chad Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 I have a sec at 6 killed movement that was serviced by rob and purchased some gen hands which the seller says will ft on rep movement with the right watch repair guy. The local guy here says no. Is this possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 IIRC, the hands need to be either broached or reduced depending on which hands. The main hour and minute hands should be a direct fit, but it's the center seconds and subdial hands that need to be tinkered with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Thanks! Anyone here in the US have enough experience to swap some hands for me? Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Alves Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 IIRC, the hands need to be either broached or reduced depending on which hands. The main hour and minute hands should be a direct fit, but it's the center seconds and subdial hands that need to be tinkered with. +1 but are you sure you want to change some gen hands to fit a rep movement? or is it for your DLC coated mechanism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 I would agree with that; I would probably find a gen movement to go with those gen hands. Better match and no modification necessary... (so if you ever want to resell, you can). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Anyone know anyone in the US who might be qualified to mod the hands slightly to get this on a DLC movement? Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Vac, perhaps? Zigmeister (though not in the U.S. but still in the NA region). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I will check with vac, i know zig is probably far to busy. ChadI know a few members who have experience with simple swaps like this. I was fishing for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Broaching/reducing the small tubes for the center seconds and subsidiary hands is no easy task as it requires a lot of precision to get them right. You don't want hands slipping or falling off the pinions. I'd definitely suggest Zig or Vac as I know they've done this job many times before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concepta Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Broaching/reducing the small tubes for the center seconds and subsidiary hands is no easy task as it requires a lot of precision to get them right. You don't want hands slipping or falling off the pinions. I'd definitely suggest Zig or Vac as I know they've done this job many times before... Ubi..new pic? Who´s the beauty with Mr 16520 Daytona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Mr. C- Do you mean this one? Daytona 6265 Ubi style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Vac is of course way too busy, oh well. Zig is impossible to even get by email these days. I guess I should have researched it a little more before i bought them although the person I bought it from said it was a piece of cake and his watchmaker does it all the time Thanks for the help ubi! Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Chad, See if you can get on someone's schedule book. For gen hands, you'll definitely want to have these done right! I know Domi can do these, but he's in the EU... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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