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Hello to all watch lovers, I wanted to share some of mine own watches,(fully functional prototypes)I am a watch enthusiast as we all are in this group. So I made what I like I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but I think they turned out nice :) powered with famous Swis Eta Valjoux 7750 decorated elabore in 42mm cases with C1 and old radium luminous. Hand made "crazy horse" straps. Cusn8 bronze case and steel case. What do yuo think ? Thia

Steel case

Black pvd

Hello again, Robertas. I see you have your watches completed, congratulations!

I’m willing to bet the cases are just as chunky as before and I see the indices do not line up with the bezel so that’s not good.

Have the other concerns raised years ago in this thread been addressed? I’m only asking because I sense another Kickstarter campaign about to begin.

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Well I have a few questions

How thick ? Most 7750 cases are a bit thicker up to about 15-16 mm at most.

Did you modify the movement?

Did you have a watchmaker help on the tuning of the movement to get it within specs? If so what are the movements running at ? If Swiss made are you looking to test them?

Did you design the case? If so what tolerances were needed during the CC process?

Did you do anything in the rotor to make it special?

Did you just buy parts out of a catalog? I’m truly not impressed.

Is this a watch you made yourself? Are you learning to be a watchmaker?

bbattle wrote: ↑

September 20th 2024, 3:49pm

Hello again, Robertas. I see you have your watches completed, congratulations!

I’m willing to bet the cases are just as chunky as before and I see the indices do not line up with the bezel so that’s not good.

Have the other concerns raised years ago in this thread been addressed? I’m only asking because I sense another Kickstarter campaign about to begin.

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I never had Kickstarter campaign for them but planing to do that in the future, cases now little bit better but with see through glass at the back cap, indexes are fine I think its more an angle that picture was taken.

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

September 21st 2024, 6:47pm

Is this a watch you made yourself? Are you learning to be a watchmaker?

I am not a watchmaker, but want to have my own watch brand, so I made some watches, the way I see them and what I like

The bronze looks nice for me.

Echo watches wrote: ↑

September 25th 2024, 8:43am

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

September 21st 2024, 6:47pm

Is this a watch you made yourself? Are you learning to be a watchmaker?

I am not a watchmaker, but want to have my own watch brand, so I made some watches, the way I see them and what I like

Well if you can make a watch, you're sort of a watch maker! How many of these can you make though? How long does each one take you?

There are loads of Kickstarter watches that have gotten funded but go no further. Manufacturing costs somehow grow and eat up the money. The solution? Why, announce another Kickstarter project to get enough funds to ship watches from the first project.

I'm watching this in real time right now; a certain KSer is still fiddling with the design parameters. This has been going on for a while now; will I recognize the watch once it is finally delivered? Who knows.

One thing I know; I won't be bothering with Kickstarters again.

that bronze one looks pretty nice

bbattle wrote: ↑

September 25th 2024, 6:07pm

There are loads of Kickstarter watches that have gotten funded but go no further. Manufacturing costs somehow grow and eat up the money. The solution? Why, announce another Kickstarter project to get enough funds to ship watches from the first project.

I'm watching this in real time right now; a certain KSer is still fiddling with the design parameters. This has been going on for a while now; will I recognize the watch once it is finally delivered? Who knows.

One thing I know; I won't be bothering with Kickstarters again.

Alato?

Echo watches wrote: ↑

September 20th 2024, 12:10pm

I wanted to share some of mine own watches. So I made what I like powered with famous Swis Eta Valjoux 7750 decorated elabore in 42mm cases with C1 and old radium luminous.

Wow, using old school radium on/in your watches. The use sounds kind-of hazardous for a watchmaker making batches of them.

Question= What parts of your watch is C1 and which are radium--------- or did you mix the two together prior to application??? Curious mind wants to know

Racer-X wrote: ↑

September 25th 2024, 2:53pm

The bronze looks nice for me.

Thanks it's one of my favourites

codguy wrote: ↑

September 26th 2024, 8:44am

Echo watches wrote: ↑

September 20th 2024, 12:10pm

I wanted to share some of mine own watches. So I made what I like powered with famous Swis Eta Valjoux 7750 decorated elabore in 42mm cases with C1 and old radium luminous.

Wow, using old school radium on/in your watches. The use sounds kind-of hazardous for a watchmaker making batches of them.

Question= What parts of your watch is C1 and which are radium--------- or did you mix the two together prior to application??? Curious mind wants to know

Hi, thanks, bronze case old radium on bezel, hands, and hour indexes, subdials printed in C1, stell case have c1 luminous, minute track printed in black luminous.

Are you making these at home? Or do you have a workshop?

Looks cool to me.

As a hobbyist that’s some nice work, Echo.

Sorry, any watch using "Old Radium" lume makes me want to fucking puke. Now, actual old radium lume, like the kind applied by the Radioactive Girls--may they rest in peace--is remarkably cool. As Dirtbox might opine, "Gee, to think that the poor bint who painted that on my Oh-mee-gah dial is now buried in the ground in a lead casket, huzzah!"

Also, Mr. Echo-finder, nobody is really impressed with the Valjoux 7750 anymore. It's ancient, it's common, and the fact that ETA still lets some of 'em out the back door for microbrands doesn't hide the fact that they're unreliable. I've owned a few, and about half of them have gone wrong. For fuck's sake, the Poljot 3133 has a better track record with me, and that's put together by a bunch of goddamn communists!

Now, none of your models totally suck dick appearance wise. That's a good thing. However, none of them have a date (or day-date, as the 7750 normally has), well, that's a not so good thing.

Keep trying, Mr. Echo. I'm sure you'll bring it off!

Yes I understand, maybe just not lucky with them (7750) i use 7750 elabore and they have nice track, also poljot 3133 comes from Valjoux 7734 but those communist have modified it well and 3133 its a pretty much great beater, along with 31569 military version with hacking. I found 7750 robust and reliable movement with high beat rate and its also durable expecially decorated version.
I have used old radium luminous from superluminova as it goes well with bronze case. I like it, I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but I make what I like :) also I will have day date versions :)

Nuvolari wrote: ↑

September 26th 2024, 9:16pm

Looks cool to me.

As a hobbyist that’s some nice work, Echo.

Thanks more watches to come

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

September 26th 2024, 4:08pm

Are you making these at home? Or do you have a workshop?

I don't make them myself, factory does, watchmaker assembly them together.

Another Cusn8 bronze watch case :) with bronze bezel and buckle with 22mm crazy horse strap. Not the best pictures as it was taken by me. Planning to have this version of the case as an option, this watch was worn for some time so it build some nice patina :) what do yuo think ? Do yuo like the bronze bezel?

More pictures

Echo watches wrote: ↑

September 27th 2024, 6:46am

used old radium luminous from superluminova

I'll be damned, didn't know Superluminova produces a radium substance for watches, thought the stuff was banned in the 60's. Learning new crap everyday.

I own a watch with a vintage looking luminous material applied but it is no-way a radium isotope