Champagnesky Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hi fellow watch replicators. Does anyone know if a SA3135 or yuki will fit in a 16xxx dj case and will a gen dw and hands also? dont want to mess around with cutting feet and gluing dwos and stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 "Does anyone know if a SA3135 or yuki will fit in a 16xxx dj case..." A genuine 3135 will not work in a genuine 16000 series case so if the SA3135 is genuine spec it will not fit, but it should work in a 162xx case. Do not know if genspec hands will fit the SA3135 or not (never had one of the SA3135 mvts). If the SA3135 H and M hand hubs are oem spec and the ss pinion is oem spec they should fit. Example of one of many exercises in futility... I cut the dial seat deeper in a 162xx DJ case about 20 years ago in order to put a 3035 in it and ran into a lot of trouble. 1...the second hand rubbed the sapphire crystal 2...cut the ss hand tube down and lowered the hand 3...the ss hand rubbed the minute hand 4...lowered the H and M hands 5...the M hand rubbed the applied markers 6...substituted the applied marker dial for a white/black 'Buckley' printed dial 7...it finally worked Never thought about using a taller 16610 crystal gasket but I may try it sometime just to see if it will work. Still have the case, 3035, and applied marker dial. No longer have the printed dial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagnesky Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Found this post, it looks like it will work though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 "Found this post, it looks like it will work though..." The case reference number is not mentioned in the link. "Does anyone know if a SA3135 or yuki will fit in a 16xxx dj case..." if 16xxx means a 162xx DJ case, then the answer would be yes...if the movement and case are genuine spec. Replicas and Frankensteins may be the cartoons of the watch world but a 6.35mm thick movement will still not fit into a case made for a 6.0mm thick movement. No kiddin'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagnesky Posted January 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 On 08/12/2016 at 7:01 PM, automatico said: "Found this post, it looks like it will work though..." The case reference number is not mentioned in the link. "Does anyone know if a SA3135 or yuki will fit in a 16xxx dj case..." if 16xxx means a 162xx DJ case, then the answer would be yes...if the movement and case are genuine spec. Replicas and Frankensteins may be the cartoons of the watch world but a 6.35mm thick movement will still not fit into a case made for a 6.0mm thick movement. No kiddin'. its a 16013 case. I installed the movement into the case but the rotor doesent move if i screw on the caseback without the gasket. Dont know how much a gasket will add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted January 2, 2017 Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 It sounds like the movement is thicker than a genuine movement. The 3035 for a 16013 is thicker than a 3135 made for a 162xx case so an 'in spec' 3135 clone should fit in the case with no rotor clearance problems. See if the stem is centered in the case tube because a genuine 3135 in a 16013 case will have the stem too far toward the front of the case. Since the 16013 case has a flat section O ring gasket that fits on the case back, you might try a thicker gasket but make sure there are enough threads left to hold the back on. The 162xx cases have a round section type O ring gasket that fits in a groove in the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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