chefcook Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hello everybody, as I stated before I think the copper sulfate capsule flaw of the rep Sinn U2 is fixable. Now here is the proof, unfortunately with bad mobile phone pics. The dial back after carefully enlarging the hole for the dot the factory put on the dial with a broach: And the other side: Countersink the hole on the back to make the new capsule fit better: I used the dot that came on the dial as new capsule after painting it light blue. Glued on dot: The dial alone: And in the watch case: Dial, hands and bezel are now off to the Ziggmeister for a professional relume with Superluminova C1. In the meantime I will service the movement and put a gen ETA datewheel on it. The rep datewheels white text is not white enough imo. The U2 is great. The GMT function is very comfortable, the watch wears great and looks very good. Actually I got a lot more compliments on it than I thought. Actually I did not think that anyone will notice it. Maybe German watches are more popular than I thought here in Germany... And the best is: All required mods are cheap and can be done easily. EDIT Before I forget mentioning: The movement spacer ring has to be modified to work with the capsule under the dial. But that is not a big task either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Great job. Looks so much better than the raised cap. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Nice work. No why couldn't the factory think of that What were you doing with the Red paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I repainted the second hand with Revell SM330 flat red - my U2 had the wrong second hand with a lumed tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRae Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nice work! This watch gets more and more tempting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morlock Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nice handcraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Good job, can't wait to see the finished results... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Man that's nicely done! I need to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbchubb Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks for the post.... I have the PVD version coming.... can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Valiant work well done ST4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkno Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 What did you use to make the hole in the dial? What did you use for blue to paint the faux capsule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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