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Thanks dluddy Its so funny how when you join this forum you start working on your own stuff.

 

Thanks sgtguk, it sucks to be out and wearing a watch with a giant scratch to it. Especially when its such a good piece!

The rep's of the Hour vision have so many error's. They are no good  super reps of this one. Its very hard for them to rep the 8500 movement.

I actually purchased the genuine hour vision due to this error.

Thanks. Took some effort. I bought this diamond paste from amazon. $6 a tube.

Hi All,

         A while Back I posted pictures of my DSSD rep that made love with my the lugs of my friends titanium bulova precisionist. Left a nice deep scratch on the Crystal. After testing out some ways to polish off plastic I figured out that the watch had a sapphire. I learned from a PAM forum on how this guy got the scratch out of his crystal

Using Diamond paste 2.5 Micron and then 0.5 Micron to polish it off. Let me tell you, the crystal is so smooth and glossy now.

Here is the pic of the original scratch. Deep ones at hour marker 4

Heres the tape off and the diamond paste arriving

Diamond paste application

Self grinding diamond paste by hand with a cloth, did this for 30 minutes

Now, the lighter scratches did come out, but the rest were tough, I ended up getting a dremel with a polishing tip and give it a whack. And it worked!

This diamond paste can be had for about $6/tube which is about 5 grams per tube.

Thanks J.

Where do you get the sticky ball? Is that how they are titled on ebay?

BK is a watch modder who imports NoobFactory watches and re-sells them. He has modding facilities, so if you want your watch "worked on" before it's shipped to you, he can do that.

 

And yes, he is in the CONUS.

Thanks for the info JKay, Maybe he will have that explorer II i have been looking for. Lately I have just not been wanting to purchase from the over seas TD and taking the customs risk

Is BK a CONUS Dealer?

I would have to saw my Deville hour vision gen keeps the best time. Co-Axial 8500 movement has been running for the last four days at +-0 per day.

I love this watch. This is such a great rep. The only thing holding me back from buying this is the thickness of the watch. I like my dress watches on straps to slip under my cuff easily.

Vintage PPCo:

 

Very nice, is this a Gen PP?

I don't think this one has been rep'd too often. But the one you have posted is just terrible. That Pearl is just so wrong along with the numerals and date wheel.

I don't think they will do a good job as the 8500 movement is going to be hard for them to replicate, its a gorgeous movement, I have it in my deville hour vision 8500 and that's the down fall to the reps.

I believe you can buy it from Ofrei., I have the V5 45.5 PO and so far no issues with crown

Looks good to me. HE valve looks weird, must be the angle.

Looks good. Pearl placement on the 45.5 UPO's always have been crap.

Post them up when you get the QC photos. It would be good to see what a new dealer can do!

Damn thats not good news to hear, glad I got my orange UPO 45m last month while supplies lasted.

Curious to see what the ceramics will look like though.

Thanks, sounds like my question was answered

panerai, thanks for the info. I will check that out for sure.

Do you know if there is a difference between the 2824 and 2824-2?

I keep seeing both pop up on my searches for that movement. The person who sold me the case said that it is for 2824 and not 2824-2.

The seagul come (st2130 iir) will match a 2824 Available new on the bay also

Thanks Mellons, I will have to check out that movement. Is it a model match? I know that if you are putting a watch together every mm counts. btw what does iir mean?

The date-at-6 and date-at-3 movements are identical. All that differs is the printing of the datewheel itself.

Thanks Sneed, do they make a seperate date wheel for the 2824 that I can swap out?

You could try Cousins UK. Make sure to go with traceable shipping though, my last order from them never showed up and they claim no responsibility as I went with standard shipping. Could you use an SW200? Ofrei should have them in stock.

Thanks, Ill have to check that out. I am not sure if the SW200 will fit.

The case I have is 40mm Rolex Submariner Homage. Its got the movement holder, not sure how big the movement is but it says eta 2824 will fit perfectly. Let me know if you ahve the one with a date wheel and we can go from there. Thanks again

Thanks Aston, I do not believe the 2824-2 is going to fit in this case.

If you happen to have the 2824 with date at 3pm I would love to purchase it. Thanks!

I guess since its the last tuesday before EoD Im rocking the gen Omega hour vision orbis

Agree panerai153, Thus is why I ordered last month