Birthday treat to myself

It is my wifes Birthday today and every year she asks family members for money rather than a present and she uses this money to buy herself a tattoo . Whilst she was getting her tatoo today the tattooist asked me if I was booked in next month for my birthday tattoo but I have decided against it this year . I think for a change rather than another tattoo I shall use any money I get to buy myself a watch but then comes the decision what watch do I go for ?

I was thinking of modding another Invicta as I think they are a bang on watch for the money but and this is really trivial I prefer a crown at 4 oclock rather than 3 I know I know weird but it is just something I like. so my next choice is do I look out for a Seiko skx007 and mod that or even possibly another Seiko 7002 I already have 2 of them but I really like them.

If I go down the Invicta route I should probably be able to have the funds and have the complete watch ready by January but if I do the 007 or 7002 then that will take me longer as they are more expensive.

Any suggestions from members what style of mod I should go for ? I quite like this and have done for a while



but it is very similar to my current Invicta



Any suggestions welcome especially if they come with photos

I see that Invicta do have a grand diver model where the crown is at the 2 o'clock position.



which looks pretty smart. 

My limited knowledge of divers and modding isn't much help but 
I found this thread which has examples of the crown at 4 o'clock.
An interesting mix of watches, I really like the Artego model,
to look at until some better ideas and alternatives
get suggested. 

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f74/lets-see-those-dive-watches-angled-crowns-902699-2.html

That Invicta is really nice I like the crown position , whilst looking at Invicta I came across this



It is very much like the Paul Newman Rolex

The Artego you showed is a beauty I never really thought about doing a search for watches with crown at 4 .... yup I am doing that search now

I'm with you on the position of the crown at 4 o'clock, no logic to it, but....

Elwood wrote:I'm with you on the position of the crown at 4 o'clock, no logic to it, but....

They just look more aesthetically pleasing to me .. I am currently looking at used Seiko 7002's on ebay just to get an idea of the prices they sell for

How much are they going for? Might have one knocking around

Elwood wrote:How much are they going for? Might have one knocking around

Currently selling for around £20 ... I will give you £25 for yours

from what I can see they vary from £70 for a standard ebay seller to £150++ with modded dials and serviced etc

I had another look for ideas at the weekend and currently I am liking the look of this modded Invicta



I like the splash of orange , this design reminds me very much of the Vertigo Diver one V2



I still fancy doing something with another seiko possibly the 7002 as I really like them but this little project is going on hold until 2018

Both watches look great John and the colour on the minute hands work really well. I still have a soft spot for that orange "squiggle" sweep second hand which could be kept in mind as an option. 

It's a project to look forward to in the new year.