Not at all a functional watch, but this is what morons do when they start going through old watch parts boxes. Don't worry, no Omegas we're harmed to create this abomination...

I'm not going to lie, this old 70's case and band are incredibly comfortable.

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Moron creation part deux- I combined a watch band thermometer and a old broken watch.

 

to be honest these look as good or better than some of the expensive branded offerings out there.......and you got the enjoyment of unleashing your inner moron (although in 2022 that is likely not a word to use in jest)

 

My “parts bin”watch that actually runs………sdrawkcab. Done as an exercise simply to see if I could do it. And, no, it is not a quartz conversion, but mechanical. I had the sdrawkcab dial made by Kirk when they were in Seattle.

 

Your watch is functional, congrats, it's a pretty cool creation. Mine will go back in the parts bin for another Franken creation at some point...

Al

 

If you put some really large arrow hands on that day/date movement, it would actually be a pretty cool watch. Kind of like a Spaceview…or a Dayview

 

I am hoping that this thread transforms into, "show me your parts bin watch creations...

 

Here’s another “parts bin” watch. It spent close to 50 years in pieces in a lozenge tin, along with left over parts from numerous other Omega bumper watches. I got a call from a brother in the repair fraternity one day, asking me if I had a centre wheel from an Omega bumper model that I could spare. I did! I discovered the dial (shown here) in that tin, and further scrutiny among those parts was all the parts needed to assemble the watch you see. Good fortune and the Omega message board led me to the case that you see. The watch is likely from circa the mid 1950s. One of my faves.

 

I’d be very happy with that Frankenstein

 

You’d be happy with a Frankenstein? I’ll remember you said that if you “dibs” it!