Two Watches...One Man...One Hour...One Tasty Sammich

I purchased a few Seiko 6309 watches recently with the intention of modifying them. So…I brought them to work and did these at lunch (between bites of my delicious sammich).

Started with a couple vintage divers and some parts:



Changed out some hands, dials and bezels…and this is the result: A "Soxa" silver sunray with acrylic bezel insert and A "Military" diver with black 24 hour dial. Here are some after photos…








Sorry, no photos of the tasty sammich...but it am be good!

At the end of the day, I think that they came out pretty good. Athough, I will probably end up selling these as they were more of a fun activity for me and a way to sharpen my modifying skills.

Pretty good Mark? ..I think they came out FANTASTIC ! Both of
them bridge the sporty, and the classy, and both of them couldn't have turned out
any better. Putting the two together during lunch like this here, makes it even MORE
incredible also imho. You are outdoing yourself every time you try a new project
Mark. Just incredible stuff ! Congrats on these two, as well as continuing to sharpen
your skills like this ! ..Always is fun seeing how all of this unfolds. The way you plan
things out, get all of the parts you want, then how you meticulously set everything
up so professionally is just great. I like how in the first picture we get a preview of
different pieces of the puzzle like a glimpse of the dials, hands, and cases. It really
gives you a sense of anticipation, as well as how fun it must be. Then with the way
the finished products turn out, you just become speechless. The "Soxa" with it's
stunning balance between the black bezel, markings, and hands, as well as the
beautiful sunray dial, and rest of the finish on the watch is PHENOMENAL ! That
dial even seems close to transforming into white at certain angles as well. It is
outstanding !!! The whole watch feels like it could have come straight from the
factory. Same goes for the "Military" Diver, with it's almost Marathon kind of
style to it. That case, that dial, those red hands, bezel, STRAP, have such a cool
feel. It can't be beat either sir ! What A duo !!! Congratulations once again. and
I hope you enjoy them both !

Phenomenal watches, skills, and of course sammiches !

Nice work Mark! And, what fun! What kind of sanmmich did you have?

both cool looking dials!
Where did you get the soxa dial? I have a 6309 but haven't decided on a dial

barnbuilder wrote:

both cool looking dials!
Where did you get the soxa dial? I have a 6309 but haven't decided on a dial

The dial is from Jake, but not a 6309 dial so I had to remove the feet...no biggie though. The hands are from Harold/Yobokies.