HauteHippie

I have found MY to be a flake, but apparently others have had positive experiences with him it seems. He must be hit and miss.

Huge disappointment.

If not, we'll fix it. Anyone know if this cyclops is on the exterior or the interior?

I like the glamour shot there!!

Well Finepics, it is probably not your datewheel. Because my 7753 196 missed out on the datewheel but has the same problem. The quickset button doesn't always fully advance the date and sometimes it gets hung up. It didn't used to do this for the first 9 months or so. It is a problem than only recently developed. And curiously also only after having removed the crown stem on many occasions playing with new crowns. Coincidence? I don't know. My watch is with The Zigmeister right now and I've asked him to look at that. Maybe he'll see the thread and comment.

There's a used gen in mint condition on TZ at the moment for a bargain at $4200. So tempting. I really dig that watch. A Valjoux/ETA rep would be even better though.

Weird. Sounds like you've got something aligned incorrectly. Would be interesting to hear an expert account from The Zigmeister on this one. He's surely assembling numerous 188s and 196s with the Finepics datewheel as we speak!!

BTW Helfands still does sell them, and they're back on Ebay.

Great watch. Very nice. I love the older TW Best and that dial is the icing on the cake!

*cough* *cough* yea right *cough*

Mine arrived yesterday. Huge thanks to Palp for sticking with this project and bringing these excellent crowns to the community!!!

Update - no off the shelf 7mm cyclops available from this supplier but custom work can be done for a 100 piece minimum order. Pricing yet to come. I'm also talking with them about a custom 6mm job with altered specs, but again, that'll be subject to a 100 piece min.

End mills are meant to withstand lateral force and resist bending. They are made for CNC machines. Drill bits are not.

Update: Here's a 1.3mm end mill - http://drillcity.stores.yahoo.net/5pcnewmilpac.html Maybe they'll sell just one. In any event, this just goes to show they're out there! On second thought... get more than one because you're going to eat up the carbide something fierce.

Interesting, but I don't think the grinding will help because that effect will be gone as soon as you drill past it. My guess is that the bit is going to jump like crazy, and might break. I just don't think you can get a clean through hole. I think the best tool is not a drill bit, but a milling machine end mill. Here's one in 1.5mm - http://www.cuttingtoolsource.com/endmills_...ic_ballnose.htm Here are some more - http://drillcity.stores.yahoo.net/endmills1.html I'd call a couple of these places and try to find a 1.3mm end mill. Run that at a very slow speed on the press. I think that'll yield better results. I'm just guessing of course, but that's what I'd try. Good luck!

The bezel is a little different. And either your case is thinner making your lugholes look bigger than the gen, or your lughold *are* bigger than the gen. Hard to say which, but I'd bet on the case thickness. These difference are extremely minor. Your franken is a winner!!

What do we believe the correct mag (per genuine PAMs) for 6mm cylopses should be? I've heard up to 1.6x? ssurfer, you've been talking about 1.4x-1.5x. Is that just because it's the best you can do with glass? Thanks.

Ahhh yes... things are falling into place. My 196 has hope yet!! 7753 196 and 187 both with proper date font - that'll be a mean duo!

And 90% of gen owners do the same. The sticker is ugly and nobody likes it anyhow.

I should have pricing and more info on 7mm version (if he can produce it) tomorrow (Monday).

That's what good AR does... The first time I saw an Omega PO at an AD, I thought crystal was missing too (no floating magnifier there)!

Thx guys.

Anyone know if a Davidsen caseback fits a Joshua case?

A 7753 187 might necessitate a Finepics 7753 datewheel part 2!!!

I know this has been done, but don't know what the resolution for the gap was...