Watch Gallery

Oversized 48mm tuna in rose gold and black, with a matching steel bracelet or leather.

• 48mm rose gold and black tuna case
• Rose gold and black steel bracelet
• Mother of pearl inlay

Blue-on-blue diver with a Võ Duy Hiệp dial and a hand-lumed ceramic bezel. Stainless case with helium release.

• Stainless divers case
• Blue ceramic bezel insert
• Võ Duy Hiệp guilloche dial

“Tomorrow Land,” as my daughter calls it — 53mm rough-and-polished stainless with a gold bezel.

• 53mm stainless case
• Gold bezel
• Rough and polished finish

Super rad bronze from Victor Trent — a big case with cool edge details and a multi-layered brass dial.

• Bronze case
• Multi-layered brass dial

Solid bronze tuna build with patina, a flame-treated copper dial, and brass hands.

• Bronze case
• Bronze bezel
• Flame-treated copper dial
• Brass hands
• NH35 automatic movement

47mm pan-style case with a Todd Dunkle bezel and dial that I colored, aged, and lumed. NH39 automatic.

• 47mm pan-style case
• Todd Dunkle custom bezel insert and dial
• NH39 automatic

eBay-found 49mm bronze that was a bit too shiny — so the dial got paint work for character.

• 49mm bronze case
• Painted dial

Another fun build for the weekend. Formerly an Aragon. Built as a lefty because why not.

• Aragon case
• Left-hand crown layout

Armida bronze 45mm with a domed sapphire and a rotating bezel finished in a black lume mix.

• Armida bronze 45mm case
• Domed sapphire crystal
• Rotating bezel with black lume mix
• NH35 automatic

Birthday Steeldive for my nephew — an avid baseball player and fan.

• Steeldive
• Baseball-themed build

Batiscafo Quadro bronze that I super polished and lumed, with a custom black and brass logo dial, hand lumed and colored.

• Batiscafo Quadro bronze
• Custom black and brass logo dial
• Polished and lumed

Batiscafo Zero45 that I lumed the case markings on and built out with a hand cut and fit abalone dial.

• Batiscafo Zero45
• Lumed case markings
• Hand-cut abalone dial

Batiscafo Zero47 bronze that I super polished and lumed, with a custom brass dial from Josh Barclay, hand colored and lumed.

• Batiscafo Zero47 bronze
• Josh Barclay custom brass dial
• Polished and lumed

50mm black stainless (55 to the crown) with a scuffed, aged, and patina 41mm dial and red engraving.

• 50mm black stainless case
• 55 to the crown
• 41mm scuffed and aged patina dial
• Red engraving

Another 47mm pan-style case, this time in black, with a dial recreated from scratch.

• Black 47mm pan-style case
• Handmade dial

On the wrist today. Made this black beauty. Maranez style black case, custom mixed and filled with black lume.

• Maranez-style black case
• Black lume fill

Black Marina Militare watch with a custom submarine-inspired dial.

• Black Marina Militare case
• Custom submarine-inspired dial

Black version of a stunning stainless and blue watch I had gotten from Sibito Morley about a year ago.

• Black custom build
• Sibito Morley-inspired

Bronze 47mm pilot with the dial color sanded off and a red sunburst sanded in.

• Bronze 47mm pilot
• Sanded dial
• Red sunburst finish

Bronze Boldr Odyssey.

• Bronze Boldr Odyssey case

Boldr Odyssey bronze with a custom prototype sapphire dial from Red5 Watch Works.

• Boldr Odyssey bronze
• Red5 prototype sapphire dial

Bronze Maranez Bangla that started life with a gears of war hand painted dial. Added one of the custom dials I received from Todd Dunkle.

• Bronze Maranez Bangla case
• Todd Dunkle custom dial

Completed a customer requested build. Bronze pan style case with a masterfully done custom dial from Todd Dunkle.

• Bronze pan-style case
• Todd Dunkle custom dial
• Blues

Brushed stainless pan case with an ETA 6497 and a handmade copper dial.

• Brushed stainless pan case
• ETA 6497
• Handmade copper dial

Cushion-style engraved stainless 47mm with an engraved ETA 6498 and darkened engraving.

• Cushion-style engraved stainless case
• 47mm
• Engraved ETA 6498
• Darkened engraving

Made something fun this day after Christmas. I had a 31mm Great Wave dial made by Nathan Kollee.

• 31mm Great Wave dial
• Nathan Kollee

Hand made, hand hammered a copper dial. Textured.

• Hand-hammered copper dial
• Textured finish

Custom build for a family member who flies helicopters and wanted a way to track Zulu time.

• Zulu-time tracking

Raffle-prize Invicta Pro Diver with a cut mother-of-pearl inlay dial.

• Invicta Pro Diver
• Mother of pearl inlay dial

Quartz Invicta converted to an NH39 automatic for Victor Trent.

• Invicta quartz
• NH39 automatic

Got a sweet Maranez bronze case from Len Ostro. The sunburst pattern in it was barely visible.

• Maranez bronze case
• Blue layered dial

Marina Militare Viking Essence bronze, received in trade from Tim Ekelund and rebuilt as a custom piece.

• Marina Militare Viking Essence bronze
• Custom rebuild
• Trade from Tim Ekelund

Abalone dial build from a Mon Dragon Angel Falls edition taken in trade.

• Mon Dragon Angel Falls edition
• Abalone dial

Last build of the day is this monster 52mm with sandblasted finish. Inside is a custom guilloche dial from Eterno Made.

• 52mm sandblasted case
• Eterno Made guilloche dial

Customer commission with a custom earth-satellite dial from Nathan Kollee. Triple black case.

• Triple black case
• Nathan Kollee earth-satellite dial

Pontvs Marino bronze 47mm (52 to the crown) with a polished case and lumed tiny bezel numbers.

• Pontvs Marino bronze case
• 47mm (52 to the crown)
• Polished case
• Lumed bezel numbers

Watch of the day — a handmade pressed copper dial formed using a Todd Dunkle dial as a die.

• Pressed copper dial
• Annealed copper
• Dial from Todd Dunkle used as a die

47mm rose-gold pan case with an ST2555 automatic and a hand-sanded sunburst dial.

• Rose-gold 47mm pan case
• ST2555 automatic
• Hand-sanded sunburst dial

Newest build. Stainless case with a black ceramic bezel lumed in green. Custom titanium dial from Todd Dunkle.

• Stainless case
• Black ceramic bezel
• Green lume
• Todd Dunkle titanium dial

Steeldive bronze tuna with a hand-laid abalone dial and hand-set indices.

• Steeldive bronze tuna
• Hand-laid abalone dial
• Hand-set indices

Trade-in from Tim Ekelund — his FN for my bronze Lion and the Lamb. I love the look on this case.

• FN
• Tim Ekelund trade-in

Timascus 10mile case build.

• Timascus 10mile case

Viking Essence with a hand-cut 39mm abalone dial and hand-cut hour markers.

• Viking Essence
• Hand-cut abalone dial
• Hand-cut hour markers
• 39mm abalone inlay sheet

Custom rebuild of a Vintage DS titanium.

• Vintage DS titanium
• Custom rebuild

Weekend bench time with a matte grey deep-cut dial from Võ Duy Hiệp — the first of the new dials put to use.

• Võ Duy Hiệp dial
• Matte grey deep-cut pattern