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is the Zenith 400 direct swap/drop in, any modifications to be carried out? 

10 hours ago, RickFlorida said:

Some updates yes.  They are good and bad.  The good is that I'm learning a lot about how this is done and possible. There are tolerance terms like "constrained" and many different technologies that I didn't even know for how to reverse engineer.  The bad news is that it's rather expensive.  (Some quotes were 3600 dollars).  I did get some quotes as low as 600 dollars to reverse engineer but what I'm worried about is that once I pay to have it reverse engineered, what if I find out the cost to have a single case made from the CNC file exceeds the 600 dollar cost from Rubywatch or MQ?   Although there is the danger they may stop making cases like everyone else has.  (Yuki stopped making 5513's, Phong and his son are impossible to reach right now, etc.)  

 

Sadly, the most eager and lowest cost engineer I found who wants to replicate my sterile MQ case is in Slovenia and the shipping costs due to pandemic make the cost 137 dollars just to ship the small case to him!  That's one way!  Russia is still air mailing things cheap as i bought a Vostok watch and shipping was 9 bucks last week. But every other country wants incredible shipping costs.  So I'm trying to keep my reverse engineer quote in the USA where I am.    I found a guy who will do it for 450 for just the midcase.  I'm still hesitant until I talk to another guy next week so stay tuned.  Once I know what the cost to have one made from the file is, then I'll be more likely to find the money to have the reverse engineering done.

Shipping fee is shocking expensive these days but still possible. Not for every countries though. Attempted to send a book to my friend in Mexico was told not possible. Tried to purchase something from Germany, sellers told me shipping is not available until further notice.😪

Have you spoken to anyone from homageforum or RWI about 5513, some guys there are very talented and knowledgeable. Perhaps team up with them might not be a bad idea. 

3 hours ago, automatico said:

9...Enough metal inside the case to allow machining to accept a 15xx rlx movement.  This is usually not a problem because almost all cartel cases are made for Miyota clones or ETA 28xx that are 11.5 ligne size, rlx 15xx is 12.5 ligne.

I am very interested to know who can machine the inner of the cartel case to accept gen movement and do case engraving as well. Care to share? 

@RickFlorida any updates?

what case are you planning to get? 

without a gen on hand, there is no way you can tell the differences. 

Scary really, in the next few years I strongly believe that rep world will have a different ball game. 

On 5/26/2017 at 11:34 AM, altesporsche said:

It is based on a 7750. IWC get them and finish them and rework some of the components. But basically it's a 7750. $2k is a lot ! They are usually around a grand currently. 

 +1

btw: I have one waiting for a donor case. 

one of my favorite. Wear it in good health

I've been searching for a decent one with gen specs for many years and am disappointed to learn they are no longer in production due to whatever reasons, god knows. 

However, recently I contacted Yuki about it (as they did offer them before) and he told me that they didn't have plans for it. I'm sure, if we get enough interest, someone out there is willing to heat up the production again. 

Rep is accepting 29mm dial whereas gen is taking 27mm. 2mm there is a lot of differences considering if you try to close the gap. On the contrary, the opening can be widen simply by putting it on the milling machine. 

keep dreaming. 

In the worst case scenario, pick up a rep and call it a day. 

On 1/24/2016 at 3:30 AM, naturopath said:

Yea, it's a shame that no one is making a high quality Monaco right now. It would be easy to do and sell like mad..

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+1

Thanks for putting this together. Great info. appreciated. 

now which TD has the best version of 3717-02 (white dial)?

I like this than the black dial simply because there are rare and classy especially with tan/brown leather strap. Look around your collection I am sure 90% are in dark/black dials.

my dream watch, always.

Wear in good health. Lov it

the biggest tell of all is the crown based on my research. 

Lately, someone over RWI told me there is a V6 3717 on the market, I donno how good is that.

Has anyone bought one recently? don't mind to share.........

can anyone tell me please..........

does the rep case needs any modification before it can be swapped with a gen movement and gen crown (with gen tube of course)??

p.s. sorry to jump on your thread but I'm on the same route as you.

you mean, to install a gen crown needs a gen tube as well?

beautiful............

tell me, how the quality of the 7206?

wow, simply beautiful.

who did the mod?

amazing build. LOVE the dial. 

Price wise I think we will see some biggies coming soon....across the board...

what biggies? tell us more

can gen dial interchange with this case?? same size?

I see a yuki dial here ! yuki has some dials that are 27mm my yuki 6538 was 26mm

singer stamp on the back?

i bought this dial from a supplier and I strongly believe this is from Yuki. 

It says "SWISS".....27mm......6538

Can you id this dial & how good is this?

Sorry about the lint & dust.

Thanks for looking.

That looks like the BK case. The little movement notch matches one i bought last year with same serial number

other than that, i wish someone could tell me how it compares to gen in term of accuracy.