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We'll guys, I did it. It may not be much of an accomplishment to some, but for me I feel Great. I sent my Omega Ploprof out on July 19th to MD2020 to have the date centered in the window. When I sent it, the watch was working perfectly and keeping great time. We'll as most of you know, MD had major issues and nothing I sent got fixed right. Although I was luckily enough to at least get my watches back, 4 months later, my Ploprof arrived broken! The crown & stem wouldn't go all the way in, the movement was mounted upside down ( MD had the crown on the right side like most other watches, but the Ploprof's crown belongs on the left side) and the hour hand was stuck at 6 o'clock. So after my initial frustration cooled down some, I decided I would start the process of trying to fix my own watches, if possible. So I started purchasing tools and getting things together to work on my own stuff. We'll today I decided to jump in and see what's up with the Ploprof. I took the watch apart & decased the movement. I found the movement was not mounted correctly in the ring / holder, so it was causing the movement & hands to sit lower under the dial than it should. So the hour hand was hitting the 6 o'clock stick marker on the dial. The seconds hand was also slipping. I had taken previous pictures of the watch movement inside the watch before and looking back at them, I could tell MD must have broken the original stem and replaced it. So the new stem now was just a tad too long. So I cut the stem just a bit, remounted the movement, reseated the hands, recased everything and Whoo Hoo. It's working great again. So far, it's keeping great time too. It's a great feeling to not only have my Ploprof back on my wrist, since the last time I wore it was back in early July, but I fixed it! Thanks goes out to Freddy333 for his suggestion to decase the movement to check if it stills sticks at 6 o'clock. Your suggestion gave me the idea to go ahead and give it a try. Here she is, in all her Beauty. Dave...

Pam 089 GMT gets my vote.

Miss spent youth obviously!

For me one of these 3 But as i am doing building work at home the most practical will be this

Thats a great review, thanks for sharing. Some highlights for me. ?....... The detailed pics of the dial fonts clearly illustrate the many differences in font styles and spacing even across the same gen series! Look at the different M fonts in the three Swiss Made pics alone? The same can be seen in several other characters in the main dial text. I am really not clear why the kh dial is thought to be the best TC dial, as it has as many differences, as the earlier TC dial and to the naked eye on the wrist none can really be seen? Some early TC dial batches had QC issues, but a properly QC'd dial is also superb. I completed a detailed review of my gen PJ coded 2008 bracelet, against my TC V3/V4 PJ bracelet and it really is very very close in detail, form, feel and finish. Many gen bracelets do not have the 93250 stamped on the back in later series so this is not an issue. Personally I think your crown guard analysis is superb, but what it does also show is why a gen crown upgrade is worthwhile? You can see in the bottom picture it really does make a difference and it eliminates the slipping clutch issue with many TC crown springs. Thanks again for a brilliant insight and all of the above is meant to add some value to your great analysis. I vowed for years that I would never wear a rep modern Rolex sub, but my BK TC franken changed all of that! ENJOY YOURS :-)

Chronus and retep!! Hey guys nice to see you again!!<br /><br />Stick around awhile, eh?

yukiwatch has a case set but it is not an exact copy but close i am planning to build one for my next project check out yukiwatch.com some members have built one using the the explorer steve macqueen case the case needs modding ! good luck

Looks like it is running a 6497 with glued on plates. Is it just me or has anyone wondered what to do when these plated movements need to be repaired or serviced? Will it be easy to remove them or will they be damaged when removing them making the movement useless? The simple plates on the 375 are easy enough to remove and glue back, but they are not nearly as elaborate as these newer ones. Just thinking out loud.....

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