Yeah... Those blue inserts are ridiculously high! For that one, I probably would advise using a CWP part, as their inserts are well done. Just pop their acrylic pearl out and fit a gen pearl. Sufficient to get you by until a good one pops up at a reasonable price.
As for the hands- I had a set of CWP's hands come in and they just didn't cut it. The hour hand is mishapen at the diamond, the minute hand is too wide and the seconds hand is too thick, the wrong shape and the back end tail is just too short.
Gen is definitely the way to go on the hands, especially if you are using a nice gen dial! The last few that I've seen were within reason- $250 for SL and $340 for a set of cream colored tritium (one small minor crack in the minute). I can see if they are still available if you'd like?