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  • Koda Burgundy Two-Tone

    I’ve never considered a burgundy colour dial, let alone a two-tone watch, as something I would like to own. Recently though I worked on a Seiko SRPD69 and the warm tones appealed to me. This dial design started as a pilot type but I took the basic layout and edited…

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  • Koda Archer

    I recently developed an interest in typefaces. It started with a book, Just My Type by Simon Garfield. It’s full of stories on the design of many typefaces and their designers. I hate to admit it but I now scroll through font sites browsing their offerings just for fun.  …

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  • Monochrome 171 – Insert

    It might surprise you to learn that I don’t own any diver watches. I sold my 007 late last year and I just never got around to buying something to replace it. The 171 dial has always been at the top of my list so it made sense to use…

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  • Koda Moto

    A nod to my other passion, cars. The dial breaks the traditional logo placement rules and takes cues from the classic three-spoke steering wheel. Dial balance is very important and I take these through many variations, often tweaking by fractions of a mm. Sometimes it might look good on the…

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  • Koda Kids

    A fun little project, 26mm to be exact, for the weekend. It’s my son’s first Cars themed watch, and now his first mod. Maybe I should have left it original, being his first watch, but now he’ll have some memories attached to it which will live on in the photos…

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