Toadtorrent

BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND...an accurate moon watch (albeit likely auto using the new tight spacing tricompax A7750 vs. a tight subdial spacing manual wind) has been wanted and discussed...but has yet to materialize. So...options: VISUALLY ACCURATE: El cheapo quartz...$100...proper subdial spacing...proper functioning...the caseback everybody wants is alright...great deal...but quartz SMOOTH SWEEP LESS ACCURATE: Sea Gull ST1902 manual wind...solid movement...incorrect wide subdial spacing...should get the 6-o-clock subdial freeze mod (see my signature for tutorial)...still a good looking watch...display back is inaccurate but the movement is a looker and is a column wheel chrono similar in appearance to the gen which as stated above often had display backs installed ANNIVERSARY EDITION: I like this version of the watch...others don't...solid movement...looks great in person Whether or not you can get the proper plexi crystal or a the newer sapphire crystal is a different issue. The "Moon Watch" has so many variants in the gen world even though the only real moon watch is the manual hesalite crystal one...but still referred to as a "Moon Watch" are the Anniversary editions, auto versions, mid-sized (small sized) versions, etc, etc...just to make things more confusing. I say screw accuracy...get the 50th Anniversary one...looks great...with manual wind rather than quartz...or the 40th Annviversary Apollo one is nice too with the medallion...but haven't seen an actual review of a rep of this one yet.

Troubles (...seemed so far away)

The lumpy devil guy is something else. I can't imagine that's too comfortable to have under your skin.

Love it. Too many great shots to list!! Love it too. @ Pete1 - super shots...great lighting. @ Hike - all kinds of macros are good.

Some recent ones made during some repairs I was doing:

+1 on this request!!

Yeah...beat the sucker up...make it a 30 year tool watch. I like the datewheel...is that a silver one they installed? If so...NICE!! The thing that needs to be done as well, is aging that dial...the yellow is a little too yellow.

Wow...what a journey...and a fantastic treasure to have another watch built from the community. Great stuff. It's going to look great...and a something special to da man dat gives so much. Big Up to Lani and Arthur!!

Looks great. Love the caseback. I'm actually torn on it...as the movement is so beautiful it should be on display even though it's technically not accurate. As to fixing the subdial...I have a tutorial on doing it linked in my signature...check it out.

Very different piece...classy!

Very nice...that is a great one.

Interesting review of a lesser known watch. Good to have you participating on the board like this. A suggestion would be to size the images to about 800x600 or so...host them on an offline service (e.g. Photobucket) and then link to the images. The size will make it readable on most computers without massive scrolling, and the offline hosting will allow the larger images to stick right into the review for better visual impact and lower bandwidth cost for the RWG servers!!

The PAM shot is awesome!!

Looks great...nice wrist shot. Thanks for sharing that.

AND...you just found somebody who will do simple stuff on your reps. Congrats!! Glad it worked out.

Green Bean

Beautiful shot. You know you have to post a tutorial on making the strap.

Oooh...never seen that before except on the SSD saturation dive test in toxic waters. Yikes.

Big congrats on this one!! Looks awesome.

Looks great!!! Did you worry about scratching up your washing machine???

Hi...servicing will unfortunately cost you closer to $200 + shipping. If you get servicing on an a7750 for the $100 mark it generally means is a dip and dunk servicing and not a complete disassembly, cleaning, proper oiling and reassembly. Servicing generally will take at least 3hrs for somebody doing a REALLY fast job and a lot of investment in equipment and experience...hence the price. The A7750's (seconds at 12 included) are reliable but need to be serviced within the 9-12 month mark to maintain being reliable. They are dirty and dry (no oiling) when they stick the movements in...so cleaning and proper oiling is required. Some will have movements that last 3x this unserviced...others less than this. For RELIABLE service, a complete breakdown, cleaning and oiling should be done. There aren't that many people that can service chrono movements relative to how many call themselves watch repairers. There aren't that many people who can reliably repair ASIAN chrono movements...that's the difficulty. I know of more who claimed they could, botched the movement and ruined a watch than actually understand the idiosyncracies of the A7750. IF serviced an A7750 (seconds at 6 EXCLUDED) and maintained properly, will last just as long as a genuine. Remember...a genuine needs to be serviced within 5 years...and every 5 years. The Asian just needs to be serviced 4 years sooner...otherwise you start wearing parts down because they are running dry metal on metal. Stay away from Michael Allen watchmaker though!! There are couple folks in EU...don't know of anybody in France. Francisco, Cortebert and a couple others are folks you might try PM'ing. Or, there's a guy in Spain who is supposed to be really good as well...I've never used either...but judging by the posts on this forum, you can decide for yourself. Good luck.

Mystery

I'm liking that Hirsch strap R!!

For this kind of work, it should be relatively safe to go to any watch repair person in a small shop and ask if they can do a dial swap on an Asian chrono. This should be everyday kind of work for anybody familiar with watches. Working on the movements, and understanding the quirkiness of a 7750...especially the Asian variety is another level that I would leave to folks with experience like Zig. Swapping movements is less risk if going like for like (without need for broaching or gluing). Call around in a phone book...preferably start in Chinatown for watch repair guys.

Indeed...good post. I've never seen it before.