← Back to context Comment by stackghost 1 day ago I would consider a DIY mechanical/analog watch to be far bigger news/more impressive than a smartwatch. 7 comments stackghost Reply bloggie 1 day ago To be honest there is not much to it, you buy the movement, put it in a case, and put the hands on it. you can get everything from aliexpress. it's easier and often cheaper to just buy a normal watch if you need one. Avicebron 1 day ago It's impressive you start with a lathe and make the movement yourself! saltcured 1 day ago Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display! NooneAtAll3 1 day ago buying movement is like buying whole PCBDIY analogy would probably be about acquiring individual gears gamerslexus 1 day ago Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand. gamerslexus 1 day ago I thought so too, but after quick research apparently there are kits. For various values of "DIY", I guess... stackghost 1 day ago Sure but buying a movement kit is no different than buying a pcb. Writing code is not impressive any more.
bloggie 1 day ago To be honest there is not much to it, you buy the movement, put it in a case, and put the hands on it. you can get everything from aliexpress. it's easier and often cheaper to just buy a normal watch if you need one. Avicebron 1 day ago It's impressive you start with a lathe and make the movement yourself! saltcured 1 day ago Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display! NooneAtAll3 1 day ago buying movement is like buying whole PCBDIY analogy would probably be about acquiring individual gears gamerslexus 1 day ago Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand.
Avicebron 1 day ago It's impressive you start with a lathe and make the movement yourself! saltcured 1 day ago Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display!
saltcured 1 day ago Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display!
NooneAtAll3 1 day ago buying movement is like buying whole PCBDIY analogy would probably be about acquiring individual gears gamerslexus 1 day ago Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand.
gamerslexus 1 day ago Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand.
gamerslexus 1 day ago I thought so too, but after quick research apparently there are kits. For various values of "DIY", I guess... stackghost 1 day ago Sure but buying a movement kit is no different than buying a pcb. Writing code is not impressive any more.
stackghost 1 day ago Sure but buying a movement kit is no different than buying a pcb. Writing code is not impressive any more.
To be honest there is not much to it, you buy the movement, put it in a case, and put the hands on it. you can get everything from aliexpress. it's easier and often cheaper to just buy a normal watch if you need one.
It's impressive you start with a lathe and make the movement yourself!
Not nearly as impressive as designing and fabricating your own integrated circuits and display!
buying movement is like buying whole PCB
DIY analogy would probably be about acquiring individual gears
Is it different with a smartwatch? You buy the kit, it's not like you solder much as far as I understand.
I thought so too, but after quick research apparently there are kits. For various values of "DIY", I guess...
Sure but buying a movement kit is no different than buying a pcb. Writing code is not impressive any more.