tokei

Thanks for the compliments tokei. Appreciated.

Regarding hand winding the automatics... The Zigmeister has always said it's bad for the movements... gen or rep. I just echo what he says in articles like this.

Just don't do it.

Clear enough for me...great article from The Zigmeister. I must have missed that one...certainly will save most of my auto watches now. Got me a bit worried on the GMTII. I'll open it up and take a look. Hopefully, it's not too late...if it is, well, I guess I'll be going through with the transplant sooner than anticipated.

I see the justificiation of transplanting a 2893 on a GMT2 w/ a modified 2836. As we know, a 2893 is a true GMT movement.

An issue I've noticed about these bastardized movements is the slow(er) moving GMT hand that causes a lag, and a "freemoving" hand when setting the time that also causes it to be off. In order for the GMT hand to be nearly accurate, you would have to set it during the :00 hours.

Freddy is right about the movement being thinner. And jdavis is also right about contacting Stilty. Because I believe he had a DateJust project where he transplanted a 2892 (maybe?) into it.

As far as hand sizes go, here's a listing of Rollie-style hands that will fit a 2893:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/WATCH-HANDS-FOR-ROLEX-T...tem310032582099

That was one of the reasons for considering the transplant. Of course, I only started to consider this with the wealth of information available from the folks on this forum...funny, would never have considered this before hand.

By-Tor: from time to time, I do manually wind the watch...I didnt realize it would grind down the gears (noticably). Wow, does this also mean I should refrain from doing so with my gens? During the weeks I wear my GMT-MII, I also put it in a winder as it has a tendancy to stop during the night. Again, beautiful watch, but I would certainly love an improved movement...

BTW - missed out on your WM9 Sub and love your reviews...learned so much in the last month or so.

As I understand it the 2836-2 with the IHS isn't the "time bomb" but the CHS is the problem. If that is the case, I would think that you will gain little by this transplant considering the possible problems you might incur. If you decide to go through with the plan, you might PM Silty to see if he could provide a movement holder for this swap.

Thank you for the replies. For the time being, the Asian clone movement seems to be doing ok. Not sure about other folks experience, but the gears just "feel" really rough - especially when I manually wind it - gives the sense that it may give anytime. Anyways, I've already had it swapped out once.

Perhaps, it maybe easier to source an extra modified ETA 2836-2 rather than the 2893-2...

Thanks again for the help...if I do this, I'll be sure to post pictures and outcome.

I've been seriously considering doing a transplant of a Gen Swiss ETA 2893-2 to my GMT-MII Ceramic (IHS) with Asian clone 2836-2. Has anyone done this or could provide some pointers?

I really like this rep...but the movement seems to be a timebomb (from everything that has been posted). My main concern is: will the existing Asian clone hands fit a gen ETA 2893-2? How about the dial feet position? From what I read, the hands on the ETA2893-2 are 150/90/25. Anyone know what they are on the modified asian ETA clone 2836-2?

Once this is done - should make for a great reliable Rep (without the POS movement inside)...still with IHS, though.

Any thoughts or experience?

Thanks!

Do any of You have seen or have a MBK Yachtmaster ?

What is Your opinion about the case/bracelet and the overall feel of it ?

Is the case/bracelet better then for example the noobmariner one ?

I just ordered one from Chris. Will post pictures when I get it...but from what I understand the overall feel and dial effect should be better than the current Noob version (bracelet and crystal).

But, alas, I am eagerly awaiting my package to arrive in the mail....I, too, would be interested in seeing pictures of the MBK YM...

Hmm - certainly glad I didnt place an order for one of these. Awaiting to finalize my order from Chris...

Such an addicting hobby

Hi everyone - been lurking on RWG forums for about a month. Never left since I joined up. I've learned so much and realized there is such a great community out there. Anyways, I've made a few purchase from some member...and now in the process of buying a YM.

From another dealer I've bought from in the past, I pulled out these picture of a YM version he was offering.

Can anyone tell me which Yachtmaster dial (Noob YM, MBK YM, other?) this is from? How is close is this compared to the gen? Not so crazy about the engraved "Rolex" though.

Doesnt look like the Noob version...

Thanks!