Thinking of trying to build my own pam using an MM homage and Pam dials

[dragonman4]

So I tried searching for this on the forum but I can't seem to find any threads about this.

I'm looking to try and start hobby building my own Pam for fun. I see a bunch of cheap marina militare homage watches on the bay and Pam dials as well. I'm wondering if anyone ever bought one of those and swapped out the dial. I'm thinking of trying it but I'm sure someone has also thought about this so I'm curious as to what the results would be before I go ahead and buy these since I have no watch tools or anything haha (was going to look for a watch building kit on Ali).

Anyway if anyone has any experience or suggestions I'd love to hear it.

 

[gmg_3]

I always suggest buying one of these cheap sets.. When the item breaks buy a better item..

tool set:
http://www.amazon.com/GGI-Internati...qid=1435842587&sr=8-1&keywords=watch+tool+set


edit: Pimlico made a cheap build which is worth it to see how things go together without tearing apart a expensive item..
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/237532-Pimlico-s-Custom-PAM?highlight=pam+build

 

[shoes]

I have done a similar rather poorly executed build using a cheap radiomir clone I bought off ebay and will post a picture later on. I will at some point do a proper job on it.


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[Ciocc60]

The guys over at Homage Forum are really good at this. You might try over there?

I just ordered a couple of Jackson Tse watches with the same idea. Buy something <$100, then buy a few neat dials and swap out the MM dials that come in the watches.

The HF guys are into buying custom machined cases for $4-500, which is over my head.

 

[kilowattore]

The guys over at Homage Forum are really good at this. You might try over there?

I just ordered a couple of Jackson Tse watches with the same idea. Buy something <$100, then buy a few neat dials and swap out the MM dials that come in the watches.

The HF guys are into buying custom machined cases for $4-500, which is over my head.

You're wrong, many builds go way beyond that point

A Jackson case is anyway a good and cheap start for such project. It will never be an accurate rep, no matter what you do (with the exception of the 6152 case which, anyway, needs a very difficult reshaping work), but it will be a nice watch and it will be built by you