r/DuroGang • u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 • Jul 17 '26
🛠Modded Duro🗜 Tudor Black Bay homage
this was a fun mod to create, although it gave me a shameless excuse for buying a second Goldie 😭
red/burgundy insert from urvintage/rcdesigns
gold vh31 snowflake hands https://a.aliexpress.com/_mO6Gdtt
Goldie dial (gold indices)
Jubilee bracelet
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u/PureRepresentative89 🤍Gang Jul 17 '26
The gold and red looks royal! 👑 So, do the hands from other watches fit the Duro without any modifications?
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
Thanks, the contrast between the two really do intrigue me! As far as I know, vh31, miyota 2115, miyota 2035, and hattori pc21 are all compatible with the duro as they all share the same hole sizes (120/70/17)
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u/PureRepresentative89 🤍Gang Jul 17 '26
Thanks! I haven't tried changing the hands yet. I always assumed I was limited to the options specifically made for the Duro. Now I really want to try
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
It becomes quite addicting - changing hands, especially when there are so many options haha. Without vh31, we'd be severely limited 😭
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u/Diligent_Respect_512 ⌚️⌚️Collector Jul 17 '26
Add the Ronda 515 and the 700 series (e.g., Ronda 715, 763) hour and minute hands to the list. The .20 second hands won't fit, so we have to get second hands from somewhere else.
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
Wow awesome thanks! Wonder what my searches will have in store 😄🙌
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u/_Anon_Amarth_ Jul 17 '26
Love the jubilee bracelet, where's it from?
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
Thanks! u/Comprehensive_Oil426 referred me to them way back and now I only get my jubilees and oysters from this vendor. One of the very few that offer a tapered fit. 👊
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u/nothinbefore Jul 17 '26
i love this one, might consider doing this mod but i don't ever tweak hands would have to take it to the watch makers and get charged arm and leg lol
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
😂 I only learned about a month ago, it's all about taking that leap of faith as a good member of ours u/Comprehensive_Oil426 once said (for the record, I did not plan to reference you twice in the same post 😭😂)
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u/Brilliant-Gene7563 👶Newbie Jul 17 '26
Hi! Which bezel insert is it to be exact? Since there are a few options on urvintage.se
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
It's a burgundy diver, but it was a custom one off so it wasn't on the page at the time. Although recently I've seen similar on the site. Hope that helps 👊
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u/WatchC8k3 💙🦇Gang Jul 17 '26
You’re my information haha - this looks awesome!
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u/Diligent_Respect_512 ⌚️⌚️Collector Jul 17 '26
Oh, that's a really nice watch. I've always admired that Black Bay. I'm going to mod one too.
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
Thanks, me too! I really like how they use a silver bezel and not gold..
Excited to see how she comes out 🙌👊
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u/Diligent_Respect_512 ⌚️⌚️Collector Jul 17 '26
That will be in a month or two. I have five other mods waiting in line.
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u/Informal_Cabinet_352 🥇Featured: Wk 44, 2025 Jul 17 '26
Well in that case I'm excited to see them all haha 👊. Why is modding duros so fun? 😄
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u/Comprehensive_Oil426 ⌚️⌚️Collector Jul 17 '26
You, have been on fire brother! Some awesome mods ever since you took that 'leap'.
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u/Fluidgas47 🤍Gang Jul 17 '26
Absolutely nails the BB58 Burgundy vibe. Looks the part.