Big Dazza

That is awesome Ezio! Living the dream!

I'd love a few things made down the line!

Need to get those lugs drilled

Broken jewel or pallet fork isnt engaging properly?

Probably still in transit. They were only released a week or so ago

I noticed the bezel colour on the V1 compared to V2 is slightly different, V1 is brighter and more metallic while the V2 is slightly duller and darker. I prefered the V1 colour

I have one on the way

Ahhh I see thanks for clarifying, thats pretty cool indeed! Completely looks like a manual movement

Hi great looking watch but a bit of a silly question here... How come the dial says automatic but the movement is a manual winding movement?

Thanks guys! Looking great DH bet you cant wait to get it!

From what I can gather the OPs movement uses screws to hold on the dial and the CH8836 doesnt it used the clamps like the ETA and its clones: http://www.allwatchparts.com/-Chinese-Automatic-8836-Mechanical-Movement_p_921.html If yours didnt use the screws to hold the dial in place it wasnt the same movement as OPs. The is a thread on RWI where guys have tried to swap the 25J new breed movement and hands with a clone ETA and they had hand fitting issues.

Just to confirm the movement shown by the OP is NOT a CH8836 and parts are NOT interchangeable with the ETA 2836-2 or true Chinese 2836-2 Clone movements. It is the new breed 25J which I think are pretty unreliable and with no parts available and hands that arent compatible with the ETA 2836-2 (I think the hour hand is too big from what I can recall) they are ready to throw out when they go pop!

Well well well..... Im from N. Ireland too! Welcome mate!

Did nothing come from the action that was being taken against him? If he lived near me and did what he did to me I'd be knocking on his door

Yumm

Awesome pics. Is that a gen?

I think it looks pretty cool!

That would be a bog standard chinese 21J type movement, fix those markers and I'd be sure that movement will be working.

Ive always used the putty and i havent had any problems with waterproofing I suppose it depends on how firm the putty is and how much torque it provides. This one seems to work really well

Not England anyway

It looks like a part of the stem has snapped off inside the watch from the photo, movement looks like an ETA atleast from what I can see

Lucky for me I dont have a wife so I get to do my own ball squeezing although I find the putty works better than the balls I had in the past

I find it too dangerous squeezing balls etc

Yea its kind of like rodico putty but firmer and slightly sticky. I found that the screwballs dont work all that well unless the caseback isn't screwed tightly to begin with. I had a one of the balls and it never worked that well.

Its like a sticky firm putty that you roll into a ball, you press it against the caseback firmly so it moulds to the caseback shape, then grab the putty and twist anticlockwise and the friction between the putty and the caseback grips enough to turn the caseback