The £150 SPB185?? 

Happy to hear it. I'm always pleased to hear that my videos have inspired builds or helped people. If you're going for all OEM parts, its worth it to get the OEM bracelet too. Especially since the colour of the aftermarket bracelet (in this video) does differ from the OEM, probably due to a scratch resistant coating they've got on the OEM one. So I'd either get a cheap leather/Nato strap for it until you can go for the OEM bracelet. The aftermarket bracelet does fit the OEM case, but you will notice the difference in the colour of the metal. If that's not a problem for you, its great value for money, but I'd say go for the OEM bracelet if you want the watch to feel complete. Its unfortunate, since the OEM bracelet on AliExpress has gone up in price, but its worth it in my opinion. No matter how you look at it, you're saving a lot of money compared to buying it even with the OEM bracelet. Let me know what you decide, and I'd love to see pictures of the complete watch when its done. God speed with the build!

@@ItsAnotherWatch thanks man! I think that I’ll go with the OEM bracelet and just spend a little more money. Like you said, this will make it all OEM and I’ll get the complete look! Keep up the great content!!

Where did you get OEM 207 Hands?

My cover is an old Chocolate Moose/Pudding Pot.

@@ItsAnotherWatch Oykos Greek yoghurt, the original and best! 🤣

Its possible. There are budget aftermarket SPB143 cases (and bracelets i think). There are even Heimdallr homages of the SPB143. I might be able to get one and do a simple dial/hand swap with the Grey dial that I removed in this build. It wouldn't look quite as nice as the black dial, but it would save me money in the process. I also like checking out homage watches to see if they're good value. This is something I might look into.

I get some of my dials from eBay and some from AliExpress when they're available. They seem to become available in batches and once they're gone... they're gone. You're kind of limited to whats available at the time but there are quite a few to choose from. Of course aftermarket dials are also an option which are more widely available, but depending on the price they may not have such great lume or appear very green compared to OEM dials. Its always worth checking the print on aftermarket dials too, making sure its clean and the text is similar to what you would see on an OEM dial rather than an incorrect font or mediocre applied logo. I'd say unless they're a completely unique offering that OEM dials can't offer, aftermarket dials are a budget option or a last resort when an OEM dial of that style just ISN'T available. You can get other OEM parts on AliExpress but it seems to be VERY limited and sometimes it involves finding listings that don't use the more obvious keywords like "OEM", "SEIKO" etc. The only oem parts i've bought from AliExpress, besides some of the dials, have been the SPB185 case and bracelet (which are still available if you search SPB185). Sometimes its always worth checking the homages too. If there's one that is essentially the watch you want to build, minus the Seiko branding, you can sometimes get away with a simple dial and hand swap (and maybe changing a branded clasp or sanding down a branded caseback) to transform them into a good value for money SEIKO build. Of course, eBay is a good source. And using picclick.co.uk can gives eBay listings that are sometimes more broad in terms of region, giving results that you otherwise wouldn't see if you were just on your regular eBay site. All in all though, OEM parts (at least for me since I don't have any connections for parts) are rather difficult to come by if they aren't available on AliExpress or eBay. Sometimes other watch parts sellers do stock OEM dials but usually, for me, the one I want isn't there or its out of stock. WatchPartsPlaza sells OEM parts, and modmodewatches.com has some OEM dials available as well. Its worth using your proffered search engine to look for "OEM SEIKO DIAL" to see what comes up. I've found digging around is sometimes the only way to go, especially for obscure or rare OEM dials. Also! The SEIKOMODS subreddit is a great place to post a picture of the dial you want, and ask where you might be able to get one. I've come across some very helpful people there who have linked me to sites that I wouldn't have found otherwise (which escape my memory at the moment). I hope this info helps. I'm no expert with all of this but that's the basic stuff I've come to find when looking for parts in the last couple of years of modding.

Thanks for watching and commenting! To answer your question: No, these MM200 cases don't have slots for chapter rings, the dial rests on the inside of the case. So dials with minute tracks are a must. There is potential for using a Heimdallr THORN watch as a base to mod though, as those have chapter rings in them, but I'm not familiar with the parts and their dimensions so it probably isn't worth it unless you can buy one just to experiment with.

@@ItsAnotherWatch THX, you're the best!

It would be the simplest solution to try, since the alternative would be that the crystal/glass isn't seated properly anymore. I'd search for photos of the watch in its usual state to compare to and then try pushing the movement back into place if you can determine that it has in fact come out of position. After it has been re-seated, with the caseback properly fastened, if it still moves out of place, it could be an issue with the crystal. Then I'd compare images of the watch to determine if the crystal is protruding too much and I'd use a press to try and re-seat it. And if that doesn't do it then it might be worth getting it looked at by someone who might have more resources to solve the issue.

@@ItsAnotherWatch Thanks mate! This helps a lot in the troubleshooting.

If its an MM300 Jubilee it MIGHT fit. Since the MM300 Heimdallr fits the OEM and aftermarket case. But only if its the 20mm lug width one made for an MM300/MM300 Homage.

Yeah, your measurements seem about the same when measuring mine.

Cheers mate - even though it’s much thicker than I was hoping for, the quality is pretty excellent for under £50. All the parts have now arrived so I’m about to do my first build thanks to your video 👍

yes, the stem for the NH35 and NH36 are the same.

@@ItsAnotherWatch Thank you, mate.

Links are in the video description.

Here: www.amazon.co.uk/HBselect-Automatic-Positions-Display-Storage/dp/B07YXNF6QW/ Unfortunately after a few months of use, when i plugged it into a different slot it burnt out the motors, making the winding feature useless. The winding function can be a bit noisy too. Still, its a nice looking case, I'd recommend something similar but perhaps without the auto winding function, unless you're in need of that.

@@ItsAnotherWatch Oh no I meant like the actual display case back for the SPB185 itself. You mentioned it was one for the old 7s movements with the black spacer, but I cant seem to find anything.

@@kevinhuynh1870 Ah my apologies. I actually figured these things were really common, but when trying to find the link again (the one I bought in 2020 is a dead link) I found it harder to locate them. This is the closest thing I can find on AliExpress: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002964555564.html The key (i think) is that it needs to be a case back designed for the black spacer of the 7s36 rather than the NH36. Because it hasn't got the raised back to compensate for the smaller grey movement ring the Nh36 has. So if this fails, you could get a caseback from Namoki mods or Crystal times that is made for the 7S rather than the NH and it might work too. (I don't have any of the 7S casebacks on hand to test unfortunately) Since the aftermarket caseback used in this video was said to be made for an SKX007 as a drop in replacement, i assume its made for the 7S spacer rather than NH which is why it works on this case (without leaving a gap due to the raised part for an NH36)

Yeah. You can see what they look like (as I put the bracelet on) at 19:42 .

@@ItsAnotherWatch That's brilliant, cheers. I ordered the bracelet a couple of days ago and was gonna get a few fat spring bars from Amazon. Appreciate your videos mate. They're very well made and entertaining. Look forward to seeing some new ones in the future.

Thanks for letting me know, it looks like the listing has changed since i bought this. I've updated the link with an alternative seller for the same bracelet.

@@ItsAnotherWatch thank you very much