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  • Koda Moto – Date at 6

    Yesterday was a public holiday here in Australia so I took the day off and… built a watch for myself 😜 The Moto is my pursuit of legibility and balance in design. I’ve tweaked this one a few times and yesterday I had another go with minor changes, most notably…

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  • PRX 35 Stainless – Blue Field

    My first stainless steel dial is a nod to Micromilspec. Someone showed me their Field Testing Unit design a couple of weeks ago and I just had to make something with the PRX 35 case. Figuring out the text kept me up at night and it all finally fell into…

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  • Koda Flight VH31

    There’s nothing wrong with quartz. Say it with me… As soon as I finished the Big Date quartz build I started working on a build for Seiko VH31. I used a variation of the Pilot 36 for the dial but reversed the colours. I considered lume for a minute but…

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  • Koda Big Date

    After working with so many automatic watches I got the urge to play with some quartz ones. There’s something really appealing about picking up a watch from the collection and not worrying about setting the time and date. Just grab and go. To start with I identified two movements I…

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  • Koda Fabric Dial

    Now this was a fun build… I was picking up my kids and saw this fabric on my parents’ kitchen bench. I said why not… so here is why not. From my parents’ curtains to my wrist. Literally a curtain fabric dial. I was planning to add some hour markers…

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