(NSFW) Chinese Watch Review - What a $100 Parnis gets you

[Tanukjaju]

I just realized that I have not updated this thread with the progress....

This was last year...




Did a few things including:

New dial from [mention]rmcsherry[/mention]
New old felsa 8 day movement with the seconds hand
New domed plexi crystal
Red oring from eBay
Seiko Hands from degaz
A comfy strap from [mention]blueradish[/mention]
Painting vintagizing etc by me

The movement before cleaning.

Center seconds hand

Double barrel main spring(s)

Domed plexi

Ross dial and hints of the Bloo strap

[Emilio]

I like the dial finish

[straps68]

Nice job as usual!

[Sevanata]

Tanu, the dial brings up the watch to another level....

You did good on all the transformations.


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[toofsy]

Parnis Pilot with 6497
Pvirus custom engraving painted and lumed by myself
8mm RLX Athaya crown and tube solder by myself
Vintage (1955) Molnija pocket watch plexi
Croco leather stap by myself
Alix hands set with custom hour hand, I'm hesitating to paint the set in white as initially planned...

I plan to find and glue/press a old coin on the caseback instead of the glass
I should also re-polish the case or only the bezel

[Emilio]

Bump

[Mellons]

I just realized that I have not updated this thread with the progress....

This was last year...




Did a few things including:

New dial from @rmcsherry
New old felsa 8 day movement with the seconds hand
New domed plexi crystal
Red oring from eBay
Seiko Hands from degaz
A comfy strap from @blueradish
Painting vintagizing etc by me

The movement before cleaning.

Center seconds hand

Double barrel main spring(s)

Domed plexi

Ross dial and hints of the Bloo strap

I forgot about this build- [mention]Tanukjaju[/mention] how is this one running?

[Tanukjaju]

[mention]Mellons[/mention] .... she’s keeping great time, within 1 min in a week. She’s one of my keepers that I enjoy in my rotation. The felsa 8 day is buttery smooth in winding and is a joy to own. No hesitation wearing her on a humid rainy day.

Let’s see if this attachment works.

[Mellons]

Looks great- ive been looking at these movements lately. Can you recall what dimensions are?

[Tanukjaju]

Looks great- ive been looking at these movements lately. Can you recall what dimensions are?

The watch version with the seconds function just under 31mm iirc. The smaller non seconds version I have on a different build is 28mm.