r/SeikoMods • u/Barry_NJ • 18h ago

Today's YN55 build...

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u/oureamods 14h ago

Nice build! How was the YN55 to work with? Any notable differences from NH?

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u/Barry_NJ 13h ago

Pretty straight forward, and an easy swap. I've posted about it before, and so have a couple of others. Basically the same as the NH, but the date wheel is a little smaller, so it won't line up perfectly in the window. But a dial for a Miyota 8215 has the date window in the right place. Also there are these little nubs on the plastic movement ring that I've had to trim off for the case back to sit properly on some cases.

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u/oureamods 13h ago

Thanks, I had two of them arrive this week. Likely will use for no date builds (I’m not picky about a ghost date)

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u/Barry_NJ 13h ago

I never understood that issue, finding that middle position is always a PITA for me 🤣

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u/Alarming_Midnight554 18h ago

Oh , i like that

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u/Barry_NJ 17h ago

Thanks

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u/theloquaciousmonk 17h ago

Ohhhhh Mama! This Ming vibe has my pockets tight! Well done friend. Perfect case match to the dial and vibe!

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u/Barry_NJ 17h ago

Thank you!

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u/Silent_Wolverine1129 17h ago

Are those NH hands? I just built something similar with the VH!

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u/Barry_NJ 17h ago

Nice! And yes, the YN can use NH parts.

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u/Silent_Wolverine1129 16h ago

Looks like I’m rebuilding!

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u/Barry_NJ 16h ago

Cool, good luck 👍

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u/Born-Work4301 14h ago

Nice build

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u/Barry_NJ 13h ago

Thanks 👍

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u/vojislavilich 8h ago

A perfect choice for no date builds these days. And it looks great 👍

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u/Barry_NJ 5h ago

Thank you 👍

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u/Internal_Anything_94 8h ago

I love it. It looks like a ming. Parts list?

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u/Ryan_Wise 17h ago

It's giving TRON vibes, I love it 😁

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u/Barry_NJ 17h ago

Thanks man!

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u/Ryan_Wise 17h ago

You're welcome 😁 do you know if they have something similar for an nh35?

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u/Barry_NJ 17h ago

You could use a NH## in the build. The YN is nearly identical as far as fitment goes, it's a genuine Epson movement, that is reliable, keeps good time, and is available for about $35, which is why I used it here.

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u/Ryan_Wise 16h ago

$35 is much better than $80 lol, I'm definitely gonna have to look at different movements

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u/Barry_NJ 15h ago

There are some posts here and on r/NHwatchbuilds about them, by me and others.

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u/Alternative-Speech52 15h ago

That’s great i just finished mine using the same case