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10 hours ago, jimcon11 said:

This is the route I went as well. You will probably need a movement ring for your new  case. You can either buy the Yuki one for whatever they charge or modify the Silix one if you already have it. Its outer diameter needs to be decreased quite a bit, and slots need to be cut for the stem and movement tabs.

 

These movements can be scavenged from out-of-vogue 50s and 60s dress watches fairly cheaply. One thing to be aware of is the hand height. The movement you get might have fairly short hand posts if it was in a small thin watch, but you will need to be able to clear the lume plots on your dial. I had this issue and it was hell getting it resolved. 

 

 

The raffles 2824 ring is perfect and needs no mods. Only the 2836 rings (that are taller) need to be notched.

http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&2uswk&ETA_2453

Slim and uses a ETA sized hour and minute hand. The seconds hand is .21 so hands made for a 2824/2836 would have to have the tube slightly pinched to stay on. 18000 vph too.

Mines doesn't have a quick set date so it is a one position stem. Bonus for no date builds.

I thunk the reason why is because these older bubblebacks are so tiny. They are between 30mm and 34mm. Small by todays standards

Excellent work as always, Bart!

Wear it in good health djulink

21 hours ago, Champagnesky said:

Gen cases with 3135 dont have movement rings right?


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Correct. The 3135 fits directly in a gen spec case 

Updates?

 

Thank you mate, it’s a stock ARF 116234, it’s an amazing rep except the DW.

Get those DW's. Super easy to swap too. Easier than swapping a DW on a ETA.

Nice @Raphaeeel. Which DJ is that?

 

Nice picture mate, can you make a picture please With the 20 number ?

 

thank you 

Much better but not perfect. Numbers do not have any serifs at all. I will be swapping a gen dw in.

 

Nice, this is becoming a nice otb watch

 

Such a bargain NOW compared to the last TC offering. It honestly is a great watch for the price. If I have a gen 16610, it would remain in the safe and I would waterproof this and wear it carelessly.

All it needs now is a new caseback gasket (the one that comes with it is so thin and does nothing for water resistance) - Same with all of the previous JF 16610 versions.

 

I had a problem and it was a loose screw simple tweak job done.

Which screw is it to tighten on a SH3135 (for reference purpose of course)

Just got mines in yesterday. They updated the datewheel font. Much thinner than the previous versions.

 

 

I don’t think you need to spend $150 on a gen date wheel, you can get an awesome aftermarket one on eBay... but bear in mind, the gen or aftermarket datewheel will need a very fine sanding to match the JF datewheel size, else the quickset date function won’t work.





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which aftermarket one is that? I saw a few on the bay and that doesn't look half bad.

 

I made it.


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Nice work. Just saw this thread. lol. You can ignore my PM

 

Mine came in as stated. I ordered this on the 7th today is the 11th. That is record time.


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Wow. That is quick!

Whats your take on this rep now that it is in hand?

 

Screw is probably jamming something

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Yep. In this case I would have a local watchmaker fix that if you aren't comfortable messing with it.

I would definitely NOT send it back to the TD

That coiled up spring in the movement could be jammed. Tap the watch face down on your palm and see if that frees it. Same thing happened to a brand new 005 I ordered a while back. Simple fix and after that, it worked flawless with nice and healthy power reserve. These shipping companies are brutal with our small boxes.

 

It’s just pretty rough.  Doesn’t want to stay closed all the way etc.  gen clasps are outrageously priced so i May just keep it 

Hmm... my last one was hard to open. Especially after I cut my nails. lol

I agree. Used gen clasps are OLD are over priced.

 

What do you do for the clasp? 

I used a TC clasp for mines because I had it but I didn't have any issues with my other JF when I was using it. Whats your issue with the clasp?

 

 

Any experts chime in on how much better a tc v7 case is on a build like this vs the JF 16610?

 

 

It is worse. The 3135 and 3135 clone fit loosely in the case. You have use really long movement tabs and bend them in a weird shape to secure the movement in the case. The JF is much better in this regard plus it is engraved between the lugs.

I have this same version in transit to me. After owning 3 of these JF's and going crazy on one build upgrading damn near everything from the dial, crystal and insert, crown etc.., I have found that for me, the only upgrades this needs is a gen datewheel and a gen insert. Everything else is good enough for me.

15 hours ago, Yllekp said:

Hi B. Good to see you

Merry Christmas to you and the family! 

I already have the dial, hands and movement. Just need the case... thank you!

Love it. Whats the recipe?

2 minutes ago, sbjb93 said:

Is it difficult to change the insert on this watch ?

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I've always been able to do it by hand. Pop the bezel off the watch and push the insert out from the bottom. There is a youtube video out there on how to do it.

Check out these IG accounts for pictures of different colored inserts. Some are photoshopped but nice none the less

https://www.instagram.com/submarinate/

and this guy has a really nice ghost insert:

https://www.instagram.com/karleonesub16610/