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Hi Guys on a lighter note from some of the other things going on i thought i would post some info. My MK XVI Well it arrived with a bad crystal gasket to start with, The AR was not of the standard that i like the lume was a bit crap, the movement had low amplitued, it was not water resistant, on top of that the seconds hand was too fat and the date wheel is a bit poo. But on the whole still better than a lot of gen watches in the $200-$300 price range and now after the out lay of less than $100 and a few hours work, weaqual to watches well over that price range. So what did i have to do to get it to the standard i wanted? Well as the crystal had to come out any way that got sent to sweelwatches.de for AR but i needed a new gasket, i mesured it to be a 342 0.8, and the closest i gan order is a Sternkreutz 340 0.8, well it fits well and i have a couple left, so that is the AR and the crystal sorted. The seconds hand was too fat so that was sanded and repainted (but i would still like to get a gen seconds hand if one comes avaialable. The hands and dial were relumed with Tritec, that solves the lume problems The movement was serviced and now runs far better. A very good friend happend to be able to order me a gen date wheel and it fits the asian movement perfectly, the detials are in the 7s, 4s and 1s, even when compared with an ETA one but here is the rep and gen Quite a difference, but dont ask me to get you one, this was a one off! Now the water resistance, as you all know (or at least those that read any thing i postz that i want my reps water resistant and i have 2 WR testers to check them, a dry vacume one from Elma and a Bergeon & ATM wet tester. Now after the crystal gasket issue i was expecting probelem there but i was supprised that the problem was in the case back gasket, after cleaning and relubing a couple of times it was still leaking like a leaky thing!! The issue is the supplied gasket is a 0.6mm one and it is just not fat enough to fill the gap, what you need is a 37mm out side diameter 0.8mm o ring. Now if some one knows where to get one let me know as non of my suppliers have one. So i had to make one from a larger 0.8mm gasket (not dead easy) but with that done it passes 5 ATM. Before i forget the rep strap is a shit as well, so a BOB 20mm moo croc pilot was added and i think i am done, so a couple of pics And the wriist shot Comments? thoughts?