On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:26:01 GMT, "Steve Foley"
wrote:

I know I can *buy* a replica of anything I want, but this is a homebuilt
newsgroup. I want a homebuilt watch.


my watch is homebuilt.
originally I thought it was just me being a dag but no, honestly it is
homebuilt.
I took an all plastic cased Lorus that I'm particularly fond of and
ditched the stupid broken band. I lost the pin from one side doing
this ( I found it about two months later but it looked so inferior to
my homebuilt one that I put it in a trinkets bowl somewhere)
I bought a $3.00 velcro sports band that fitted the wrist beautifully.
I used genuine aircraft grade untwisted lockwire from the floor of my
mates hangar and attached the watch to the band.
actually while I was admiring the lockwire I decided to ditch the
other pin and it too now resides in a trinket bowl somewhere.
the lockwire both sides sorta achieves an aesthetic balance.

I used to hide my homebuilt watch but I now wear it with pride. It has
navigated me across Australia and back on 5 occasions now and if any
******* even looks like turning his nose up at it ...well they get the
full trips across australia history.
in fact it worked so well that I converted my other Lorus to a
homebuilt watch and it travels on the other wrist set in zulu time.

so steve you too can have a homebuilt watch and wear it with pride.
my suggestion is that you hunt out a Lorus brand. they are the cheap
version put out by Seiko. Dead reliable. both mine are on to the third
or fourth battery.
the lumibright backgrounds are particularly worth getting. if you fly
under a dark cloud they shine so brightly that you can actually use
them to illuminate instruments.(truely!)

Stealth Pilot
Australia.