GMT, project

[pitimany]

recollection of parts

right case

Caseback

Gen dial and insert

this watch will be the movement donor a eta 2836 with functional GMT hand

Still missing datewhell and correct hands.

thank you for your comments and feedback, I am not an expert in GMT.

Edited August 12, 2007 by pitimany

[docblackrock]

Yikes, for a second I thought that last pic was your finished product congrats though on putting that donor watch out of its misery, eeuw

Not quite sure what GMT model you're trying to recreate here -1675? - but your case is way off. Since it has spring bezel and the usual half-hearted lugholes I'm assuming it's a TW 16710 right? Whatever, those modern cases are positively obese compared with their predecessors. Early GMTs had a case profile more akin to a bulimic supermodel, which like most women's waistlines, got gradually thicker with age. The case is always the fly in the ointment with franken GMTs. Does your T116 even fit on that modern sapphire assembly? I doubt it....

As for the dial - 'fraid that is a sorry sight, I hope you didn't pay too much - looks like a late '80s 1675 although it's in ratty condition and looks like it has a gloss finish in one of the pics, strange, as only matte dials were used from '68 to 'late 80s by which time the 1675 had given way to the transitional 16750.

Aha!!! That's it.... in fact, I think your dial may well be a 16750 but with the white gold indices removed. Would explain the lume appearance, gloss lacquer and those nasty feet marks where the indices were.

Sorry if I seem like I'm pulling your project to pieces, not my intention at all. Just strange that you admit to not being an expert yet proceed with a project like this full steam ahead buying gen parts without much apparent sense of direction. I'm sure you know the usual members here such as Nanuq, Euno and Ubi who know vintage GMTs inside out, and By-Tor who can advise re. GMTIIs - together with myself, all would be happy to help I'm sure, you just have to ask

If I were you I'd try to put together a nice 16710 using the gen insert, much easier route given your parts than a decent 1675, which would require case, another dial, hard-to-find correct-GMT hand and a Watchmeister overlay.

Good luck whatever you decide.

[TeeJay]

Best of luck with the project I'm planning on building a Submariner with GMT function in about a month when the parts arrive

[pitimany]

@docblackrock

Thank you.

I pay ~50 for the dial and I was sad as I saw the the feet of the gold indices on the front.

bezel and crystal fit the case a TW as you said, very old it has been with me for 4 years.

Probably the 16710 is the best obtion to use some of this parts.

best,

P

Yikes, for a second I thought that last pic was your finished product congrats though on putting that donor watch out of its misery, eeuw

Not quite sure what GMT model you're trying to recreate here -1675? - but your case is way off. Since it has spring bezel and the usual half-hearted lugholes I'm assuming it's a TW 16710 right? Whatever, those modern cases are positively obese compared with their predecessors. Early GMTs had a case profile more akin to a bulimic supermodel, which like most women's waistlines, got gradually thicker with age. The case is always the fly in the ointment with franken GMTs. Does your T116 even fit on that modern sapphire assembly? I doubt it....

As for the dial - 'fraid that is a sorry sight, I hope you didn't pay too much - looks like a late '80s 1675 although it's in ratty condition and looks like it has a gloss finish in one of the pics, strange, as only matte dials were used from '68 to 'late 80s by which time the 1675 had given way to the transitional 16750.

Aha!!! That's it.... in fact, I think your dial may well be a 16750 but with the white gold indices removed. Would explain the lume appearance, gloss lacquer and those nasty feet marks where the indices were.

Sorry if I seem like I'm pulling your project to pieces, not my intention at all. Just strange that you admit to not being an expert yet proceed with a project like this full steam ahead buying gen parts without much apparent sense of direction. There are many members here such as Nanuq, Euno and Ubi who know vintage GMTs inside out, and By-Tor who can advise re. GMTIIs - together with myself, all would be happy to help I'm sure, you just have to ask

If I were you I'd try to put together a nice 16710 using the gen insert, much easier route given your parts than a decent 1675, which would require case, another dial, hard-to-find correct-GMT hand and a Watchmeister overlay.

Good luck whatever you decide.

[pitimany]

@ Nanuq, thanks. Love you new acquisition.

As I said, I don't know much about GMT. You are right I was aiming to the second, but as "docblackrock" clearly point out I was only aiming.

This picture is fantastic; it is incredible that the GMT does not have as many followers as the Submariner. It has way more character and style, as it

[docblackrock]

@ Nanuq, thanks. Love you new acquisition.

As I said, I don't know much about GMT. You are right I was aiming to the second, but as "docblackrock" clearly point out I was only aiming.

This picture is fantastic; it is incredible that the GMT does not have as many followers as the Submariner. It has way more character and style, as it