siesta181 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Lets get this straight, the DSN 028 is a good rep out of the box. For its price, it had better be. But the A N A L retentiveness in most of us would never wear a rep out of the box. Its a price that we pay for being in this hobby. SO a LEO's DW upgrade is in order and here is the result. There is some misalignment for 4 of the days. "11" ~ "14" sit slightly slower that the other days, "11" being the worst but even "11" is acceptable. (I have seen worse misalignments in Gens... a certain Big Ingy comes to mind) The other days are dead center. Due to the size of the fonts, magnification is much better. How do I compare this to my Lello modded 029? The 029 wins hands down in terms of clarity but not in terms of magnification. the dates look bigger in my 028 but the "whiteness" loses out to the 029. I boil this down to the dual cyclops and the sandwich crystal of the 028. LEO's datewheel are whiter than DSN's for sure. Darn DSN crystal. Hope this helps. Cheers siesta181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Dang... did I really post this in the trading section???? Noob mistake. Noob mistake. Mods, please move this to the PAM subforum before I get PMs for a sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Topic moved. Looks good Siesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest al12 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 The dw looks very good. Even on the Gen the dw is not as clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanya Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Wow way to go Leo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks great S !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncyte Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Looks fantastic. Is that crown from DSN as well? Doesn't look as bevelled from the pictures I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitch Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 I hope you don't mind me asking but what strap do you have on your 28? It looks really nice! Also the crown does seem to look pretty good, is it the DSN crown..? tnx in advance for your reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 lello has dw's out this days? looks great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitch Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 I hope you don't mind me asking but what strap do you have on your 28? It looks really nice! Also the crown does seem to look pretty good, is it the DSN crown..? tnx in advance for your reply argh.. i feel silly; Siesta allready told me that it's a T48 customised to fit the 1.2 stem.. (how could i forget ) but it looks great! congratz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Thanks guys... Its a T48 PVD crown modded to fit the 0.9mm stem of the 2892 movt. A lil bit of epoxy and you are good to go. There are issues with the crown lever not touching the crown but the lever closes very tight to the crwon guard. The visual aesthetics of T crown overrides that flaw. So the hunt for a unmodded PVD crown lever continues. The strap is from TC. They had a 47% discount with an RG coupon so I grabbed an MP vintage tan with the PVD buckle. This watch deserves nothing less than an MP. Cheers siesta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Q : were the LEO DW inner teeth clean from excessive paint? I couldn't install mine due to that problem - I sent them out for cleaning to a member but still haven't got the return info if he got them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 The inner teeth is stripped off any paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgenk Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 siesta that's a beauty you just took that to another level... btw thanks for all the help on my 'project'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Siesta, Would it be too much to ask to take a snapshot of any of the misaligned dates? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 No worries Jurgen, glad to help and i look forward to your masterpiec. Probably gonna be the best 250 in the fora. @wolf: I'll try to get my mate to upload some pics. In fact those pictures have already been sent to LEO as feedback. You know the thing about these "misalignments", it's all about from which angle and elevation you look from. Even the "11" "looks good" from certain angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Thank you siesta, you have done a vey good job!!! Now it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Looks great! Nice and bold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Looks really good ...I'm continually impressed by the PVD on this model !! FGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkdk Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 does anyone know if davidsen uses his old cases, or the new "slimmer" ones for thi model? IM considering buying just the case, since i have a stranded 028 project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 does anyone know if davidsen uses his old cases, or the new "slimmer" ones for thi model? IM considering buying just the case, since i have a stranded 028 project. I don't have the 28A but on my 27A it appears that DSN is using his new Pre-V cases with stubby short lugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 The 028 has short fat lugs... I concur. It looks good but the caseback sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkdk Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 that is fantastic news. im gonna get a case. i have a really good caseback, so i hope it fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 that is fantastic news. im gonna get a case. i have a really good caseback, so i hope it fits. Why is it fantastic news? That case is really neither here nor there, e.g. it's wrong for A year watch because of the lugs and the strap divot and it's wrong for a pre-V watch because of the divot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Why is it fantastic news? That case is really neither here nor there, e.g. it's wrong for A year watch because of the lugs and the strap divot and it's wrong for a pre-V watch because of the divot. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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