To source minute hand try to check the many rep part sales forums. DSN is a good TD to contact for parts. perhaps another TD; Puretime has sourced me hands before. Maybe Toro can help? Or get Gen hands! It is best to get both new minute and hour hands to be sure they match perfect in black finish and lume.
The solution is simple: CP polish + hand swap! I picked up a 643 with the same problem and thought I'd need to do an H3 CP swap... but when I pulled the hands there was a normal sized CP hiding under the capped minute hand. A quick polish of the CP and a new hand set and problem solved. And luckily I was able to source a Noob ceramic crown too Quick polish with a dremel: KW hands with built-in cap: New hands: Noob Crown:
PS: Noob crown is a direct swap to the V6F crown tube... H-Factory crown will not be a direct swap as it has different thread pitch.
I got the hands + crown from Oncyte ... and no, he does not have any more. You could source the hands from DSN or another TD. As for the crown, good luck
Good thread. I've had my eye on one of these for a long time but keep getting cold feet over the details. The Breguet and AP's look good (enough). A friend has one and in-accurate as it is, it's beautiful to look at.
He is using it, I had a few emails back and forth.. last one on Dec 11 before he went dark again. I'm going to try again this week. I have his address, if anyone in Florida wants to pay him a friendly visit and get my parts and send them back ill buy you a bottle of scotch (or whatever you like to drink). If you have a dog, bring it along and get it to take a dump on his lawn