Guru1 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 In February 2008 I bought my first HBB, a Tuiga SS high end version. About 1 month later I got a Tuiga RG watch for my birthday and at that time I really fell in love with the HBB's. Both watches came from Precious Time. After that I always looked at the Black magic and one day a French member from RWI put his watch on for sale, it was new and too big for him, so I bought it immediately, it was also the high end version, at that time the price was 1069 USD for that watch. This watch was PVD case with ceramic bezel and steel backside. I always liked this watch a lot and I decided in August of this year to start a Franken project with the Black Magic. Now since this year the Black Magic was available as an all ceramic watch and I wanted to use that model for the Franken. It was easy to sell my Black Magic to a colleague at work and my friend Taka sold me a brand new all ceramic watch which he got from Hont. My son hand carried this watch from Singapore to Germany end of September and that was the base for the Franken. I asked Taka to relume the hands and he did a great job. He also started to build some HBB crystals with good AR and these crystals became ready about 4 weeks ago. After changing the crystal it was time to implant a Gen movement and to change the ugly fake rotor. I knew the movement change was done 3 or 4 times already, 2 times by The Zigmeister and another time by Loosetime from RG. So I told my friend Domenico about my project and he said, no problem, I have done this already on several Pam 250 watches, which have the same layout. I felt scary because I read that The Zigmeister posted how difficult this swap is. At the end I trusted Domenico. So I drove to Switzerland, bought a couple of valjoux 7750 and send the watch to Domenico. I sent the watch last Friday, I got it back yesterday. 4 days incl shipping, I was a lucky guy. The result , I got a watch which feels like a Gen, when you wind it up you feel a difference to the A7750. Using the chronos feels different and when you set the time, the hands do not have too much play, just Gen feeling. Still sunken date wheel, but so is the Gen. Modds done: base HBB Black Magic all Ceramic Gen rubber strap relumed hands AR HBB crystal from Taka Gen Valyoux 7750 movement with black screws modded HBB rotor like Gen One thing is missing, the engraved H on one off the movement bridges. This is an esay fix, I think Francesco has still some for sale. About the movement swap, I am not a watchmaker but Domenico is and he does wonderful work for us rep collectors. He said the most challenging part of this swap is the length of the stem for the sec hand gear at 9 and the minute hand connection. I only can give you one advise if you are in EU and you need to find someone working on your replica, use Domenico, great guy. PM me if you need details. Now lots of pics about the swap and the watch, enjoy........... now the watch and finally on the wrist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosnik Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Really nice! My compliments to you and to your modder ( Domi ) skill ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverworn Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 another great mode from domi? again?? man this guy rocks and the he is an awesome and kind person eather :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMK000 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Domenico is tha Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricciola Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Mucas grazias Amigo :whistling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru1 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 yes, Domi is the modder for EU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyby75 Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Thanks, great pics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moes129 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 does anyone know how to contact domi? i have a bb that i would like to mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star69 Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 does anyone know how to contact domi? i have a bb that i would like to mod click in my Sig looks spectacular - congrats cheers, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHiC Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 I love that everybody has the same digital caliper. I got mine from neweggmall.com for dirt cheap on a special. That HBB is sweet. Can't wait to get my crystal back from Chief with some proper AR. I'm tempted to try to lume the hands while it's apart. I have proper rc tritec, but I don't know what composition is used on the gens. I'm so jealous of your rotor and movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkBachs Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Same digital caliper here! Have you thought about doing a date wheel mod with the thin metal ring to raise the date wheel closer to the window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nopainnogain06 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Guru, this is sweeeeeeeeeeet What are the plans on the Tuiga? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Sweeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossanti Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 very nicely done...im wondering if Domineco accepting watch from overseas? I think I need to do this to my HBB too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Pretty and probably even better than the Gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray0244 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 how was the rotor modded to look like gen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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