plaifender Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Genuine Planet Ocean goodness: So, after sitting around in my watch parts for a few months, I finally decided to bite the bullet! Installed the following: Gen Tube Gen Crown Gen Crystal All parts were purchased from Cousins. The install was clean thanks to several members' help via pm. (p.s thanks matt). One thing that surprised me was the color of the AR, which has a light blue, tint to it under certain lighting conditions.. Not the deep blue that I've seen on other GEN PO crystals. Not sure if my crystal is a fluke, or if some crystals are just a bit lighter colored than others. In any case, I think the crystal mod is the absolute most necessary mod for any UPO now. I don't have the gen dial yet, but the difference is still night and day. The crystal is pretty much non-existent in comparison to the Standard Rep Crystal I had the light blue tint I mentioned: here's a pic under heavy direct halogen lighting: (very light blue almost tourquoise) Anyways, overall the mod took me about 1.5 hours of work (not counting the 12 hours I had to wait for the Araldite epoxy to set.) If you guys are on the fence about this mod, do it yourself. Really not that difficult and I don't even have a crystal press! Thanks again! -Fender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Great job Fender, i just want i had the guts to do all the modds to my watches myself. Sounds like great fun to have then done yourself. Carpe Diem Cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krpster Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Nice work. Looks great. Very satisfying to complete a project yourself. Especially when the results look so Gooooooooooooood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Congrats. Time well spent. It is a big improvement to the piece as gen parts always are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcher Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Very nice and good work. The thought of it is usually worse than the doing! Omega have changed the AR coatings recently and are now more durable and in some watches I have seen there is very little tint at all. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danza1812 Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Good to finally see the finished product. Nice job and looks cool. Go on do the dial and hands, the lume is well worth it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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