Back to Basics - SKX007 Hobbyist Build 

Thanks very much, I appreciate it! Lets hope so.

Same I love watching his skills and wishing I had the skill to mod a watch I've so many old watches I could make a watch out of I've went from collecting to watching this channel hoping some of his knowledge rubs off on me.

Yeah mate

Good Job 👍🇨🇿

Thank you so much! I appreciate you commenting on my videos too (detailed ones at that!). It's very encouraging!

I got it here: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002243300540.html . Looks like the green C3 is out of stock though and they only have the blue BGW9. So it might be worth searching for similar listings that have the C3 if that's what you're looking for.

Thanks a lot for your answer! Really appreciate it. I am actually looking for that insert with bgw9 lume, but sloped instead of flat (found one at tokeilab, but not all the markers are lumed). Please continue with the channel, wish you a growing success

If you're doing one from scratch you should be able to get away with keeping the grey spacer that comes with the NH36 (if you're getting your case from NamokiMods or somewhere similar) as long as you also buy the appropriate case back that is for the grey spacer (since they also do one for the black spacer). Heck, if you're going for black day/date discs then you can buy an NH36 that already has some black 3.8 o'clock plates on it so you won't have to change them. Same with the white ones. That being said, if you're interested in changing the plates yourself then you can still get a 3.8 o'clock day disc of your choice. The date (numbers) are compatible with both 3 and 3.8, its only the date disc that is specific to 3.8. Also, I'd totally recommend using an SKX171 dial for it. Its such a beautiful dial, I did a video on it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sijX9tAbb_M.htmlsi=2Hcr4QILL-K6cFwV and you can buy the dial here: tokeilab.com/products/oem-dial-skx171 Sorry about the ramble, hopefully this is helpful!

@@ItsAnotherWatch Thank you very much for the response. I am going to get the nh36 with the 3.8 position date disc. I don't know exactly if the titanium case I own atm has the caseback for the gray or black plastic, but I will test it, and with your explanation, it made more easy to check what I really need. I am looking for the oem dial, because I really like the circles in one color, without the silver countour. The jubilee bracelet is something I am still considering, because I don't know if it is going to be too heavy for my taste, since I am used to seiko 5s and some gshocks

I believe its called a "Bezel Pry Knife", mine came in a generic tool kit that I bought, but you should be able to find one by searching for that.

If the case you bought isn't shown to come with any kind of a spacer, and is still advertised as an NH36/NH35 compatible, then it should fit just fine by itself. But if the case is also advertised as fitting 7S26/7S36 movements (like the Namoki and SeikoMods cases) then you might need to check if it needs a caseback specifically for the NH or 7S movements. For regular NH compatible dive watch cases, you're probably fine since most of them (that are made for NH movements) fit the movements directly. But if you're going for something aftermarket that fits a number of movements it might come with a plastic holder. But if it does need one, it will be obvious (or should be obvious) when buying it, by looking at the pictures and listing details.

Thanks very much! I don't currently sell any of my builds, since I'm just a hobbyist. I wouldn't be happy selling my builds with their potential faults to paying customers.

Samsung NX500. I use the standard Kit lens (that comes with it) for shooting the watches, and a Pentax-M 50mm f1.4 Fast Prime Lens with an NX adapter for the talking to the camera shots.

I was gluing the chapter ring where it sits in a little notch in the case to stop it from being loose, as it was shaking around even after the crystal was pressed in. This isn't usually necessary, might have been an issue with how the crystal went in, not being perfectly level. But this doesn't happen very often. If I am remembering correctly, this is the only time it has happened to me. So if you're doing a build like this and your chapter ring is sitting nice and firm after the crystal has been pressed in, you don't need to worry about gluing it.

Appreciate your reply. Glad it was an unusual situation as it had me puzzled. Thanks.

I'd recommend starting with some cheaper NH36 watches like the Steel Dive or Heimdallr's on AliExpress/Ebay. You get a lot of watch for your money and its good for trying out dial/hand swaps. Bezel inserts are a bit of a pain if you want to change them on the cheaper ones though, as the cheaper bezel retention system makes it difficult to put the bezel back on. But other than that they're a good place to start. Alternatively you could just get an NH35/NH36, a cheap AliExpress case (which, sometimes, already has the chapter ring and crystal fitted) and bracelet and a Dial and hand set to go with that if you wanted to build something from scratch for similar money to the steel dive watches. But the added bonus with modding steel dives is you get to practice removing hands. As for kits, I myself just bought basic watch tool sets and then individually got anything extra I needed. Just remember, this can be an expensive hobby even if you do end up saving money on some special watches you BUILD rather than buy. The cost of entry can get steep depending on the depth you want to go with, especially when you get into buying crystal presses and more premium watch making tools (i myself just have the cheap ones.)

@@ItsAnotherWatch Ok thank you so much. And what about learning about the parts of a watch to have the knowledge of the inner workings? Where did you learn from? So I dont just start doing thing without knowing what Im doing. Is there a place everyone goes or a book everyone reads to learn or some type of manual. And yea I saw the steep amount of money for the watches but I want to experiment to see but this really interests me a lot and am fully willing to go all in starting small and increasing as I get more knowledge.

@@JBMods RU-vid really is the place to be honest, watching disassembly's of watches (in this case Seikos or NH36's) or watching videos like mine where mods are being built. But i'd start with assembling watches out of parts before figuring out the building of movements.

@@ItsAnotherWatch ok 👍 Thanks. Ill start with the nh36 and lets see how it goes. Thanks again. Already extremely excited to assemble a watch

Check out the GS watch cases from Lucius Atelier. They're the closest I can think of. I haven't had any experience with them, but I think that's similar enough. luciusatelier.com/collections/watch-cases

one-second-closer.com/shop/the-200-one-stainless-steel-200-meters-skx-spare-case-c-01-ss/

Sure! Here you are: wrwatches.com/products/planet-ocean-arrow-hands-for-nh35-4r35-6r15-7s26-movement

At 8:45 take a look at the crystal and see the texture of the side that is going down into the watch. The slope on the edge of the crystal is facing upwards, and the part that gets pushed into the case is the frosted edge, with the flat part being at the bottom. If you're still having an issue figuring it out, post a pic of the crystal here and I'll take a look.

@@ItsAnotherWatch I did some more research last night and figured out that the chamfered edge is supposed to face upwards. Thanks foe the confirmation. Unfortunately I hate the look so I had to buy a small chamfered edge crystal. So now I'm down $60 bucks buy oh well. It will be worth it in the end. I just didn't like how the big chamfer made it look like I was seeing double. Especially in the dark I feel like it affected visibility. I don't like see double like that. The clarity is amazing though. Looking forward to installing sapphire that looks more OEM.

@@benldr Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I even went through that when I did the video for this build. Swapping the crystal out in the end for one with a less pronounced chamfer. Of course in the end I parted out this watch into "The Perfect SKX" and the "Samurai SKX" builds that I also did a videos on, and the Samurai SKX ended up with an Edge to edge crystal that looks great (Where i also went through a few crystals). Suffice to say, I've got a bunch of perfectly usable crystals just sitting in my spare parts collection that I probably won't ever use.

@@ItsAnotherWatchYeah, I hate to have the waste too but I think I may use this crystal in another watch. I just want to keep my original SKX as OEM looking as possible. I may buy a titanium SKX case and an NH35 to build one from scratch.

You can get them here: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002233410268.html

Ok, thanks. .

trust me, it does