Rolexman

Well, there are some good 8800 reps out there. Sead sells them over on RG. Here are some more live pics. Looks good enough to me

I doubt it's the hammer. 9 out of 10 the chrono cam is just gummed up. Most a7750s are full of dirt and dibree. Let your watchmaker remove the chronocam and clean it in an ultrasonic cleaner... that will do the trick.

LMAO! You're absolutely right! This project just aint gonna fly

Yes, it makes sese. Problem is probably the chrono cam. It could have come lose in which case you should hear something when you shake the watch. If not the cam is probably jammed. Just open it up to see what is going on. Post a macro pic and I will try to help you further. Use this to unscrew the case back , I don't know the proper English term You should have posted this in the 'repair and upgrade' section. You will probably get more usefull response threre. Shoot a PM to a Mod and ask if they will move it there.

Maybe too obvious but....did you press 'stop' before trying to reset? Otherwise reset won't work.

Thanks for the tip Manuel... little risky though

Caps will get you nowhere! All your answers can be found here: Walhalla

Well the title says it all I think. After fixing a date gear issue I had to reassemble the dial and hands again. Then I noticed the chrono second hand was slipping so I took it off and glued it just like the pic shown here: After putting the hand back on I noticed it still slips a little bit when restting from 30. The hand post can be excluded so it has to be the friction (or lack thereof) in the hand sleeve/ pin combo? What do I do? A Use some epoxy (rather not in case the movement needs servicing in the future)? B Use a small amout of blu-tack in the sleeve to create the propper friction? C Pinch the tube (but there is the risc of pinching it too far so that the pin doesn't fit anymore)? D Use a small amount of 'thread-lock' on the pin (my personal favorite as it has the properties of glue but the hand can still be removed)? E Something else.....

Well after I fixed the date change gear I'm also stuggling to get the hands (hour, minute and chrono second) back on. It's the most difficult thing of the whole process. I' ve already made like 6 attempts (hand on-off-on-off etc.) and it's so freaking hard to position them so that they don't touch eachother or the chrono hands.. Sometimes when pressing down the hour hand is just shoots down the post so that it sits flat against the dial . No tool can get beneath it and I have to remove the dial again.... Last night (01:00AM) I was still trying but had to give up as I was falling a sleep behind my desk LOL.

It's not how it looks in the dark glowing.... but how how it looks in the light not glowing! Your pic looks cool but that way we can't judge if it is a good lume job or not? It might as well be 8 lume blobs..

Second that.

You were right Rob (as always ) The pivot and pin(?) didn't stay in place so I bend the plate covering the date gear a bit so that it keeps the date change gear in place. The arrow indicates the place were the plate came lose from the pivot (due to the little pressure form the cover plate) This made the date change gear slip over the DW teeth This is the part of the cover plate that needed to be bend downwards. Thanks a Million Rob! You saved the day (date ). Greetzzzzz, Mark

Okay, very clear. Will do some disassembling over the week-end and will post an update ASAP. IMO you deserve a paid section on this board. Your info is of great value and I would happily pay for it (maybe you should discuss it with Admin ). Can't express my graditute enough for your extensive and helpfull answer!

Thanks Rob! As per your description the keyless works can also be excluded as the problem. I will investigate the datechange gear and look what is going on. What can be done about the wobble if that's the case? Is there a remmedie? Nope

Yesterday I received my third Skyland with movement issues. This time I can't properly set the date manually. When turning the crown sometimes the DW jumps and sometimes not. This only applies when trying to set the date by hand. In normal 'time-mode' it does jump at midnight as it should. But when I try to set it manually I hear sort of a clicking noise. As if the teeth of the DW don't engage or slip. I did a search but nothing really came up. All I can say is that the 'slippage' doesn't apply to certain dates so it can be excluded that the DW is bend or the dial is touching it. I'm thinking of removing the dial and hand to take a look at the DW but I have no clue of which part specifically needs attention? Input is much appreciated.

Great shots, as always. Fits your wrist very well. I just received my third Skyland. The first two had serious movement issue's and you guessed it... this one is also WITH movement issues! Man, I hate the a7750... I'm always out of luck. It seems everybody is receiving propper working ones and all I'm receiving is crap. All 3 Skylands were ordered with different dealers which all belong to the top 3 quality dealers on the board...... even this gives no guarantees. This was my last a7750.

Because they used the Asian rotor...

At last the master returns home! ROBSTEP

Usefull tip as always! Your input is appreciated!

Over $1200 bucks for a Chinese replica ...

Chris is right. The lume sucks big time. Even reluming never get's you up to par with the gen. The lume on this one looks like whip cream LOL. Super rep doesn't mean perfect rep..unfortunately.

Thanks for the insight Toad!

Why are certain numbers excluded?........ I have no idea.

unFFin believable. THE best post of the year IMO. But maybe because I'm such a huge fan of this watch. Enjoyed reading every letter. Thanks for putting so much time and effort in to this.

Indeed. He's very busy with his new webstore.