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klocklind1

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  1. I just got a brand new MBW 1680 from a member and it is not fitted with a "bezel Flat Friction Washer" that I thought should be under the bezel !!!??

    My MBW 1680 case does NOT have this "bezel Flat Friction Washer" but it feels OK to turn the bezel !

    Is a washer normally fitted on the MBW 1680 case and is it needed?

    And if so, can it fit under the bezel if it has not been fitted with one from the beginning?

  2. dont buy the WSO one, that palstic handle is useless and you ll destroy the toll on the first install.

    id get one of these

    http://www.julesbore...C08page0256.htm

    same price as the WSO ones (maybe $5 more than wso) but ALL METAL, and the cross bar adds for some nice torque

    dont skimp on buying this tool "cheap" otherwise you ll waste your money in the short term and still have to buy the more expensive one.

    Thanks a lot for that :)

    But which one of them is for the submariner ?

  3. I bought a genuine pearl in ebay and mounted it in an WM9 insert but had to use a small round file to make the hole big enogh to fit the genuine pearl.

    And You can not see any difference on my genuines compared to that one:)

    Just be very careful so You do not makes the hole to big, just do alittle and then try if the pearls fits. Then clean the surface and then use epoxi glue using a toothpick to apply the glue:)

    GL

  4. I have had a conversation with one that has both the genuine AND the rep and it VERY minor difference regarding the lumecolor on it!

    It is only in cloudy daylight that the repdial is a little ( just a little!) more limeish than the genuine!

    In a sunny day it is the same color on the lume :)

    So to make a new V2 would be just a little more different lumecolor and maybe a little less "fat" "9" B)

    So my conclusion is that the factory will not make a V2 but You NEVER know in the repworld :huh:

    BUT I like the lume- color that Vac and The Zigmeister has done on the 029M rep MORE than the original repdial so it is up to You which one ;)

  5. Hello, I am still waiting for my 029 and was very intrigued by you having it already teared down.

    Some people say that the swiss one GMT hand does not jump from one hour to the next. Are the Chinese modules from the swiss ones different than the ones applied to the asian ones?

    Seems kind of weird that the asian one jumps like the original watch, as opposed to the swiss one, being only 2 little changes that I suppose both share.

    Can you please tell a bit more of what you think from opening the watch and if a jumping GMT hand module is possible in combination with the swiss machinery?

    Many thanks!

    The GMT hands jumps like the date does as the GMT hand is conected to the date mechanism by two gears (wheels!) .

  6. So it seems like it makes more sense to get an Asian movt version and put that $70 saved towards the initial service? And then hope it will run for many years?

    My main deal is to make sure I can get years and years out of the movement cause I keep my reps. And since this model is so accurate to the gen and so great looking it's kind of must have no matter how you look at it.

    I totally agree, go for the swiss eta if You really likes it:)

    I have send my swiss 029M for service:)

  7. The "only" asian parts in this swiss eta version is just TWO gears( wheels!) that is making it to an GMT movement, ( I know as I have taking my swiss eta apart already !) so I would say it is way more swiss than asian:)

    And the swiss eta in this pam029M is a NEW swiss eta ( a lot of times the swiss etas are used ones!) and that is VERY rare to get those days.

    But the asian can work for years without problem also:)

  8. I have both the TW sub and the WM9 V3 sub ( and also the WM9 LV, V3 !) and I think that the TW case is as nice as the WM9 but You have to shave the CG:s on the TW sub case.

    The V2 AND the TW sub has incorrect crown position ( by 0,45 mm to low ( WM9 V3 uses eta 2824-2 compared to eta 2836-2 in TW sub !) .

    And the V3 WM9 has better (higher!) crownposition but on the WM9 V3 case the material at the CG is machined down a little to much!

    So both has cons and pro!:)

    On the WM9 V3 the genuine bezel -insert fitted without sanding it down.:)

    Regarding the clickspring, I have chaged the standard one with a one from Clarks that is way better than the standard spring:)

  9. Thanks st4!

    The spec is:

    Old cartel case from 2006

    Caseback is the extremely rare ( thick one as the genuine !) and correct caseback for a 061 from 2006!?

    Dial old EL from Goin and relumed

    Genuine eta 6497-1

    T48 crown

    CG is old school cartel body with Seads ( rubber inside as the genuine!) arm

    I am VERY happy with this build and it is a defintive keeper for sure

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