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Light of time: to the roots
The article will focus on trying to bring a copy of a Nixon Newton watch to the original.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/eef/cba/e74/eefcbae74b1b1badc9803fac393e4ab3.jpg)
(25 photos + GIF)
It so happened that I got a watch in my hands, which is a copy of Newton's Nixon watch.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/957/dec/124/957dec12405d2230cb573bf18687c35d.jpg)
They differed from the original ones by the lack of backlight and the color of what should have been a button.
In the original version it is white, and in the copy it is black, probably so as not to catch the eye.
Yes, also somewhere I lost a pip for setup. Actually, this made me get into the watch and add functionality.
You can also mention the casting quality of the strap - the holes are not cut.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/a82/12e/15f/a8212e15f382a6da3ae8ad2c77cd4b5f.jpg)
We pick up the pipka, a hole appears under our gaze, a hole is also present in the pipka itself. Toli authors somewhere hijacked the original mold, or maybe they also produce copies with some functionality.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/e77/b42/659/e77b42659674b6a5cf029c9050ab5cdf.jpg)
We begin to disassemble. The cover is fastened with four screws.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/9c6/dc4/92c/9c6dc492cdbb6cd8463aa3133f9bde9f.jpg)
Under it, we see the watch mechanism, a plastic cap, four screws holding the case in the strap and the casting flaws of the strap.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/eb7/f2d/385/eb7f2d385fbf379a91e9cd9d146eb633.jpg)
Unscrew the screws again. We remove all unnecessary.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/9f1/115/eb7/9f1115eb7bca98049769eb37c549ff0e.jpg)
This is how the dial itself looks.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/0ff/c47/a19/0ffc47a19467b75ca934788efc6e19e8.jpg)
There is only one building left to make some changes.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/26e/991/29f/26e99129f0abcab4740a57b29c0f5bfd.jpg)
We remove the "glass". On it, by the way, there is a protective film. The “glass” is simply glued around the edge.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/508/b64/0ef/508b640ef285805b81935409bc710851.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/c05/1e5/76a/c051e576a3fcf9ba87fd0813b5eee78e.jpg)
It's time to choose the LEDs for the backlight. I took not the smallest. The thickness of the body was enough.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/cc6/a29/6b9/cc6a296b922b98f9a3172239f5f2f55b.jpg)
A micro button was taken to the LEDs.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/f5b/295/369/f5b29536971d57026a71edda64f2f05a.jpg)
Manufacturers have done the hole, so we will have less work left.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/443/bef/dfc/443befdfceee1c956e8154cb63bae9c1.jpg)
Let's drop the LEDs in future places
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/34d/a1c/adc/34da1cadc3d90a97a5d3e71b3c54c28e.jpg)
The question arose of how to connect all this. Various conductors have been tested. In the photo, a wire from the headphones. The first time I worked with such small LEDs.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/ac8/e72/703/ac8e7270315cc31a0d3f9ce8cea1fd15.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/2d8/20e/9a6/2d820e9a6a60e80aef404bd6bb1ad993.jpg)
It's time to make the seats. For these purposes a file was used.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/c8c/a0d/dad/c8ca0ddadff0ac29fd4a7b0f96ff3e31.jpg)
In the end, the wires were taken from the IDE loop.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/83b/eec/e95/83beece95d78e2793fc8486bef3942e5.jpg)
We look how it all looks in place.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/14a/77e/804/14a77e8040768ae27e8d238071f68e1d.jpg)
Put the clockwork in place, check. The light is not as soft as the original.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/3dc/d93/8ef/3dcd938ef025e36c896963f38399ad95.jpg)
We look at how you can place the battery. Perhaps in the original it is somehow located in a plastic plug, but the battery did not fit into this plug, I had to fiddle. Traces of vandalism did not appear on the photograph.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/ccd/7d7/4e3/ccd7d74e33487b2445034d61fb406139.jpg)
Putting it all together. Glows, works. But there is one “but.” It all works now without a button.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/fc2/df9/c4b/fc2df9c4b4f9ea3d708646f2f474bc49.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/95e/803/c5d/95e803c5da84fe12dc7305b4f2ad0bfb.jpg)
We are preparing the operating room and the patient for implantation of a button.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/89e/b56/3fc/89eb563fcee2306a971a28035b0a8cdd.jpg)
The button was just set on hot melt adhesive. Connected to a pipette with a nail trimmer of a suitable diameter. Wild, but it works.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/75a/350/365/75a35036577aa042e57b767a8654c7c1.gif)
You can continue to move the copy closer to the original.
At least replace the pipette with a white one. You can also make the backlight as in the original. There is no need to hold a button. Pressed - the backlight turned on for a few seconds and turned off. If there is a simple solution to this issue - in the comments.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/eef/cba/e74/eefcbae74b1b1badc9803fac393e4ab3.jpg)
(25 photos + GIF)
It so happened that I got a watch in my hands, which is a copy of Newton's Nixon watch.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/957/dec/124/957dec12405d2230cb573bf18687c35d.jpg)
They differed from the original ones by the lack of backlight and the color of what should have been a button.
In the original version it is white, and in the copy it is black, probably so as not to catch the eye.
Yes, also somewhere I lost a pip for setup. Actually, this made me get into the watch and add functionality.
You can also mention the casting quality of the strap - the holes are not cut.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/a82/12e/15f/a8212e15f382a6da3ae8ad2c77cd4b5f.jpg)
We pick up the pipka, a hole appears under our gaze, a hole is also present in the pipka itself. Toli authors somewhere hijacked the original mold, or maybe they also produce copies with some functionality.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/e77/b42/659/e77b42659674b6a5cf029c9050ab5cdf.jpg)
We begin to disassemble. The cover is fastened with four screws.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/9c6/dc4/92c/9c6dc492cdbb6cd8463aa3133f9bde9f.jpg)
Under it, we see the watch mechanism, a plastic cap, four screws holding the case in the strap and the casting flaws of the strap.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/eb7/f2d/385/eb7f2d385fbf379a91e9cd9d146eb633.jpg)
Unscrew the screws again. We remove all unnecessary.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/9f1/115/eb7/9f1115eb7bca98049769eb37c549ff0e.jpg)
This is how the dial itself looks.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/0ff/c47/a19/0ffc47a19467b75ca934788efc6e19e8.jpg)
There is only one building left to make some changes.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/26e/991/29f/26e99129f0abcab4740a57b29c0f5bfd.jpg)
We remove the "glass". On it, by the way, there is a protective film. The “glass” is simply glued around the edge.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/508/b64/0ef/508b640ef285805b81935409bc710851.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/c05/1e5/76a/c051e576a3fcf9ba87fd0813b5eee78e.jpg)
It's time to choose the LEDs for the backlight. I took not the smallest. The thickness of the body was enough.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/cc6/a29/6b9/cc6a296b922b98f9a3172239f5f2f55b.jpg)
A micro button was taken to the LEDs.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/f5b/295/369/f5b29536971d57026a71edda64f2f05a.jpg)
Manufacturers have done the hole, so we will have less work left.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/443/bef/dfc/443befdfceee1c956e8154cb63bae9c1.jpg)
Let's drop the LEDs in future places
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/34d/a1c/adc/34da1cadc3d90a97a5d3e71b3c54c28e.jpg)
The question arose of how to connect all this. Various conductors have been tested. In the photo, a wire from the headphones. The first time I worked with such small LEDs.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/ac8/e72/703/ac8e7270315cc31a0d3f9ce8cea1fd15.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/2d8/20e/9a6/2d820e9a6a60e80aef404bd6bb1ad993.jpg)
It's time to make the seats. For these purposes a file was used.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/c8c/a0d/dad/c8ca0ddadff0ac29fd4a7b0f96ff3e31.jpg)
In the end, the wires were taken from the IDE loop.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/83b/eec/e95/83beece95d78e2793fc8486bef3942e5.jpg)
We look how it all looks in place.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/14a/77e/804/14a77e8040768ae27e8d238071f68e1d.jpg)
Put the clockwork in place, check. The light is not as soft as the original.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/3dc/d93/8ef/3dcd938ef025e36c896963f38399ad95.jpg)
We look at how you can place the battery. Perhaps in the original it is somehow located in a plastic plug, but the battery did not fit into this plug, I had to fiddle. Traces of vandalism did not appear on the photograph.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/ccd/7d7/4e3/ccd7d74e33487b2445034d61fb406139.jpg)
Putting it all together. Glows, works. But there is one “but.” It all works now without a button.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/fc2/df9/c4b/fc2df9c4b4f9ea3d708646f2f474bc49.jpg)
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/95e/803/c5d/95e803c5da84fe12dc7305b4f2ad0bfb.jpg)
We are preparing the operating room and the patient for implantation of a button.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/89e/b56/3fc/89eb563fcee2306a971a28035b0a8cdd.jpg)
The button was just set on hot melt adhesive. Connected to a pipette with a nail trimmer of a suitable diameter. Wild, but it works.
![image](https://habrastorage.org/getpro/geektimes/post_images/75a/350/365/75a35036577aa042e57b767a8654c7c1.gif)
You can continue to move the copy closer to the original.
At least replace the pipette with a white one. You can also make the backlight as in the original. There is no need to hold a button. Pressed - the backlight turned on for a few seconds and turned off. If there is a simple solution to this issue - in the comments.