Chronus

Always good to have protection

Yeah me too! Though mine is in titanium and I don't see any titanium Omega reps around let alone 3-tone with titanium, gold and tantalium If they ever did Omegas in titanium I'd love a super-accurate standard SMP though!

How much did you get it for and where? Swap a newly serviced SS SMP ?

Still same problem for me, PC/IE6 Any way to re-enable the horizontal scroll bars? That would remedy the problem. Or at least have it optional

Got a reply, and someone will talk to the factory. Hopefully they will see the sense in using The Zigmeister's ideas I'm hoping some good will come of this.

Me likey! Should've given my brother a watch to take out to you. He's in Tokyo for work until the weekend ! He still can't get into the food there, he tried sushi for the first time and felt sick. I told him to stay safe in that case and try Kobe beef or chicken teriyaki.

I have a WBM TTK special... if it fits...

Very good price! Get him to make 50 more CGs Anyone know if davidsen crystal fits on a jimmy case?

I think Sash had them. Stick to lacquer lighters so it is accurate Anyone know where to get lighter fluid and fill one? In a fit of madness I got a DuPont despite never smoking in my life! Flciking it open and closed is addictive in a funny kinda way...!

Oh yeah, didn't mean that.... once you move to Scotland, maybe it's easier (maybe even cheaper, though I doubt it) to get down here.

An eBay listing with decent pictures of the chrono: IWC AMG Ingeniuer Chrono on eBay

Ok that's too easy... Are you ever coming by London? Also, still enjoying this watch? Did you sort out the bezel? I haven't got it yet...

Where do you get the strap from ? I havent been on RWG as much for a while (busted computer and all that) and am sneaking looks here at work, even though I shouldn't be (can someone change the title bar to say RWG instead of Replica Watch Group???).

Simple answer to your question- In the summer heat, or during strenuous activity (no laughing in the back there!), I get allergic reactions to the nickel in stainless steel. Titanium does not give a reaction, therefore I like to have a lot of titanium watches! It is nothing to do with the weight factor at all, just a practical use. I heard about this watch last night, but wait to see how the Asian 7750 movement holds up with the running seconds at 6 (same as on the Portuguese Chrono and the SS AMG Ingenieur).

I've just seen this again, I'll talk to finepics and see which ones are appropriate for the watches I have!

The Zigmeister, I will contact someone I talk to almost every day and see if they are willing to talk to factories about this moving of subdials. As for existing models - is it possible for a modder/repairer/servicer (such as yourself) to correct the problems with the Asian (or ETA) 7750 with running seconds at 6 and modifying it to use jewelled gears, but reducing the 5 to 3 as you say? Perhaps this is the best solution in the meantime, though probably expensive. I am staying away from those IWC chronos and Daytonas until they are reliable. I have a feeling it is only a matter of time before the IWC Ingenieur Chronos start to be reported having problems. Thanks for everyone's input! (PS. I think that the PAM212/253 should be reliable - no date, one subdial removed, and another moved to the 3 position, but a low-load one. Still, is it worth paying the extra for the ETA 7750 version when it is still using Asian movement parts to transfer the subdial to 3? PPS. Watches with only running seconds at 9, such as PAM092 etc should pose no problems, no chrono functions and no pushers to start and reset chronos, so I expect these types are fine.)

Hi, just to preface this that I couldn't find anything with a search. This post was triggered by the recent IWC Ingenieur Chrono in both SS and titanium, and the rumoured problems with the IWC Portuguese Chrono which uses an Asian 7750 copy movement (but I couldn't find anything with searches). Basically, I am wondering - and this will probably apply to both Asian 7750 copy movements and ETA 7750 movements - that moving subdials around from their original configuration ( 6: 12 hour counter; 9: running seconds; 12: 30 minute counter) may impact in long-term reliability. We've seen with the IWC Portuguese Chrono that the movement has only 2 subdials - 6 and 12, with the 6 having running seconds. I *think* this has had problems with some owners and would imagine that it comes from the moving of seconds to 6. Does moving subdials cause long-term reliability issues? Are these worth banking on, are just for short-term thrills? I would guess that the modified ETA 7750 would also use the same parts as for the Asian 7750 movement. Watches that I can think of with these layouts off-hand are: PAM212 (subdials at 3 and 9- though I expect this will be better); IWC AMG Ingenieur; IWC Ingenieur; IWC Portuguese Chrono (all these IWC's with 6 [running seconds] and 12 [30 minute counter]); PAM187; PAM188; PAM196; PAM253 (all with Asian 7750); RLX Daytona (already reviewed elsewhere by The Zigmeister). Sorry for the rambling lengthy post, hope it makes some sense!

It's imperative we find out if this *is* fixed... there will be transfer wheels to transfer the running 60 seconds subdial (at 9 on a standard 7750 layout) to the 6 position. We already know of the problems in the Daytona, but maybe the standard 12 hour counter is removed from this for this watch? Hard to say but I don't hold much confidence in these sub-dial transfers. I did a search under "IWC chrono problems" and "IWC problems" but found nothing.

I think cwai's mods were for the 42mm version as well.

T SWISS T dial for PAM036, properly aligned. ($20-30 about right? $50 with it all lumed?) JimmyFu crownguards (for my PAM028,029 and 063) $50 (I think that's how much they were to begin with ?) I may be going off PAMs at the moment Can you believe it ? Hmmm come to think of it, I *did* wear the 036 and 063 last week.

Having looked at it, will the chrono have problems with running seconds at 6 ? Wasn't there another IWC that had problems with that? And it also had 2 subdials in the same locations as this one? Was that a hand-wind or an automatic?

I have a brand new SS Ingenieur I never even took the plastic off And I prefer titanium Oh well I should wait for reviews.

Explains a lot of things. Hope you feel a lot better!

Try it on your IWCs Pug

Hmmm a PAM127 is something I wanted for a while... maybe I should strike this list of PAMs I was going to get. The list was: PAM127 PAM187 with ETA 7753 PAM176H That would have completed my collection of PAMs.