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It looks like his old dial - no ticks next to 6 o'clock. Good crown & caseback, somewhat unclear about lugs - no straight picture

I have successfully fitted new 29M date wheel from asian 2836-2 to 2893-2 movement for updating 29M. So I believe this DW can be used for 63/23 too, if it possible to source from our dealers. This DW is pretty well done.

Guys, I couldn't help noticing that a lot of people have their 029M relumed. Of course, this is a matter of perconal preference, but as for the color correctness... Well, a few months ago I bought the set of gen 29 hands from Vanni on eBay. I initially intended to use them on my 063, but the color of the hands was greener than I expected, so I bought 029M from PureTime, and fitted 2893-2 movement to it along with the gen hands. The color of the dial of the rep dial is the same as the color of the gen hands. Spot on. That is why I think the color change is unnecessary. IMHO the only thing to do is to source old cartel GMT hand, and make it greener to match the dial lume. The point is that the 029M rep GMT hand has incorrecly shaped arrow triangle, and old cartel 063/029 GMT hand is very close in shape/size to the gen. Here are some pics. http://s1108.photobucket.com/albums/...erg/PAM%2029M/ (#3 on one of them is old DSN GMT hand, #1-gen, #2-cartel) The fitting of the 2893-2 was not too hard, provided I used the movement from 029B I built a while ago. Some small distance between the dial and movement ring s/b provided to compensate for different movement thickness, it doesn't cause the datewheel look recessed. Higher 24h wheel and hour wheel/cannon pinion for the 2893-2 also should be sourced. I don't know to which extent it is a proble now. A few years ago I got them from Jules Borel.

I encountered with the same issue while buiding my 3717 from gen parts about a year ago. In the hand set I received one small hand had the steel tube, and the two other painted ones. I ended up ordering a couple of small hands with the steel center from hacra, who probably still can source them.

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Very instructive, G. Thanks a lot!

Please, put me down for 2 auto SS for rep CG. Thanks.

Sorry guy, my measurements were way off. Have found 2893 and 2836 GMT wheels, correct measurements 1.9mm 2893-2, 2.20mm modified 2836-2.

I have just measured the inner diameter of DSN GMT hands for both 2836 modified and 2893. GMT hand for 2893 has the diameter 1.73 mm, hand for the 2836 - 2.12 mm A year ago or so I did replace 2836 with 2893 in my 029, and I can assure you that from my experience GMT hand for modified 2836 is much wider, and cannot be directly used on 2893 movement. Well, may be some newer version of modified 2836 has the different pinion size.

Contacted the seller, who agreed to remove the item

The "Omega" on the dial tells it all, plus rotor apparently has stickers. Please, see the link http://cgi.ebay.com/OMEGA-SS-SEAMASTER-AQUA-TERRA-CO-AXIAL-WATCH-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ180439828594QQcmdZViewItemQQptZWristwatches?hash=item2a030d4872 What is strange, it is a seller with 100% feedback, and 5659 transactions. Could somebody report it to eBay? I just don't know how.

Lello is the man.

Absolutely agree, Lello's DWl makes all the difference, so sunken DW is not an issue. And dluddy, the only thing to add to your overall beautiful watch is the titanium T48 crown. 7750 stems with 1.2mm tap can be bought here http://cgi.ebay.com/STEMS-25-Calibers-avai...1742.m153.l1262

Take a look. Didn't expect to see such things here. http://www.chrono24.com/en/search/index.ht...mp;SEARCH_MOVEM[]=1&SORTORDER=1&numresults=223

Cool looking watch, but be aware, that these movements are really mediocre from the accuracy standpoint. You can count on +-45 sec a day.