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Let's not give up on this. I have now had it confirmed from two separate independent sources that the polexpete datewheel overlay aligns correctly with a rep dial. One rep dial is an ingod44 (see earlier in this thread) and the other is a singer plate of unknown manufacture purchased from ebay. So, looks like we need a person who is handy with a pair of digital calipers and can make super accurate measurements so that bomber22 can print the wheels (assuming there is enough of us who want them). Lets get the technicalities sorted out first, then complete the 'willingness to buy' list and hopefully bomber22 can complete the challenge. So, come on chaps, anybody prepared to do some measuring (I can post you the polexpete dwo to do the measuring if required). Cheers.

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Just for the sake of clarity and us not losing sight of the basics. Here is a picture of what we are trying to solve: The above is an Ingod44 rail dial 1665 inside an old school MBW case with an ETA 2846 mvmnt which has an Ubi datewheel overlay installed. As you can clearly see, a little bit of the first 2 in 22 is hiding behind the left hand edge of the date window. The above combination of dial and movement is quite common amongst us and, as yet, there is not a WHITE datewheel or overlay that lines up correctly with the date window. I hope you can agree this is not rocket science - well, it is to me 'coz I know nothing of these things, but to those with the requisite skills it should be a stroll in the park. Shouldn't it? Ha ha

@ JoeyB - sorry but I'm really confused by your post about measurements. There's no way on earth that the date window on my Ingod44 1665 is 6mm wide!?!

Nice to see things moving forward. Hopefully someone with access to various dials (we're talking 1665's and 1680's and vintage Explorers here), accurate measuring equipment and the appropriate skills can do a comparison of dimensions so we can settle on the best (ie the most useful) sized wheel to produce. So, come on chaps, get those digital calipers out and get measurin'. I would tentatively like to suggest that we compile as much info as poss so that a consensus can be found (fingers firmly crossed on that one!). So, should we concentrate on getting accurate measurements for Ingod44 dials, MBW dials (both old and new), Yuki's and NDT's? I'm guessing that these are the ones that we as a collective regard as the most popular. With a bit of luck we might find that an accurately produced wheel for an Ingod44 might cross over and also be useable by a person who has an MBW dial - again, fingers crossed. I'm thinking out loud here so please chime in with observations/comments if I'm overlooking something.

@ Boxsash Very useful and informative input. Cheers. I have an old MBW 1665 with an Ingod rail dial and also a polexpete dw in my parts bin. Nice to know that it will all line up properly. The only reason I've not used it is I prefer a white background. So, basically what we are trying to produce is a white polexpete dwo! I have asked polexpete if he could produce his overlays in white but I got no reply. (I PM'd him through this forum). Maybe he doesn't visit here any more who knows. Anyways, onwards and upwards.

The whole point of producing these datewheels is so that they will align with the window in a rep dial without having to go to the trouble of filing the window larger as JoeyB has had to do. Therefore some clever clogs needs to inform us of the correct radius length for the centre of the date window on a rep dial. When I say rep dial, in my case it is an Ingod44 but this also prompts another question - are the date windows in exactly the same place on the other popular rep dials ie MBW (both first and second generation) etc do they all use the same blanks or do they differ? This vital radius measurement then needs to be compared (again by somebody far more skilled than I) to the radius that the provided vector would produce when printed - is this adjustable in a computer before the 'print' button is pressed (I am assuming yes but I don't know sh*t). So, surely, the above needs answering and confirming before any printing takes place because if we just end up reproducing a load of datewheels like the ones Ubi produced years ago we will still end up with the same problem - is it the 7th or the 17th of the month and where is a modder who is prepared to file the edge of a window! Hope this all makes sense and that clever clogses will chime in with those vital statistics

Holy crap. Marvellous work. Well done.

Might I suggest that anybody with an interest in one of these register it on this thread so Bomber22 can gauge the popularity of the idea. Just sayin'

Vector sent to Bomber22. Lets hope he's not a member of ISIS or I'm toast