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Homage to a James Bond classic "Casio Royal"

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Foxindebox

Hi guys, I've been reading threads on a couple of other forums (shock, horror), where I've seen a few modders have made an homage to the James Bond Seiko from "Octopussy".

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The gens are now horrendously expensive, so I decided to copy what some of the other modders had done. 

I started with a Casio Worldtimer. The watch itself cost me nothing as I had some points on my watchshop account (but I believe it can be picked up for £30 max elsewhere.

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I then used some adhesive remover called "Sticky Stuff Remover" (I know...) on a cotton bud to remove the "World Time" and "Illuminator" from the case. After that, I took the back off and popped the movement out and got to the black plastic dial. I used the same technique to remove "5 Alarms", "10 Year Battery" and "WR 100M" from the dial and then used a craft knife to cut away the two bars either side of the map.

Which left me with this...

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I'm very pleased with the result, not exactly identical but it's a good homage I think.

 

Update...

Now with all the text except "Casio" gone

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Nikosaldente

Looks close enough!

Great job mate!

Enjoy wearing it!

Cheers!

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sogeha

There was a big interest in these on RWI a little over a year ago. Some kept them standard, some modded them in various ways.


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Foxindebox

I'm contemplating getting rid of the button labels too. I think it'll look even cleaner.

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sogeha
I'm contemplating getting rid of the button labels too. I think it'll look even cleaner.


I would need them to remind me what to press
It certainly improves the look no end removing unnecessary wording.


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I would need them to remind me what to press
It certainly improves the look no end removing unnecessary wording. You didn't have any issues with the sticky stuff remover, removing any of the silver?


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Genius

That is mint! 

The mods really do make it look much classier

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tonyh7

It's slightly nuts stuff like this that makes this forum great.

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RUSH2112

The mods really made it nice.  I had watches back in school like this that I literally just threw out when it had a problem.  Never expected them to get popular.

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Foxindebox

Cheers guys :)

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Thrasher

This is mine

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and proof

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The the world famous bomber makers watch. Never ever pack this in your luggage

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Nikosaldente

Here's mine:

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Or4n6e

That's ace, good work :-)

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Foxindebox

Ok, so I got rid of all the wording except the Casio logo

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I'm really happy with this now. Job done!

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deju
1 hour ago, Foxindebox said:

Ok, so I got rid of all the wording except the Casio logo

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I'm really happy with this now. Job done!

Times Wong for the time zone :lmao: 

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