I'm on an exciting journey to build a fully functional mechanical watch. After diving into the DIY build community, I realized it’s not as daunting as it seems, thanks to all the online resources. Instead of buying a pre-made kit, I decided to challenge myself by building the case and dial from scratch.

Previously, I designed the watch case in Fusion 360 and had it CNC machined by PCBWay. This time I created the dial using a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and assembled the entire watch. You can check out the project here.

Improvements

There are a lot!

Now that I have gotten a bit comfortable with designing and assembling the watch, I would like to build another one with features that I omitted now.

• Add O-rings to the design to make it water-resistant
• Use copper layers only as there are high chances of a shift in the silkscreen layer.
• Make full use of the capabilities of a PCB (add electronics/LEDs?!)
• Case back
• Last but not least - dust free. Hate when I see specs of dust particles in the close-ups.