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craptacular

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  1. I've been searching for one myself, and came across this: Seiko Monster replacement crystal?
  2. What the heck. I'd be in for two, if they were truly 1:1 including lume color/quality.
  3. They certainly do. Thanks so much for the help, everyone. Looks like I've got some cleaning to do before my dial swap.
  4. I was mainly concerned since I had never seen one with the applied logo lettering with the strikethrough before. I appreciate the info - thanks!
  5. I can't seem to find any markings on the back of the dial. It's kind of an oxidized-black with an almost honeycomb shaped wear pattern and pockmarks where the posts for the hour markers and logo items attach through.
  6. Purchased a used black SMP dial advertised as gen, with the dealer even speaking of sourcing it from Switzerland. It arrived, and... I'm not sure about this. My initial concerns: The "OMEGA" has a line through the center The hour markers are lined with metal like a PO dial (I thought these were just white ink lined) The lume spills a little over the metal hour marker edges in a couple of places So, is it a gen dial? If so, would it be acceptable to swap out with a new blue-dial SMP rep - as far as having a fairly accurate rep? I've got a black bezel ready to swap in as well. Any input would be appreciated - thanks!
  7. That's what I'm getting the more I look into the ST24. Since I didn't buy it with resale in mind, I guess it's not that big of a deal. Thanks for all of the feedback, folks.
  8. Bingo. It's the movement in that linked thread. I'll just proceed in the assume-all-movements-are-clones mindset from now on. You'd think that if the factories can churn out detailed clones like this, they'd be able to get a **** bezel insert pearl centered in a triangle. I'm starting to think that obvious flaws like that are intentional to avoid the full wrath of the gen companies - nobody wants to be the next "closed factory".
  9. So now comes the hard part for me. I purchased this from a private seller and paid quite a bit more than I could have purchased a new ETA-clone for. Granted, it shipped fast, I didn't have the customs risk and it did come with both the SS bracelet as well as one of the rep rubber diver's straps I've been wanting... I don't blame the seller at all. He purchased it from Josh as a Swiss ETA, so I don't think he was trying to pull one over on me. So what's the right thing to do now?
  10. Just bought my 2nd UPO (trying a black bezel this time) sold to me as a "swiss 2824-2", and when I received it I opened the caseback to check out the movement to find this decorated nickel movement: I sure wasn't expecting THAT. It's pretty, but it's lacking any kind of ETA stamp. I haven't seen a decorated movement on a UPO before, so... is it swiss or a clone?
  11. I've been wanting to find a cheap alternative to doing the gen insert swap for some time now myself. The closest I've come across is to buy one of the aftermarket ones off ebay, remove the pearl from it and replace it with the one from the UPO. IIRC, the pearl on the UPO is glued to the bezel itself, so it will take some heat/work to get it off and reposition for the new insert.
  12. I've thrown in a relatively fresh battery from another recent Miyota chrono purchase that has been running rock solid. I'll be sure to pick up a brand new one to test before ordering a new movement. I'm a little hesitant to do that, what with it being a rep and all. Would removing the movement and just bringing that in for checking be an acceptable move? I've checked Frei, but strangely they don't seem to stock the 0S20 from a search of their site. My plan was to call them up to see if they'd order one if I couldn't find a simpler online route. Thanks very much for the feedback - I appreciate it.
  13. My quartz PO Chrono is flaking out badly. I've caught it running fast by a couple of minutes, or slow by quite a bit. I guess it's time to find a replacement movement, unless anyone has a suggestion. Where could I purchase an inexpensive Miyota 0S20?
  14. Yikes. I guess I was just paying attention to the dial markings, and just had a knee-jerk os20/fs20 reaction. I should double-check my PO Chrono guess before I order something.
  15. Looks like a miyota os20 could possibly work. ...and if you find out where to get one cheap, let me know. I need one myself for a quartz PO Chrono that's acting up.
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