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Doing research before buying is good. That said, you're fortunate that there are a couple of choices that you can't really go wrong with. The 116610 V6s, the TC 16610 V6, some of the other ones in m2m...

I'm trying to move my dark lord dial to an ETA movt with similar stem height so I can replace the cal 1030 in my 6538. I'm hesitant to clip the feet like this process requires. I think I'll be stuck looking for a movt where I can make holes in the main plate to accept cal 1030 dial feet...

Yeah, I'm thinking left coronet to right dial, and if something could be done about the 12" marker that would be even nicer. This is gonna look good!

The watch's profile looks way beefier with a brushed finish, in a nice way.

Thank you for the information! That's interesting. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't 7750 pushers symmetric? Why would DW 7750 cases have asymmetric positioned pushers? Was there an expectation that the pushers would be modified or something?

Were there any issues with pusher location for the v72 in a 7750 case?

That looks pretty good. Where did you source the case from, if you don't mind my asking?

Date looks pretty left justified

Very nice. My dad's gen milgauss is so nice to look at, I love the green crystal. I'm not sure how difficult the process truly is. I'm assuming it has to do with doping the sapphire crystal with some contaminant, and it changes the coloring in that way. To get full transparency with just a green tint, it's probably on the order of parts per million or something like that. Semiconductor industry has been doing that for a long time with silicon, germanium, and other materials. Maybe they just want to make it sound fancy

That was a serious underestimate too. No doubt it would sell for at least $300k. That owner has since sold it, and it's now being resold by another company. No doubt the guy made a pretty penny but I wish the man had gotten the full price it was worth!

Damn, just dropped some knowledge on us!

" and also being a machinist have a little knowledge about such things as drilling holes." best part of the whole post

Ah, must have been thinking about Ingod! great to know NDT is still in business. At least, hopefully

Isn't NDT out of the game? That's what I have heard.

I've made experiments on tropical dials with careful airbrushing. I pretty much cut out a lot of slots for date wheels, circular edges, and other features in a chunk of brass and painted over in black. Then I airbrushed with brown paint. That was a while back, the results were ok, I think they could have looked better if I had spent more time picking out colors, mixing ratios for air/paint, tips for the air brush, texture for the base layer of paint, some other things... It just needs a lot of time and attention put to practicing, and I didn't have the opportunity for either when I started the experiment!

Hopefully it works out. In this hobby it pays to be patient and double check everything, I've learned that myself many times and I'm sure many of the members here will corroborate that. Next time, best to verify your seller is a TD and that you're buying from the correct source!

From what I have heard, the SA3135 has correct exterior dimensions to the gen. This includes diameter, stem height, all the stuff that matters. I think I have also heard the stem for the SA3135 is some no-name thing that is not standard, so the Y3135 and gen stem will not work on it. I'm not sure if the SA3135 has interchangeable parts with the gen. If the SA3135 has gen dimensions then the crown, tube, Yuki, or gen 3135 should all drop into that case without a problem. I would start by searching to confirm the dimensions of the SA3135.

Curious about any updates here. I'm going to attempt this with a Rolex 1030 movement substitute and a dial from the unspoken manufacturer. The same issues occurred to me: pinions and stem height.

I don't have access to it now but if I remember correctly it's the same as a 2836

I have a watch with a 9015 and it is reasonably quiet. I guess no louder than a clone 28XX. I can only assume that it might be better to use a gen 9015 than a clone 28XX. It all depends on where the movement are assembled, but in principle if they come from Japan assembled and are dropped into the case in a half-clean place, they might give better performance than a clone movement. It should go without saying that the 9015 blows away any 21J (which IIRC is a clone of the Miyota 8215).

Man that's a tragedy. You gotta wonder who would send a Comex 1680 to an RSC, except for maybe an original Comex employee.

It looks like there are no ETA movements that have a reasonable stem height comparison. One member was able to clip the dial to fit a 2846, machine the case to accept the movement and change the stem height. That seems like a nightmare scenario because I would never clip this dial. I think I will be taking a movement like the 2846 and machining new pinions for it, as well as a spacer for between the dial and base plate. If there is enough thickness here, this spacer can have the slots for the 1030 dial feet as well as the actual "dial feet" for the 2846 movement, forming a sort of dial foot adapter. I think there is room for creativity here. Not sure of the viability of this, but it sounds like it should work on paper. Machining those pinions will be a challenge but after the 1030's service I should have many years to figure this out.

This is great advice. I've never worked with this specific application but I've done similar things with decals.

Thanks for the lead on the 2783. Has it been done with this case? I'll look into stem heights etc. I agree that an original 1030 movement is more desirable in this build. For the time being any many years ahead I plan on keeping it, but this is a watch I intend on passing down so ideally I'd love to be able to pass down a nice 1030 movement in a neat little box with a more robust/serviceable movement inside. Who knows.

I'll definitely get it serviced and see how things progress with the movement. I think modifying a contemporary movent to take this dial is feasible, maybe difficult but achievable by some means. It's a special dial so a replacement is not exactly in the books, ever!