Rolexman

Forget about it!

Read this.

Yep V2 with ugly pearl and engraved 'b' on the wrong site of the bezel

So that's how my Navi turned out? Sweet!

I recently used about a 1.5 mm screwdriver to manufacture a new pearl for my chrono avenger. Yep, that little pearl is all that is left of the screwdriver!

Ans no how-to post?

Schame on you!

Well... just because you

Thanks for the pics Henrik! Appreciate it. Looks really nice. Now how about a wrist shot?

Do some reading and you can do all the mods mentioned yourself. They ain't that hard. E.g. Popp out the crystal and remove the insert and align it. All the information you need on the mods can be found through the search function.

Or don't be so anal!

I've started to make a custom date ring which closely resembles the Breitling original for the navitimer.

Obviously this is crap - I couldn't help but rush so I could show you this as the font needs changing anyway but it's proof of concept. The font I have used is the closest I could find and it is better than what the reps currently carry. Note the proper orientation for the single digits. The size is correct and the spacing is perfect.

Good start. Pull through!

I use canned air for making sure the inside of the case is nice and clean before reassembling a watch. That's when you need pressure

How watertight is the seal between the crystal & the watch body?.

Lazoon (UK)

Usually I check wether the crystal is properly seated (straight). If that's the case chance of water leaking through the crystal gasket is almost next to zero. Because the crystal is slightly domed and I don't have a crystal press I couldn't remove it. I do have a method of removing en repressing crystals but it only applies to flat crystals. When tapping the PO's crystal one can hear it is very thin so it could shatter under pressure.....

They look nice.

How are the end links? Multi-piece? marked?

Is it the pin or screw bracelet?

Yah, I fitted my rubber strap yestarday.. it took some effort to get the bracelet of.

But I made it... yeeeehaa

I tried to get the bracelet off but when I noticed how hard it was (dispite all the right tools and experience) I just gave up! I was too scared of ruining the springbars. The holes cut out in the end links are just so damn small and the springbars are heavily bent! That's the main reasons I'm holding back on the rubber

Henrik, would you be so nice to post a wrist shot with the rubber fitted. A close up of the fit between the lugs would also be great

Try to get the bracelet of first.... That alone will cost you 5 days and a lot of sweat

Why go through all the trouble? The POrikaa has way too many flaws aside from the dial and hands. . .

SW looks like a jelly jar on the wrist!... ridiculous

I must say... I had a little trouble with my PO first day of wearing it, and I had to take it to the watchsmith to get it sorted.

Just out of curiosity, what problems?

PS: For everybody who didn't see it yet LOOK HERE for my 'making the POrika water proof' guide.

Great write up! I'm always contemplating about this one. The size is somewhat holding me back. Could you post a wrist shot as some icing on the cake?

May I ask what grease you used for the rotor?

Clear ball bearing grease available in every hardware store:

Example:

Rubber grease (for door rubbers) available in every car part store:

Example:

where did you get the caseback remover

Case back remover came in a whole watch repair kit of Ebay.

The Zigmeister is back!

Wow! watch what happens if you put Z-i-g-g-y in your post (no dashes)

nothing happens? . . .

First....thanks a million for this.

As a nOOb this was great, now I just need to do it

Second, My POrikaa is +2 sec/day from arrival... Didn

what movement is this in planet ocean by narikaa?

21j Asian DG2813 movement which I'm very keen on lately. Like the one in my SSD I managed to regulate the one in the POrikaa to +2 sec/ day. With a power reserve of +35h it's a great work horse. IMO no need to pay extra for a fake ETA. . .

Thanks for all the nice comments everybody. Appreciate it!

As promised here are some technical shots of Narikaa's PO.

You need:

-Case back tool

-Putty

-Masking tape

-Grease

-Blower

-Thumbtack

-Fiberoptic cloth

-1 jeweler screw driver (not on the pic)

-Tweezer (not on the pic)

Remove the case back:

Movement shot:

Inside case back. Nice . . .

Remove the rotor (1 screw)

I removed some plastic 'hairs' from the movement spacer. If they would come loose later on they could cause some major problems.

Greased the ball bearings (special ball bearing grease not on the pic) to silence the rotor.

Clean the abundant grease with Rodico

Remove the stem/ crown by pushing the stem release button with a thumbtack GENTLY (whilst in the winding position). Than grease the seal inside the crown (seal 1)

Grease the seal in the tube (seal 2). It's kinda hard to see on the pic but it's the black thing inside the tube.

Decase the movement by simply turning the watch case (movement facing down) and pry out the white movement spacer. The movement will drop out, BE CAREFULL! More info on decasing the movement can be found HERE.

As you can see the c-clip in the HEV is almost impossible to reach. I think with just the right tool it could be done but I don't have it. I could try to remove it but I would run the risk of getting it off but never getting it back on okay.

As the HEV could be an entry point for water I do want to secure it. So I use some masking tape and cut out a hole.

I smear some special 'bathroom' rubber based putty in it.

I let it dry for 24h and clean it up.

I used my dustblower to remove all the dust inside the case, my fiberoptic cloth to get the inside of the crystal nice and clean and reassembled the whole thing.

Voila, a water proof tested PO good for swimming and diving

Hope this helps enjoying you POrikaa even more

I owned a lot (gen and rep) but sold them all. I'm over the whole 'look at my big ass blingy watch looking cool on may way too skinny wrist' thing

Tri-compax mod:

It's not my pic but I can't remember whom it belongs to?