rckh Posted March 25, 2011 Report Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Dear All: I got Concepta IWC 3714-01 about 1 year ago; everything work great & I love it so damn much! Today my watchwinders broken & send to repair. So; I packing up all my collection + clean them one by one. When I clean my 3714-01; I found a strange thing.....the hour hand tip is "curve upward" which is different from the minute hand tip "curve downward"......As I remember; most of the IWC hands tip are sightly curve downward in order to compensate vision distortion made by the doom crystal. I wonder; is it my hour hand normal or it's a wrong installation? Can anyone clarify that for me? A million THX for your help! Best Regards, Raymond Edited March 25, 2011 by rckh
rckh Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Posted March 26, 2011 Hmm..........No one know or no any comment? Best Regards, Raymond
Watchmeister Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 You have to find someone who has actually handled gen hands. With most watch hands I would guess the hand is simply bent the wrong way (I.e. you can't put the hands on wrong side up either because there is lume on one side and/or the tab where the hand attaches to the pinion allows it to only go one way). I am guessing port hands look the same on both sides. So my guess is bent the wrong way....but it is a guess.
concepta Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 I just looked at my 3714-01 and the hour hand is straight/slightly tipped upwards. The minute hand is slightly tipped downwards. I will talk to the expert (Domenico) and ask him..but it seems like it´s OK. It´s hard to decide without pics Chinga Linga
rckh Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Posted March 26, 2011 the tab where the hand attaches to the pinion allows it to only go one way). Any expert can confirm that? I'm not a watchsmith; so I don't know if there's a TAB on the hand which allow it only install on the pinion on one way...... I just looked at my 3714-01 and the hour hand is straight/slightly tipped upwards. The minute hand is slightly tipped downwards. I will talk to the expert (Domenico) and ask him..but it seems like it´s OK. It´s hard to decide without pics Chinga Linga Hi! N: No doubt I don't have any problem on this hand installation since I bought your Portu; it work perfectly. But I'm just curious whether it's ALL portu like this or only in my case.. Best Regards, Raymond
chad Posted April 1, 2011 Report Posted April 1, 2011 I think they are bent downwards and upwards on the gen
j43chan Posted April 4, 2011 Report Posted April 4, 2011 (edited) the one I got from concep is the same. i think it is as designed. Edited April 4, 2011 by j43chan
rckh Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Posted April 4, 2011 the one I got from concep is the same. i think it is as designed. Thx for your info! Case closed! Best Regards, Raymond
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