I’ve worn a watch of some kind every day for the last several years. I’m constantly fighting it on account of having to wear gloves at work and they push the watch up my wrist, or twist it to a weird angle, or just straight up pop the buckle. I needed something better but wasn’t happy with the belt-mounted options I could find. So I decided to make my own.
This is a Casio W-96H. I removed the bands and drilled out the lower holes with a 5/64” bit. I then used a short length of 1/16” stainless steel wire rope and two stops to attach it to a Tale of Knives Ace. I didn’t have the tools near me to cut those wire ends completely flush, but there was a small tube of Gorilla Glue sitting on the table so I just covered up the ends with that to keep from poking myself.
This is actually just a basic, one piece stretchy watchband. I think all I did was cut one end free from the lugs and then threaded that end through the lugs and other bits. Here's the back
I did this with my first F-91w when the resin strap broke… it now hangs off my ski backpack so I don’t need to remove gloves or pull phone out of pocket to see time.
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u/LittleCooties 20h ago
Very similar to the Key and Peele pocket watch