Got myself Seiko 5 field watch as a starter, the cheapest automatic. Thought I would be ok with minute numbers being bigger than hour numbers but no. Everytime I looked, had to do some mental gymnastics for a second. After a month of this decided to switch it to no numbers at all. Today received the dial, switched it over. Omg, this is so much easier to read.
Seiko 5
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IGuessICan@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y
Nice job! Looks really sleek :)
frequency@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Thank you! My first one, but I did watch bunch of Marshal's videos from WristwatchRevival, so I got a bit of confidence that it is possible.
TaleOfSam@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
OooOoh very clean. Nice job!
frequency@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you! It does have a cleaner look, I like it too. That original dial was just too much.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I like the original, but I'm more of a digital watch person 😅- I love that you've personalized it! The snk is lovely and some of the mods that people do are super cool
frequency@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
To me it did look kinda cool at first, I agree, kinda complex, almost like a large detailed chronograph. But then, one of the reasons to buy a wristwatch was to avoid looking at the cellphone to see the time. So eventually, the reality hit and it turned out I am so used to large numbers to be hours(from childhood apparently), it's a habit, an expectation. And those are hard to change. In a way, I gave up coolness for utility :) Thank you for the kind words!
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Totally understandable! I have very similar reasons for trading my smart watches for digital casios, and avoiding analog (cause I suck at reading analog watches/clocks lol, it takes me way longer to read than it should)
frequency@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Casios are great, still have a couple simple ones. Reliable and affordable. Absolutely loved the timer option - 2 pushes left bottom button, 1 time right bottom one, 15 minutes rice timer is started in a second and without unlocking the phone :)
xchgeaxeax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
That’s really cool, I didn’t know you could replace the watch face easily. The one you installed looks slick