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The Moonswatch metal mod aka Project Alaskswatch
- Thread starter Eddio
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Yikes!!Look at this one they sent me. I don't know if the color is showing up correctly but it looks like it was made out of foreskins. It's creepy..
-Ali case
-Ali mission to Uranus dial/watch
- Ali mission to Jupiter subdial and sweep hands
- Barton watch Elite silicon band in Pumpkin
-Ali mission to Uranus dial/watch
- Ali mission to Jupiter subdial and sweep hands
- Barton watch Elite silicon band in Pumpkin
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Wow nice man! Good job on swapping the hands over. They are tiny and figetily little sons of ......
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Someone on this forum has a gorgeous neptune build w/blue bezel he should share... @HubertL
Don't get me wrong on this one. But did they put the wrong dial in the "Mission to the Moon" case? I think this is the "Mercury" dial. (two tone instead of full black).Ok sooo was tinkering today on how I was going to hold the movement in place while I wait on my replacement PE50 from Ali to get here so I can adjust the stem legnth and had a *duhhhhhhhhhhh* movement. Turns out the movement holder supplied with the case fits the PE50... PERFECTLY. No modification. I thought I was going to have to shave down the height and then I put on the caseback and it fit around it perfectly. Soooo this goes from easy to EASY PEASY. End result freaking SLAPS for ~60 bucks.
Needed:
1. Ali Case 40mm "Case 1-Black": https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256804707033900.html - 27.00
2. Ali PE50 Spare Movement (used to harvest stem off of) - 9.00
3. DHGate Moonswatch of Choosing (This build shows Mission to the Moon) - 27.00
4. Strap/Braclet of your choosing. I put it on a Chevron Stone strap - 20mm: https://www.crownandbuckle.com/chevron-adjustable-stone.html - 32.00
Initital casing and checking of height with original movement holder from Ali case *note I did not re-use the brushed trim ring around the dial from the original watch. It technically fits but with the domed crystal you can't really see it anyway and I thought it would just add the potential for something to shift/rattle around inside*:
Installing bezel print (and showing unused parts from original watch):
On the strap complete!
*ANYONE* is capable of doing this build no matter your skill level. Highly recommend it as the end result has really won me over and it's a fun, fast, project with unlimited customization combinations possible.
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I thought the same thing and basically their version of the mission to moon seems to be a mismash of Mercury and the Moon. But yea - you're correct because I bought a seperate Mercury to do the same build and the dials were basically the same.
Clearly I like the blue...
Neptune with Mars second and sweep Chrono hands..
Well well, look what has arrived.
Did order these from aliexpress. Got one Moonswatch from DH-gate on the way, but that took sooo long to ship.
Nice typos on the boxes too.
Did order these from aliexpress. Got one Moonswatch from DH-gate on the way, but that took sooo long to ship.
Nice typos on the boxes too.
Well, these Ali Moonswatches are different. Movements are loose and can’t set the time in the metal case.
What a pain in the ass this is.
I’d rather build a SEIKO watch. But I already did 10 of those. So no, I am not a noob.
What a pain in the ass this is.
I’d rather build a SEIKO watch. But I already did 10 of those. So no, I am not a noob.