Franken Mod : 2019 Edomondo Honda 300

From a quick glimpse, the above watch would seemed to be the discontinued Seiko Sumo G2. Sumo G3 (below) had just started hitting the Malaysian marketplace although price remained high as the current ones were among the first batches. 

There were some slight differences between the G2 and G3, and one of the more notable ones to me was the inclusion of the sapphire crystal. I have always had to upgrade the sapphire crystal in my Sumo G2; and now that it arrived direct from factory with the upgraded crystal, that would make life easier, right?

The differences between a Sumo with Hardlex mineral crystal (left), and another Sumo with double-domed sapphire crystal (right), could be very evident when placed together. The above showed both of my Sumo G2 side-by-side and you could clearly see the differences there.

Thanks to the G3, the G2's status was suddenly elevated. Parts from the G2 such as the dial and handset, saw some increase in prices from online sellers. Given that G2 had now been discontinued, it would only be a matter of time before G2 parts that we modders had been using, would be depleted from the market. Thank goodness I had stocked up on some of these SBDC031 and SBDC033 dials and handsets, along with SBDX017 dials and handsets when stock was still relatively easy to purchase back then.

Coming back to the mod, I wanted to create an improved version of Sumo G2 some time back; and thus the above SuMMo G2.5 came to fruition. It was essentially a G2 armed with SBDX017 dial, and handset, ceramic lumed bezel insert, and double dome sapphire crystal. This was one of my Franken Mod that had seen the most requests from readers to replicate; but I was reluctant to do so.

Now that Sumo G3 was out, I wanted to do yet another version- and of course, it had to be an improved version too. 

That was why I decided to utilise the CNC-machined MM300 homage mono block case which was good for 300m WR, coupled with SBDC031 dial and handset. Further details of the build would be as per the following :

Case : Mono block

Movement : Seiko Caliber NH35

Dial : SBDC031

Handset : SBDC031
Chapter Ring : Modified

Bezel insert : Lumed ceramic bezel insert

Crystal : Sapphire
Strap : Kain Heritage vintage thick leather

Put all the above together, and we would have the following :

In fact, it looked so well integrated together that a non-Seikoholic might thought that the Franken Mod was an original production. 

So there you have it, folks- another one-of-a-kind Franken Mod in the Edomondo Honda 300. 

The Yokozuna Sumo in new attire! E-Honda would no doubt be proud of this!