Koda Design

  • Voyager GMT… and its voyage

    When the NH34 was released in late 2022 my first GMT build was with a 36mm case. It had a floating dial and a rotating GMT disc on the same plane. I called it the Voyager and it was a neat design but not fully fleshed out. I moved on to other personal projects and shelved the design. This render

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  • Blue Steel

    I use a Mopa fiber laser which can output colour but I haven’t really exploited this part of the machine. I found some downtime to have a play and found some consistent colours I can etch on stainless. Not wasting any time I reached for the nearest cheap watch and went to work designing something to feature the colour and

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  • Game Day – Football (Soccer) Bezel Insert

    Four years ago to the day I built my first custom watch. It was the start of the pandemic, we were stuck at home and I was looking for something to do. I was about to build a custom mechanical keyboard when a Youtube video of a Seiko SARB033 sent me down the rabbit hole and out I came building

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  • Pulsometer and Asthmometer SKX Bezel Insert

    I recently took on a job to build a funky two tone Tuna that required a pulsometer insert. The design of the insert, and whole build mind you, is based on an old assembly job I had a couple of years ago. Finding the same insert was a challange so I resorted to making a resin version. None of this

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  • Koda A – PRX Stainless Steel Dial

    I decided to take a couple of days off for new years. While resting an idea crystallized for a personal PRX build. My focus is a bit obsessive when that happens and the only remedy is to see it through to completion. Fortunately I had a PRX handy I could break in case of emergency. The dial design is a

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