a compliment from all of us when it looks stock. I happen to like the lug bolts raised, it adds to the overall toughness I think anyway.

I was as confused as everyone else, I thought I went color blind. I tried real hard to see a red dial and it scared the crap out of me that it was still black.
You did a great job on the bracelet Ron, I actually like the lug bolts sticking out like they do. Looks like a real tough watch.

I was looking for a different dial too Nice machine work Ron. I would have effed it up royaly.

Hey Ron...You been millin' around again??? Super Job . That had to take some time and patience to do! That's it. I am hiring you as my personal watchmaker fixer-upper guy!

Think there is a flash of red in the middle of the dial! The milling work is just amazing, if you can pull that off there is nothing you cant do with a watch!! Very talented man and we are lucky to have him!!

cali kid wrote:

Think there is a flash of red in the middle of the dial! The milling work is just amazing, if you can pull that off there is nothing you cant do with a watch!! Very talented man and we are lucky to have him!!

I agree, you need special skills and tools of which I have neither.

Thanks guys.
sorry, I wasn't trying to have a mystery here, I was just saying that I have two of these watches, one I bought and one I got from my wife as a gift.

Here is a better shot of the red dial and my other white dial with the bracelet at 30mm at the lugs.

barnbuilder1 wrote:

The original bracelet starts at 22mm at the clasp and where it meets the lugs is 30mm, I milled the sides to be 22mm all around.
Gives a whole new feel to the watch and glad I did it.

Cool Ron! Looks great!

Looks very cool.
You are very talented. I would never be able to do that, lol

Awesome job Ron.

Thanks guys, I love working on watches.

I did another project for someone tonight but you will have to wait until that person shows it.