mbjoer Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 The issue I had - and which I think was the most common one with the GMTII - was the GMT hand slipping. The rest was fine. This I received in May of last year. Wonder if that was the old GMT modification and if a similar one today would not have that issue? Asking because I up to now have recommended to go 21J instead of A2836 for GMT.
grejyedi Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 I meant is there any particular dealer or model you should go to to get the new movement.
Jkay Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 The issue I had - and which I think was the most common one with the GMTII - was the GMT hand slipping. The rest was fine. This I received in May of last year. Wonder if that was the old GMT modification and if a similar one today would not have that issue? Yes, The Zigmeister is saying that the newest asian GMT module will no longer slip and become useless if it's properly maintained. He's saying it has finally been made properly.
tabularasa415 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Posted January 26, 2012 R, Excellent work. I have to agree with you on the clone 2892's. I bought a rep Omega AT from Joshua that was sold to me as "Swiss ETA 2892-2" and was actually a clone. (Of course, why am I not surprised when the watch was $268+shipping?) After having it for a few weeks it stopped running while in my watch box. It would wind manually, but obviously something was off. Well, $30-something worth of ETA parts and it's running well, but there's obviously some flaws in them somewhere. --Jer
RWG Technical Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Posted January 26, 2012 R, Excellent work. I have to agree with you on the clone 2892's. I bought a rep Omega AT from Joshua that was sold to me as "Swiss ETA 2892-2" and was actually a clone. (Of course, why am I not surprised when the watch was $268+shipping?) After having it for a few weeks it stopped running while in my watch box. It would wind manually, but obviously something was off. Well, $30-something worth of ETA parts and it's running well, but there's obviously some flaws in them somewhere. --Jer I have had poor results with the 2892 clone's, they all had defects. I finally had to replace them with ETA 2892's, the clone's are very poor quality, surprised you got yours working with the ETA parts.
its_urabus Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Rob, is the gmt hand above or below the hour hand on this new movement?
RWG Technical Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Posted January 27, 2012 Rob, is the gmt hand above or below the hour hand on this new movement? GMT hand is below, against dial face, same movement and design is in the new 029.
its_urabus Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Good to know, as I am wearing my 029 right now!
Psionman Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 Great review. I love the pictures for illustration.
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