A Couple More Watch Cases in the Works

I only have a few watches, with a few Seiko's and some Chinese watches (which are surprisingly good).  But a while back, somebody suggested a larger watch case similar to my single and triple watch case designs.  That idea has been bouncing around in the back of my mind recently, and since I was looking for another gridfinity project, I decided to see what I could make.  I used my 20 Bin Gridfinity Box For Stuff as a basis, and outfitted the cases with upper and lower TPU bumpers, to give the watches a bit more protection.  Currently these designs only exist in CAD, but I plan to test them out when I have the time.  

I'm also considering a new design for the watch holders.  The current design, which is a remix, works pretty well for watches with leather or cloth bands, but not as well for watches with metal bracelets.  The new design is not yet laid out however, so it will be a while.

Update 7/10//2024: I haven't printed these cases yet, since I really don't need them.  They will probably get tested sometime soon, but it's hard to waste filament on stuff like this (that I'll probably not use).  I should probably start an Etsy store to sell my prototypes, so they could at least get a good home.  

In the meantime (while I'm not printing this case), I was able to come up with a design for a more universally useful watch holder.  The current design does not work well with watches that have bracelets, since there is very little adjustment (it works fine for watches with cloth or leather bands though).  So I had this idea for a TPU holder, that could flex a bit and help hold watches where the band or bracelet is a set size.  I need to test this, but I think it will look something like this (the one on the left in the 2nd pic):

Update 7/30/2024: The 8x case is printed and works well.  I really like the way the new TPU and PETG watch holders work with a bracelet band too.  The TPU liner took several iterations to get just right, but I think it should be pretty universal now.  The watch case was printed using Elegoo Peacock Blue PLA with an inlay of Polymaker Galaxy Blue Polylite PLA, and the base is Duramic Gray PLA.  The Orange bits were done using ESun Orange PETG, and the flexible inserts were done in White Overture 95A TPU.  I think the filaments printed really well, though I initially had some bad stringing with the TPU (even after drying), but the fix was to turn on "avoid crossing wall" under General > Quality > Advanced in Bambu Studio.  I also slowed down the Max Volumetric Speed for the material, which also helped (but increased the print time for the TPU parts).  The 4x case has not yet been test printed, but I don't expect any issues with it, since it shares many dimensions with the 8x case.

Most of the watches shown are Seiko or Omega "homage" watches from AliExpress, and are really quite nice.  The Seiko "Captain Willard" homage watch which is shown on a bracelet is from ADDIESDIVE, and sports a Seiko NH35 automatic movement.  It runs about $85, which is not a bad deal for such a nice watch.

Update 8/8/2024:  The watch holder has been uploaded to MakerWorld and Printables.

The cases have not yet been uploaded, those will take some more time (I have not yet printed the 4x version).