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Thanks all. I took it to a local watchsmith and it is good as new. Only $35 bucks to fix, but something I should learn to do.

Had a hunch between the sharpness and the hand stack!

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Its Genuine so I cheated a little R Factory

Wow. I know nothing of Explorers, but that thing really pops! I could see it on a nice sporty Omega-style strap...mesh black with orange stitching.

On the other part... Semi-frankens with almost gen-like functions and quality is quite impressive. Noob LMPO, JF 16610, ARF 116610 etc.. Sure. It's almost the price of a Steinhart. However.. The finish on Steinharts is uncomparable. Look at mr TC Selling as Ginault. A lot of people find it Worth the price at 1000€. Which is quite interesting considering what he sold his v6/v7's for.

Valjoux 72 powered This one needs to be finished next: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I agree , most of the problems I get in PM box from members are movement issues. If you can not fix your own (which most of us can't, myself included) you either send watch back to China (a nightmare I always advise against) or increase the cost even more by sending to one of our watch smiths, now we are back to cost against a mid tier gen. On the flip side you will get a very accurate looking well running Rep for what 10% or less of a gen of that model in the end. This is why it is called a hobby the one watch wonders who pay 4-5 hundred bucks for the latest sub and have a movement problem go off on dealers, the hobby, me LOL!, those of us who have been around w/ large collections just take it in stride get it fixed without drama.

The SH3135 doesn't have a central oscillating screw retainer, you maybe referring to an ETA based movement. There have been some reports of the same issue with this movement, which was well known with the SA3135, but now looks to be effecting the SH 3135 movements, there is one gear in the auto wind bridge which is the culprit, many people replace the entire auto bridge for gen, but once again, there have been mixed results in these being compatible. What I suspect is the factories are mixing the batches of SA3135 V2 movements with the SH3135 movements. Easy way to tell a V1 SA3135 to a V2 SA3135 is the sten thickness, the V1 has a very thin tube.

Thanks By-Tor! Had this for more than a decade and once in a stupid while I think about selling it. But then I look at it, I drive it, and the old girl catches my heart again.

Yep! Agreed. The door is closing quickly. I (mostly) daily drive my ‘84. It’s a pain in traffic but the smiles it has given me for 6 years or so has been worth it. The gauges matched my old Lava AP nicely!

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Lol I hear you ! I have far too many good ones and now my still pretty good ones I tend to give away, but they were a few hundred dollars a few years back. It seems you have to sell say two good from two years ago to get part of a payment on something new and fresh.