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It's always exciting to see people take up challenges like this and forage new ground in the rep world. Awesome. I hope it works out for you guys...as it would open up a whole world of improved quality and modding potential around here.

WOW. That's going to be the benchmark SMP Chrono. Amazing. Yup...the watch matches your nick. Good work on sourcing the parts. Pop a Swiss 7750 in there and it will be at the next level!!

I don't know what the prices are these days...but I went the V3 because the price at $185 at the time, made it untouchable for value.

Agreed.

Well that's something!! Good reference pics of the pointy CGs!

Yeah...I should have added that caveat. Working on your watches the first time, will likely involve something breaking, and a little to a lot of swearing. Screws will go missing, springs will pop off, etc. It's part of the learning process. Perhaps a bit costly...but what the heck. Yes. If you go to most any watchmaker, they will be able to do the datewheel swap for you, and can likely source the ETA datewheel as well. Swapping the datewheel is not overly difficult...BUT, involves: Ability to work under lupe Ability to work with tweezers under a loop Ability to decase a movement Removing of dial Removing of hands Resetting hands Re-inserting stem Making sure things are clean and not dusty Greasing of gaskets All the above requires special tools (non-magnetic tweezers, lupe, special screwdrivers, hand remover, hand setting tools, Rodico, case opening tool of some form, silicon grease, etc). So...there is some investment involved. As Krpster said, servicing the movement properly REQUIRES a watchmaker who not only knows mechanical chronos, but ideally the idiosyncrasies of the Asian 7750 movement. These are hard to find. It also is a relatively large investment...but ensures your watch will be reliable for at least 5 years. A non-serviced A7750 may be operational for 5 years or more...but not RELIABLY operational. That's the key. If you will be mortified if your watch dies in just over a year...get it serviced...or have fun with it as long as it runs...and replace it for just over the cost of servicing when it dies with a new, latest and greatest super rep.

Hi and welcome to RWG. You need to order an ETA datewheel for a 7750...and you can see how to do this here: Takashi's A7750 Swap Tutorial You just found yourself the best watch forum around, filled with some amazing folks. Hopefully you enjoy your stay here and find participation in the forum valuable.

Beautiful. Nice photos.

Welcome aboard. Like Lanikai said, you just found yourself the best watch forum around...and besides the watch forum, it's a great community of people. You've already found yourself some nice reps. The Carrera is excellent (I'm wearing mine now in fact). Stick around...participate...and you'll soon see the next level of what the forum can offer in terms of providing support, info, knowledge and just plain old good times.

It's sounding like you're understanding of yourself is not so correct. You NEED more than one rep if you're having that much difficulty deciding on just one.

I had a similar problem and it ended up to be a slipped minute hand. You wouldn't notice it was loose under normal circumstances but it was. Resetting them solved the problem.

Just to mix things up...I'm a grey Skyland guy myself. For me, it really depends on what you have in your arsenal already. My "blue watch" needs are met by a Seamaster...I have lots of black and white watches...so the grey watch niche was met nicely by the Skyland. Or...do what others have done...get a blue, black, and grey.

I'm assuming you're talking the non-chrono movement. To get the stem back in, you have to depress the stem release button slightly. Don't over-press or you'll screw up the keyless works and that may need a watchmaker to fix. Turn the stem in the winding position as you stick it in until you start to see things getting engaged, then depress the release button and keep turning the stem slowly as you push it in. It may take a few tries to get things going properly...but make sure not to press the button too hard.

Hey Imp, Congrats on the watch. Mine just arrived yesterday and I'm wearing it now. Beautiful watch. As to losing 13s/day...don't worry about it. If you can get it within 20s...you're doing fine. Some people regulate to within 6 seconds...but hey...it's not noticeable and not worth the effort really. It's a fun exercise though if you want to try it...tough and time consuming though. As to date adjustment, the no adjusting the date between 10pm and 3am applies to ALL 7750 movements...INCLUDING genuine, $5,000 ones. No joke. It says so in the manuals. 7750b1 and New Asian 7750 could be same one. Dealers came up with these names and there's no standard or consistency in using them. All that really needs to be considered is slow beat 21.6K and high beat 28.8K. HOWEVER, that being said, there are more than one company making the movement, and it appears now that some of them have slightly different specs because they can take genuine ETA reversing wheels (common failure point needing replacement but difficult to find an Asian version of one that fits), while others cannot. It's hit and miss which one you get. Read Watchdog's reply in the Noob Guide link to a discussion on the different 7750 variants.

You are absolutely correct on all counts. Freddy is a master...so can say (and accomplilsh) many things horological with ease that would make me pull out my hair. I can accomplish the same things as Freddy with even easier ease...because I send my stuff out to Watchdog. The issue that Freddy is highlighting is, that if it's a matter of a hand re-setting, any watch maker can do this as it does not involve specialized chrono movement expertise. If it involves a loose hand tube, a watchmaker may or may not feel comfortable gluing the hands together. You can engage discussion with a local watch maker and see what success you have...or you can do what many do...ship back for repair...or have the movement serviced. If it resets to the same spot (not "12") all the time...consistently, then it likely is just a hand resetting job. Good luck...and keep us posted on what works.

Rockin'! You might still be eligible to apply for the free upgrader raffle. Pop over to Lanikai's raffle post for upgraders, and follow the steps to get a ticket. Thanks for supporting YOUR forum...and congrats on the purchase!!

Same construction as the gen, so the fault is there too. Only a few watches have that "micro adjust" feature. The Rolex DSSD's clasp is slick!!

I don't work things out in this fashion. If I see something I want...I assess...reassess, and if I decide to pursue...I just buy it. I don't bother selling. If you really want "watch X", and it isn't out yet, but you are sure of the price, then I would say accumulate the money and jump on it when you're ready. Others save up the money and have it ready waiting for that special deal that may take awhile to appear. If you have to sell things to make the money...then do it. I would never buy luxury items on credit if that was the only avenue available to me to pay for the goods. It's either available funds or nothing.

Yikes. Small parts like that are hard to find. You can try a local watch repair place as the spring on the chrono lever HOPEFULLY is not so specific a part that it needs something custom. If not, you might have to try your dealer for a replacement part, or possibly to ship it to them for a repair. This would obviously not be a warranty repair. Good luck, and keep us posted. I've never heard of this problem, so documenting a solution here would be useful to others.

"Interestingly, the links themselves are a 5 piece design. Usually, you'd have the shiny bits simply painted on, but here they're all separate. My only gripe is that there are no micro adjustments, resizing can only be done removing the links. " This is taken from: hxxp://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=68466

That's a gen Rolex Sub collection...worth probably more than most people's REALLY nice houses. With 60 watches worth AT LEAST $15,000 each...you're talking close to a million. Likely there are some in there worth $30-50K, and likely one or 2 approaching $100K on their own. I didn't take an overly close look...but that collection is worth A LOT!! It was from a post by Nanuq likely taken from TZ or one of the Rolex forums. It's a collecting thing...you either get it or you don't. The BTR is larger than the Discovery.

...and you know what's going to happen R, just when you adjust to the new ability to use some ETA parts...the design will change again, or a new supplier with new specs will change the way things work, and confusion will pop in again. I'm sure all the factories are ISO 9001 certified, they're just consistently using different standards.

If you hang around large machinery, it can do this because of magnetization (e.g. factories, compressors, etc).

You got that right Dog. Show 'em whose the Overlord!!