sneed12

21j and 28xx movements are the same size. 21j and 2836 movements have the same stem height. The movement will physically fit. You will need new hands, stem, and either a new dial or clip the feet of the old dial. This question has been asked approximately a billion times and there is quite a lot of info on it if you do a search.

Post up some pics--it should be simple enough to build one using a 1680 case... the dial is the only hard part to get. Swiss ETA 2846, cartel or MBW 1680 case, blue bezel insert for a tudor sub and you're done.

That lume is the color of [censored]. Is that normal?

You have gen blue nipple dials? Interested in selling one?

Depending on price I'd be interested.

Why would you relume a WM9 dial? The lume is honestly almost as good as gen.

So redrill the case tube hole. The 3135 and 2836 aren't that far apart; the TC v4 case takes both pretty easily.

Seller has made a counter-offer at a price I'm willing to pay, but points out that he must put the actual value on the package and I may owe customs duties. Anyone have any idea what that might run me in the US? I disagree--the new BP case is quite good. I think the BP case plus A3135 and these parts would probably make a pretty nice watch.

No offense, but you clearly don't even have an idea of what correct magnification looks like. Why do you think you "can almost 100% sure" you "got faked"? If you have a gen crystal from the pre-etched-coronet era, it's pretty damn hard to tell it apart from a good aftermarket sapphire. And there are dozens of different aftermarket sapphires available, not just from Clark's, all with slightly different shapes.

Sent an offer, we'll see what comes of it if anything

No.

So yuki will sell a caseback by itself? Mind if I ask what it cost?

I've repeatedly posted that I'm NOT a modder, just a guy who likes to tinker with watches, and I still get constant emails asking if I will work on people's watches.

There really was never a decent one, so not a huge loss... hopefully whichever factory picks it up next does a good job.

? The 7750 is set up 6-9-12. This is the 7753 tricompax configuration.

There has never been a rep Speedmaster built with correct subdial spacing and true chrono functionality, ever.

A 7750 has 3 subdials, as does a 7753.

Ask for a clear shot of the rehaut engraving. No one ever looks on a DSSD because the thickness of the crystal makes it hard to see, but it's usually an easy tell. Also, I'm with the other folks--the first pic is of a gen and the rest are of a rep. Quite obvious.

Yes. But if it were easy, we'd all be doing it. We're not. What does that tell you? So do I. I don't buy those parts. If no one does, one of three things will happen: 1) The rep parts will sell anyway, since there aren't enough gen parts on the market to satisfy demand. 2) The rep parts won't sell at that price, and the dealer will be forced to lower the price. 2) The rep parts won't sell, and the dealer can't lower the price and still make a profit, and so the dealer will stop making those parts. That's how markets work. They'd be bigger fools if they didn't take advantage of the market going up.

Yes, just like anything else. If you have a problem with it, don't buy. So make your own, price them cheaper, and reap the rewards. What's that, you say? You're not willing to invest the time and money to learn how to do this, or run the legal risks of producing counterfeit goods? Well I guess you're just going to have to pay what they're asking, then.

There are literally thousands of good choices, you'll have to be more specific than that.

I got mine yesterday.

No idea what you are asking. Are you asking if there reps of the Mido Multifort? I'm thinking no, since the low-end Swiss brands (Mido, Fortis, Longines etc) rarely get repped and I've never seen one, but I wouldn't be hugely surprised if I were wrong either. Are you asking if there are waterproof reps you can wear with a suit? The answer is yes, thousands of them. I've dived with many reps.

1) "Dauphine" 2) Similar, but dauphine hands properly are properly diamond/kite shaped with the hole in the center, not at one of the points. The ones on that Air King are more properly called Losange-style.

If I'm around, I'll show up