RWG Technical

Probably, if the ring is removed it should fit... I can probably find the hand sizes in my BestFit catalogue, but no idea on the subdial spacing... I never really left, just slowing down for august... web site is to visible, better to play your cards closer to the chest... RG

Maybe it's a two piece snap together stem, where one part stays fixed to the movement, and the othe part is on the crown. This style was used a lot in older waterproof watches, you get the stem out, but using nippers on the crown and pulling it out. RG

What purpose would it serve to remove the rotor? You can't see it, and if the rotor is in place, the watch will wind as you wear it. If you wanted to remove the rotor, you left with hand winding it all the time, and I am not sure what that will prove? RG

V72 is a V23 with the hour counter added...13"" size. V71 is a V22 with the hour counter added...14"" size. RG

Your quite welcome. No problem on the Cousteau, thankfully we have all the bugs worked out...meaning just after I dropped kruzer's Cousteau in the mail today...who calls but kruzer "The bezel is Varnished...can you do it?" So back to the post office, got the watch back, and it's been varnished... Phew! almost lost another one. So when yours gets here, I will have had lots of practice, as there is another on the way to me now for the same upgrade. RG

Needs to come apart, hand has to be removed, the hand tube glued to the hand, and reassembled...that is the only fix. RG

Wow, what a great collection, and variety. I must comment on the picture and presentation, very well done, excellent photo's. Enjoy your great watches, and congrats. RG

All Omega parts are ordered by case number. RG

Looks great, amazing what you can buy and put together from various suppliers, I imagine the case was the most expensive part to source. Nice job assembling it. RG

Beautiful job, well done, and I must compliment you on the nice manicured thumb. Are you a hand model? RG

I can supply the wheels, but my costs are $25 each, for $50 total...I think Cousins is somewhat cheaper, if you can get them, so your choice really, if you have them great, if you can't get them, I can. I dont' make any money on them, just pass on the costs. @eunomians Glad you like the results, wear it well. RG

Well I certainly don't consider myself a master by any means, just someone who enjoys working with his hands... Indeed RWG is, and has always been in my opinion the best forum for watch talk, I am biased since I first joined the original RWG in Oct 2004. All the lume I do is with a oiler, and a lot of patience, having been an oil painter artist for over 25 years probably helps me as well. Glad you like the results, I do as well... RG

Not possible to have closer pics, as it is now, the picture I showed is at least 4 times magnified from what the size of the watch is in person, so any variations you see are 4 times larger than they appear in real life. I see no purpose in showing a 10 times magnified view of the lume, when in person you can't even see details at this scale (unless your superman). You would have to step back from your monitor at least 10 feet, to see the watch at the same scale as it is seen in person, and at that distance, it looks fine... The lume is applied one pin head drop size at a time, and anyone who has worked with Super Lume will tell you, it's very difficult to apply evenly, especially on such a large surface. Consider the 4 times magnification of my picture, and the way lume works (you can't brush it on like paint, it's put on one drop at a time by hand), and given the area to be covered, I am very pleased with the results. I challenge anyone to try applying lume by hand, and get anywhere near the same results as I did on this watch, the factory does it by when using a Silkscreen...think of my work as being a custom job, like a fine oil painting done by hand, instead of a run of the mill factory job. I can apply lume very smoothly, on smaller parts, such as shown here...with a 20 times magnification. Ask anyone who does lume, to post daylight pictures at the same magnification I do, daylight shows any and all defects, glow pictures are meaningless when it comes to quality of the lume application. Here are daylight pictures of my work...I think they speak for themselves... @ kruzer Our tea is like our beer compared to american beer, it has some bite to it... RG

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Why do so many new members have great experiences here, but yours was so poor. Could it be you? I read this, after I had posted my reply to the comments you made in my Cousteau post. I am not sure I would have made those comments, knowing what has gone before. I don

I would have to guess you are a regular on RWI, seeing that you only joined here yesterday... Thanks for the kind words, I actually dream of 7750's and El Primero's at night, with visions of Super Lume dancing in my head. I like to think I can hold my own with movement servicing, and also with lume applications... Welcome aboard, I will have to click on your signature and find out about you, since you already know about me @ amplitude I am just as suprised as you are, after the first coat, it did not look good, and I was not sure I could pull it off... a break, a cup of tea and success in the end. RG

Given the time and difficulty in doing this lume, and the fact that I had to do it not once, but twice...your correct, the pricing is going to be more than a normal lume. Thanks for the kind words. RG

From your description, I would say based on my experience, that you could have a problem with the autowinder reduction wheel part number 1481. I have seen these get all gummed up, and cause manual winding and autowinding problems. The fix requires cleaning of the gear hole and the pivot on the upper bridge. RG

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Well done...congrats. Better to do it yourself and learn a few things, than to never try. Great work, keep it up. RG

None...my only suggestion, would be to ditch the toothpicks, and get a red/grey bergeron hand installer, they run about $15 or so...much better and allows great control over hand installation. It's not a c0ck up, just a suggestion. The only other comment is I shy away from using tweezers on the date/day wheels, too easy to scratch them, datewheels are as fragile as a dial, much better to use rodico to pick them up with. RG

Wonderful post, very well done... Thanks for doing this up. RG

Great story, very interesting. On the 2892 point, yes indeed, the 2892 is a much better quality movement, even unmodified, than the 2824. The 2892 is as good or better in my opinion than a comparable Rolex automatic movement. Congrats on your purchase, that is a great price. Enjoy, and show us some pics when you can. RG

Thank you...........I think........ RG