The shop shelf
Parts & tools I actually use
Everything here has been on my bench. Where a cheap version is genuinely fine, I say so; where it isn't, I say that too. Prices drift constantly on these marketplaces, so treat the figures as a rough guide rather than a quote.
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Before you order
Four things I check on every listing
- Measurements, not model names. "SKX-style" means nothing. Get the crystal seat diameter, the movement opening and the lug width in millimetres, in writing.
- Ask a question before you buy. A seller who answers a specific measurement question clearly is a seller who'll help when something arrives wrong.
- Check the movement's origin. Genuine NH35s and clones both circulate widely. The clones can run fine, but you should know which one you're paying for.
- Buy the consumables twice. Gaskets, hands, spring bars, crystals. You will damage one. The shipping wait is the expensive part, not the part.
On trademarks: a lot of what's sold on these marketplaces carries branding it has no right to. There's a real line here, and it's worth knowing where it sits. A homage — a watch that borrows a familiar design language but wears its own maker's name — is legal, and it's most of what makes this hobby affordable. A watch wearing someone else's logo is a counterfeit, and reselling those is where hobbyists get into genuine trouble.
Everything listed here is either an unbranded component or sold under the maker's own name. Nothing on this page carries a logo it isn't entitled to, and I won't link anything that does.