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  6. vintage 16014 datejust

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    Great mate (again)!

    Date font looks very good imho, love those open 6 and 9. I can do a comparison shot of my gen tomorrow... seems a little bit thinner somehow. But perhaps that's just my old, sore eyes :D:huh:

    How did you manage to put that gen dial in it? Did you have to move the dial feet?

    Cheers,

    Mike

  12. Anyone Know This Uk Based Ebay Seller?

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    UPDATE:

    Well, I bought eBay item #290041300293 UNITAS ETA 6497 WATCH FITS TO PANERAI PARTS - TITANIUM

    from this dude, he's totally dragging his feet. He told me his last one of these had a nick in the case, so he's trying to get another--this was 2 or 3 weeks ago. He tried to switch me to the SS version. I'm hoping it wont end badly (for him). I'm going to be in the UK in a couple months.

    Anybody know him? He used to run a rep site.

    Actually Homer told me, that new Ti cases were on it´s way. Should arrive mid next week...

    Homer is/was a very trusted EU-based dealer, i´d have no worries ;)

  13. Why The Eta Shortage Is No Problem

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    There´s a movement called SW200, made by Sellita in Switzerland.

    It's almost exactly the same as the 2824-2, and availability is better. It´s already used by several watch companies, including Meistersinger, Steinhart, Anonimo (!) etc.

    AND IT IS NOT ETA! So easy to get in the near future.

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    http://www.sellita.ch/catalogue/mvts_auto.html

    Text i´ve found on the web:

    The company lime-of-fonnière reveals two gauges. The litigation with Swatch Group was the release of the process. Christian names: SW 200 and SW 300.

    Sellita Watch launches on the market two gauges. “We have the obligation to succeed. We cannot put back us on another thing. We believe in our project, we much invested”, said Miguel Garcia, the director of the company lime-of-fonnière specialized in the assembly of movements. This launching followed upon the litigation which opposed the company to Swatch Group. This one had announced in summer 2002 that it was going to reduce its deliveries of ETA outlines. Last December, Comco (Commission of competition) had decided some differently. Until the end of 2010, ETA will supply its customers normally.

    “The business Swatch Group, it is the kick in the fourmillère. There is a research which is done, that creates a dynamics”, notes Miguel Garcia. Conscious of this problem, people of Sellita Watch took their stick of pilgrim to find the suppliers ready to engage in this project.

    Swiss partners

    Contrary to the generally accepted ideas, Asia did not prove to be cheaper. In the Jurassic Arc, “Swiss suppliers decided to play the game. They brought out the machines of the galetas”, is delighted Miguel Garcia. The volume produced by Sellita Watch, approximately 1 million parts, is certainly not foreign there. The SW 200, for example, is with “more than 95% Swiss made”.

    The suppliers of the company lime-of-fonnière wet themselves in the adventure. Employment could benefit from it. Sellita Watch maintained its manpower of 170 people. “Instead of manufacturing the components, we engaged of the suppliers who, them, invest enormously”, Miguel Garcia entrusts. In the five years to come, “a thousand of people could work into external on the project”, estimates the director.

    Sellita Watch, on its side, “went up a technical infrastructure and of provisioning of components”. Consequent investments were authorized for machines, control, “the infrastructures of logistics also”, specifies Andreas Deubzer, the director of the operations.

    The company also repurchased the building formerly occupied by Festina with the street Cernil-Antoine with the Lime-of-Bottoms.

    And customers of Sellita Watch? They “are satisfied of the step and the speed with which that was done. We speak little and work much. Today, we leave wood. The customers were well-informed but there was a very great discretion”, specifies Miguel Garcia.

    Automatics

    The SW 200 is a gauge of a diameter of 11 ½ with 26 rubies and a reserve of 38 hours walk. Available as of May, it is intended for the segment of means of range at a basic price of 45 frank. The SW 300 will be on the market at the beginning of 2006. It is about a movement of the same diameter with 25 rubies. It will be used for the top-of-the-range segment. Its price will range between 80 and 90 frank. “They have the same gauge as the ETA products”, specifies Miguel Garcia.

    Additional information can be found here:

    http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.ph...highlight=sw200

  23. Update: Swiss Eta; +40 Minutes In A 24hr Period

    in Watch Repair & Upgrade

    Posted

    I had a similar problem with my vintage Submariner. I bashed it against something and all of a sudden it was running ridiculously fast, like +5 minutes in an hour.

    I mentioned it to my Rolex certified watchmaker and he described a pair of curb pins that control the hairspring within the balance. He said the spring may have jumped over a curb pin, altering its tension way too high, making the watch run fast.

    He said that of COURSE (*rolling my eyes*) he could not recommend anyone doing it, but a good solid whack in the palm of a hand would likely fix it.

    So I gave it a good whack in the palm of my hand, glass-down. And wouldn't you know it, that fixed the problem. Good as new.

    Of course I can't recommend anyone actually DOING this.

    ;)

    :yeah: A 100% Nanuq post *hehe* :thumbsupsmileyanim::bleh:

    You´re so damn masculine :yu:

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