Dont know if others have faced a similar issue ...... burt here is mine.
I am nuts for GMT watches and the top of my list is the RX EXP II white.
Finally managed to get one with correct bezel , good date font, long GMT hand, correct GMT hand stack .... and most important , "blackish" rings around the (white) hour dots.
Too good to be true.
..... the movemnt inside , is a 2836-2 modified.
First watch comes and after few dates of testing , the resuls are:
- very hard winding
- GMT hand and hour hand not synchronized (no way to get them synchronized).
- when 12 o'clock or 6:30 where the hour and min hand should completely overlap ... they do not. Hour hand always points few mins before (as an example: when X o'clock the hour hand does not point right on the dot .... it points a 2mm distance before !!!)
That's because the whole damn movement is geared based on the GMT hand and the hour hand acts as a secondary one.
..... any way , watch goes back to the dealer for fixing and servicing (free of charge).
Watch comes back ..... same problems again. Waist of money (shipping cost) and time.
Dealer sends a brand new watch.
New Watch received yesterday.
..... exactly the same problems again.
Watch will go back again.
Dont know if its only me having that great luck ..., cant tell if the problem is due to the "correct stack up" of the GMT hand , or is the modified movement by itself or all the three things together ..... but,
I AM DONE WITH THE 2836-2 MODIFIED !!!!!! :bann:
Note: I will not reveal the dealer .... in any case is not his fault (2836-2 mod is just a crappy movement).
As you can see, his whole attitude, service and after sales support was really great.