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  15. How to Franken a RBII ?

    in The Audemars Piguet Area

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    First of all.....if you plan to use a rep dial with a LWO movement, you can stop right now.

    The rep dial will not fit the LWO movement.

    It's not the subdials but the date window which will not work.

    I'm not on RWI so I can't see your link. I guess it's this one right? if not, perhaps you can post some pics of it.

    http://www.rwg.cc/to...richello-frank/

    As you can see, the date looks terrible.

    Why bother putting in a LWO movement which will look terrible while the rep movement is pretty reliable and looks great?

    Another issue will be the hands. If you don't have the gen hands, you need to make a new hand tube for the minute hand and a new hour wheel for the hour hand.

    The tubes of the chrono hands needs to be shorted and broached. Since the tubes are made of butter and are connected poorly to the hands, it's pretty tough.

    Next issue is the movment ring. you have to design and make a new one.

    The crown can be lowered but is not a must. If you do not lower it, you have the make extensions for the pushers.

    A gen tachyring has to be shaved. A rep tachy will fit a rep dial.

    The next question is: are the movements you have complete? so with cannon pinion and hour wheel. If not, you can not use them at all.

    Good luck with the build!

    We now have heard from the master.

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