KenD

The crown and tube for the SMP chrono are for Omega case number: 178.0514

You can install the Omega parts in the rep. the part numbers you'd need are as follows:

Crown: OME-ST42154

Crown tube: 090ST1237

Ofrei has both of these in stock.

The crown is $49. The tube is $12.20.

Vac,

Any chance you could sell me a stem and crown for a 45.5mm UPO with Asian ETA copy?

I broke off my stem.

--Ken

BR 01-92 Vaclumed dial and hands to fit asian movement.

The dial has some slight marks.

$95 shipped to US

3x New Pam soft rubber strap with deployant buckle $55 shipped to US

1x New Breit with tang buckle $45 shipped to US

2x UPO happy feet dial “vaclumed” Dials are in great shape. $70ea shipped to US

These have the old logo $50ea vaclumed and shipped to US

UPO rep crown NO stem included $25ea shipped to US

V5 UPO dial vaclume with correct logo $100 shipped to US

All prices are pp, shipped to Conus Priority mail with delivery confirmation. If you want signature confirmation please add $3

#1 AP SS bracelet NEW never used $55

#2 IWC 3717 New SS bracelet with end links never used $35

#3 Ultimate 104/088 case without sapphire. New never used. $65

#4 Ultimate 104/088 case back. New never used. $35

#5 Ultimate movement ring holder. New never used $10

#6 Ultimate CG with screws New never used. $35

#7 Ultimate Pam Daylight 196 dial ( Fits ONLY New a7753 movement). New never used $45 If you want vaclume add $75

#8 Pam 194 dial. new never used. $35 If you want “tritium" vaclume add $75

#9 Old school PAm daylight 250. New never used $35. If you want vaclume add $75

#10 Ultimate 088 dial new never used. $45 If you want vaclume add $75

#11 #12 #13 New Pam H series movement regulated High beat with tall CP. $70ea

#14 Pam 111j Crown and stem. New never used $30

#15 Pam 111j CG with roller ball! New never used $40

#16 PAm 111j caseback. New never used. $30

#17 PAm 111j dial. New never used $35 If you want vaclume add $75

#18 PAm 111j hands. New never used $25 If you want vaclumed add $40

#19 PAm 111j hex tube. New never used $10

Awesome tutorial... I have a watch - a UPO 45.5 in fact that has a keyless problem, so this could not have been more timely. Thank you for sharing this!

Sellita makes drop in replacements for pretty much all of the commonly used movements in the reps we buy...

A7750 is a 3 to 5 year movement I've found, even if it's serviced. I would like to replace the broken A7750 in my favorite Omega SMP Chrono rep with a Sellita SW500 - which is a drop in replacement for the ETA 7750 movement.

Does anyone know where to source one?

==Ken

Definitely watching this thread. I like the 42mm a lot better - the 45.5 is just a bit big I think.

Keep us posted.

Well, it finally happened. The crown/tube stripped out on my Omega SMP Chrono (my favorite watch).

How much would it cost me to get that repaired? The rest of the watch is pretty scratched up - but I'm okay with that. I just want it to work.

--Ken

Maybe a wrist shot tomorrow!!!

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Agreed... I'd love to know if this works myself. It would allow me to "resurrect" a few of my favorite reps that died untimely A7750 deaths.

If anyone knows if this will work - let us know?

--Ken

OK - so I stop the movement using the hack function at 12 midnight (date should change), make sure all the hands align, and press on the second hand facing the 12 O'clock marker. Got it.

Thanks.

--Ken

on an auto it does not matter at what point you fitted the seconds hand as long as it clears the others and they were lined up with the date change at 12 midnight, on a quartz it is a pain trying to get it to line up with every second mark or a chrono getting it to line up with 12 perfectly

I kept the little pieces of lume that fell out of the markers.

I'm going to try to reattach them with a tiny bit of model glue and see if that works.

The markers themselves that fell off still have the lume attached to them - but there are a couple markers that don't have lume in them anymore because it fell out.

The watch works though - so that's a good thing.

P.S. - How do I know if I got the second hand on in the right spot?

I followed "Edge's" guide and was able to get the hands back on. The watch works now.

It turns out that the markers (6 and 9) themselves didn't fall off the dial, the lume material that is in the markers fell off and was rattling around in there - which was making the watch stop.

So I removed the pieces of luminous material, and put it back together. It seems to be running fine now.

How do you replace the lume material?

--Ken

It's a 2006 model with an brass ETA movement inside. It came from Andrew. Seems to be functional except I have no idea how to put the hands and the markers back on.

all of the hands and a marker fell off? How old is the watch and who did it come from?

Just take it to a watchmaker or jewlery repair shop in the mall, etc. That shouldn't be hard to fix.

The hands and one of the dial markers fell off when the watch was kept in a winder.

Seems the vibration was too much for whatever glue was holding everything on.

I have no experience fixing watches - need some help?

--Ken

So - just curious - what did all those parts cost?

He did the comparison using the version of this watch that contains the Asian 21J movement as opposed to the nicer movement that actually runs at 28800.

Also, a lot of the noted shortcomings seem to be missing in the latest version of the reps.

The AR coating can be removed from the outside of the crystal on the rep really easily,,,