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cougaree

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  1. After owing this watch for the last several days, these are my thoughts of the watch as a quality time keeper (this is not a gen vs rep comparison).

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    Positives: Case, dial and AR coating on the sapphire crystal

    The case is very nicely finished. It definitely feels high quality. No sharp edges. It has nice presence on my wrist. It wears slightly large compare to my other 44mm Pam. I think this is due to its 45mm case size, lighter colored dial, deeper rehalt and the shape of the lugs. The engraving on the caseback looks nice. It would be great if the engraving can be a bit deeper, especially the horse, but it's not too bad. When I slide my finger over it, it feels smooth. The dial is very well made. I'm not sure it has the same shade of yellow as gen, but looks very nice. The highly polished numerals are very clean and shinny. The AR coating is pretty good out of the box. I personally don't think the crystal needs to be recoated.

    Negatives: Installation of the hands

    The watch's large hands are not installed perfectly parallel to the dial on this watch. I think they were installed like this to provide more clearance, so they could go over the sub dials. The hands will need to be reinstalled, perhaps with a set of taller wheels (hour, minute, etc).

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    Overall, again, it's a good watch. Mod worthy. I know I will keep mine for a very long time.

    Questions:

    1. Where can I find a set of taller hour, minute and second wheels? Will the ETA wheels fit onto a A7750?

    2. Can an ETA 7750 be installed in this watch to work with the existing modifications of moving the minute counter from 12 to 3?

    Thanks for reading!

    Cougaree

  2. Guys,

    I have done some movement swapping before. Mainly on ETA 2824-2 movement. My experience is that with this particular movement, I often find myself in need of taller minute, second and hour wheels. I hope someone can tell me whether is the same case for 2892-A2 movements.

    Any other thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I'm thinking about swapping an ETA 2824-2 movement (in need to service) with a new ETA 2892-A2 movement for my Cartier Santos 100 ultimate.

    Thanks!

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