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Documented custom builds with photos and a permanent detail page. Email to inquire about a piece or a new custom build.
Gallery A heavily riveted case with a copper-banded bezel, sword hands, and a hand-made copper dial with a cross and applied shield (Eph 6:11).
Gallery A clean monochrome Steeldive 500m diver with a dial hand-cut from an aluminum cream soda can, lumed bezel numbers, and an NH35 automatic.
Gallery Pontvs Marino bronze 47mm (52 to the crown) with a polished case and lumed tiny bezel numbers.
Gallery Viking Essence with a hand-cut 39mm abalone dial and hand-cut hour markers.
Gallery Steeldive bronze tuna with a hand-laid abalone dial and hand-set indices.
Gallery Cushion-style engraved stainless 47mm with an engraved ETA 6498 and darkened engraving.
Gallery Custom rebuild of a Vintage DS titanium.
Gallery Timascus 10mile case build.
Gallery Solid bronze tuna build with patina, a flame-treated copper dial, and brass hands.
Gallery 50mm black stainless (55 to the crown) with a scuffed, aged, and patina 41mm dial and red engraving.
Gallery Marina Militare Viking Essence bronze, received in trade from Tim Ekelund and rebuilt as a custom piece.
Gallery Brushed stainless pan case with an ETA 6497 and a handmade copper dial.
Gallery Watch of the day — a handmade pressed copper dial formed using a Todd Dunkle dial as a die.
Gallery Bronze 47mm pilot with the dial color sanded off and a red sunburst sanded in.
Gallery Armida bronze 45mm with a domed sapphire and a rotating bezel finished in a black lume mix.
Gallery On the wrist today. Made this black beauty. Maranez style black case, custom mixed and filled with black lume.
Gallery Another 47mm pan-style case, this time in black, with a dial recreated from scratch.
Gallery 47mm rose-gold pan case with an ST2555 automatic and a hand-sanded sunburst dial.
Gallery Batiscafo Zero45 that I lumed the case markings on and built out with a hand cut and fit abalone dial.
Gallery Hand made, hand hammered a copper dial. Textured.
Gallery Bronze Boldr Odyssey.
Gallery Another fun build for the weekend. Formerly an Aragon. Built as a lefty because why not.
Gallery Newest build. Stainless case with a black ceramic bezel lumed in green. Custom titanium dial from Todd Dunkle.
Gallery Black Marina Militare watch with a custom submarine-inspired dial.
Gallery Completed a customer requested build. Bronze pan style case with a masterfully done custom dial from Todd Dunkle.
Gallery Boldr Odyssey bronze with a custom prototype sapphire dial from Red5 Watch Works.
Gallery Batiscafo Zero47 bronze that I super polished and lumed, with a custom brass dial from Josh Barclay, hand colored and lumed.
Gallery Bronze Maranez Bangla that started life with a gears of war hand painted dial. Added one of the custom dials I received from Todd Dunkle.
Gallery Batiscafo Quadro bronze that I super polished and lumed, with a custom black and brass logo dial, hand lumed and colored.
Gallery Got a sweet Maranez bronze case from Len Ostro. The sunburst pattern in it was barely visible.
Gallery Last build of the day is this monster 52mm with sandblasted finish. Inside is a custom guilloche dial from Eterno Made.
Gallery Made something fun this day after Christmas. I had a 31mm Great Wave dial made by Nathan Kollee.
Gallery Blue-on-blue diver with a Võ Duy Hiệp dial and a hand-lumed ceramic bezel. Stainless case with helium release.
Gallery Weekend bench time with a matte grey deep-cut dial from Võ Duy Hiệp — the first of the new dials put to use.
Gallery Trade-in from Tim Ekelund — his FN for my bronze Lion and the Lamb. I love the look on this case.
Gallery eBay-found 49mm bronze that was a bit too shiny — so the dial got paint work for character.
Gallery Oversized 48mm tuna in rose gold and black, with a matching steel bracelet or leather.
Gallery Raffle-prize Invicta Pro Diver with a cut mother-of-pearl inlay dial.
Gallery “Tomorrow Land,” as my daughter calls it — 53mm rough-and-polished stainless with a gold bezel.
Gallery Super rad bronze from Victor Trent — a big case with cool edge details and a multi-layered brass dial.
Gallery Customer commission with a custom earth-satellite dial from Nathan Kollee. Triple black case.
Gallery Quartz Invicta converted to an NH39 automatic for Victor Trent.
Gallery Birthday Steeldive for my nephew — an avid baseball player and fan.
Gallery Abalone dial build from a Mon Dragon Angel Falls edition taken in trade.
Gallery Black version of a stunning stainless and blue watch I had gotten from Sibito Morley about a year ago.
Gallery Custom build for a family member who flies helicopters and wanted a way to track Zulu time.
Gallery 47mm pan-style case with a Todd Dunkle bezel and dial that I colored, aged, and lumed. NH39 automatic.
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