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r/watchmodding↗

A place to modify and build watches

Community dedicated to discussions about building and modifying watches, including posting your builds, great vendors, photos, etc.

16k subscribers292 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)169 authors / mosince 2016

r/watchmodding has 16k members (+91% over the last 12 months). It gets about 292 posts a month from 169 people. Top topics: Custom Watch Builds, Dial Customization and Movements and Dial Compatibility.

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Size and growth

How r/watchmodding has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+91%in 12 months · +14% in 3 months · +2.9% in 1 month
Oct 202616k
Growing16k subscribers
Data since Sep 2018Live · through Oct 2026
r/watchmodding

Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+90%vs Sep 2025 · +22% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026292
BusierPeaked at 361 in Aug 2026
Sep 2026: incl. <1% by known botsData through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/watchmodding

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Custom Watch Builds13%
  2. Dial Customization7.0%
  3. Movements and Dial Compatibility4.4%
  4. Seiko Mods3.8%
  5. Bezels & Inserts3.4%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. Aliexpress
  2. AliExpress
  3. Dial Maker
  4. Secondhandmods
  5. Esslinger

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research