siesta181

I develop a rash whenever I wear rep leather straps. Dunno why.

Mine does turn in both directions and I believe (correct me if I am wrong) that the gen is bidirectional as well.

Lume is supposed to emulate the tritium lume which should not glow.

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S181

I love mine as well... I thinks its great value for $$$

Seeet

Always good to catch up with the Skyland Bde.

Thursday: Still DSN 025a

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S181

Latest addition to the Pamily... DSN 025a

Blur photo. Took the photo with a cigarette on my right hand. Did I mention that I just had a cup of coffee as well.

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S181

Nice catch mate...

How does the hands compare to the gen?

You reckon they'll sell just the dial? I need that dial for my 7753 250.

If some one just wants the movt for a teardown, we can share the cost...hehehe

Not too excited about the movt itself until someone does a teardown but the dial would be a good upgrade to my 7753 250.

Smaller subsials = more accurate than the 7753 250 dials out there in the market.

Other than that, the bezel does not look like the higher bezel found on ELs 7750

I have a very resourceful modder where I am at and I tell you, my 1655 2893 project is an absolute nightmare. If you think about using Yuki dials for the 1655 project, you are going to need the taller cannon pins, hour wheels etc coz the standard on the 2893 will not be able to clear the dial. Yuki dials are thick.

That's just a start. You mugh have to customize the movt retainer rings. I am about to give up on this project. Any one wants a 2893-2 movt with some spare parts from ofrei. I'd give a good price.

Just when I talked myself out of buying this one... Okay.. That's it. I am gonna sell one of my reps to fund this.

@Sander, any change you'll be producing these caps for the masses?

Man.... That mod seems to be a lot of work.

Nice watch... the cannon pin does protrude a fair bit now doesn't it?

You guys reckon its possible to flatten, sand down and high polish the cannon pin or will that just damage the cannon pin?

Me and some mates are about to pull the trigger on DSN's updated 25A. SO any opinions will be appreciated.

Damn it.... burnz gonna poison me with the MC. I know it's coming... gawd dang it. I need a better paying job.

Sweeett

And breaking the Rolex stranglehold we have.... The IWC BP 5004

Camera on the iPhone4 is pretty good.

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S181

Love the Monster...

I got my TG on a Nato today

Monday - IWC BP 5004

Big watch that wears extremely well on your wrist. Serviced and unlumed by Spinmaster.

Cheers all

S181

Friday: Vintage 7734 on Bond Nato

iPhone4 picture

Picked this for a project about 3 months ago... only to realise very recently that it was the wrong movt. Converted it to a 45min totalizer and serviced. All thanks to Spinmaster.

TGIF

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S181

glad to know that such strap making skills will be hitting my shores soon... nice.

I wonder if the factories will be able to get the font for the "Fu" correct??? quite sure they will....

Everything is possible with a little bit elbow grease. Higher wheels for the hands, a new movt holder for the slimmer 2893, correct hands for the posts...

Anything is possible... just not that easy.

siesta,

I think the problem is lots of folks were trying to do the impossible. the Rolex GMT /2893-2 is a difficult if not impossible build. possibly if you were able to source the longer canon pins that are available, but not standard, it would be possible. As far as PAMs, i would guess that the basic problem is a lot of the cases were never designed to fit a 2893-2. the nice thing about the old Eddie Lee cases was the cases were designed for the 2893-2 and when they were no longer available they started using the 2836-2's, Unfortunately, those old watches are pretty rare.Eddie Lee's prices were on the high end for reps back in 2005-06, and I would imagine that not a lot were sold to start with. Thus the rarity. I may be wrong, but the old Eddie Lee 029's and 063's should all be usable as a 2893-2 recipient. having said that, I don't know at what point the cases changed, different manufacturer., etc. Probably the ones that are proving impossible to use with the 2893-2's are newer models that just aren't compatible with the 2893-2 movement.

Common mistake among the watch builders is that they assume that they can just drop a movt and poooff, you have a watch. A watch is a sophisticated, intricate mechanism with very acute tolerances. I bought one of fxrandy's 2893 with the intention to build a 063. When I could not find a good case, I decided on a Rollie Mcqueen. That was in April I believe and I am still sourcing for the higher hour wheel. Its a long haul process to find parts even if they are not obsolete. the EL 029 is obsolete and in Mickey's case, he gotten a Honpo 029, which in my simple mind means keep it until somebody robs it off you.