New Look For An Old Friend

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I've had this 1st generation Seiko Monster for about eight years. It's always reliable, never let me down. I've worn it on all different kinds of bracelet/ strap combos. It just hasn't gotten much love lately since I acquired the newer version of it.

I stumbled on the world of modding your Seiko. It's a whole different world. It's almost like a subculture It's different because it's actually acceptable to do. The possibilities are endless...dials, hands crystals, you can even mix and match hands and buy them separately.

I ordered a crystal and set of plongeur hands for it initially. When they came in, they didn't float my boat. It was back to looking around. I asked our own Dan "The Man" Pierce a bunch of questions because he's done a bunch of mods himself. Also Robb was a big help.

Finally I found what I wanted. Something totally different and a great look for the summer. This is the last pic of the watch the way it was born.



I ordered the parts and sent the watch off to the mod shop. I was real excited going forward with the work. The watch came back to me this past Saturday. When you mod a Seiko, you even get your parts back

Let me say that I'm not one to name my watches, but this one is an exception. I changed the dial, handset, day/date wheel and put a domed AR crystal on it. This one had heavy cosmetic surgery...a complete face lift. Due to that...ladies and gentlemen, I present to you...Joan Rivers





With it's younger brother, which I also changed the crystal on.




Thanks for reading everyone