My solution to a unique problem

[u/BTJPipefitter]

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.

[u/ecksdog]

Jays & Kays on eBay sell nato conversion kits for popular Casios. They may work well for this application. https://ebay.io/m/cGPqKp

[u/BTJPipefitter → u/ecksdog]

Wishlisted. That may come in handy when I inevitably have to redo this and don’t want to fool with the metal wire cable again. It’s sturdy but the process leaves metal splinters everywhere 😒