JoeyB Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm converting an ETA 2846 to GMT and have all the parts except the 'intermediate datewheel gears' (I think that's what they are called). The non-GMT has a two gear 'stack', for the GMT function to work it needs a three gear 'stack'. Does anyone have a 3 gear stack, or a movement with one I can buy? Please let me know. It's this 3 gear stack (photo stolen from freddy) Thanks, guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Been some time since I worked on an ETA, but I think someone posted that that is a standard ETA part. So you might check some of the parts sellers like julesborel to see if they have it. Otherwise, unless someone has a spare, you may need to do what I did & purchase another rep GMT to get a GMT donor ETA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I checked the parts schematics for the ETA 2836-2. 2846 and 2893-2. All three 'intermediate datewheel gears' are the same part number, and all three are the 2 gear stack. No top gear for the gear attached to the bottom of the 24 hour pinion. I looked at the other gears, but no joy. If no one has one or a broken/non-working movement to sell, I will have to buy a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexaddict Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 D, I have complete 2836 series GMT conversion in stock, so I will give you a 3 stack gear, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlflash Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) All items come from France ) ,with the gear of Rolex addict, the movement will be complete! Yess Dennis ! Edited February 26, 2012 by curlflash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Merci beaucoup! Vive la France! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexaddict Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 lol, elections in 2 months, I cross my fingers for Nicolas, the other one is an idiot, a communist, inexperienced, sorry, a socialist. Socialists in France have the heart at the left and the wallet at the right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlflash Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 ...harffff....idem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zeleni kukuruz Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Jean is also my hero!!! I think there is not enough words to explain how kind and talented this man is!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 the other one is an idiot, a communist, inexperienced, sorry, a socialist. That's what they say about my guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexaddict Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Robert, I am a little bit late, lot of watches to assemble, yours need reluming as we talk and I need one or two more days, I will email you news, lot of (positive) change in my "kitchen watch plumbing statut", Dennis, socialists/democrats in USA are not the same like in France, I really appreciate Obama for lot of reasons and hope he will be elected for a second round , Nicolas Sarkosy would be a democrat in USA, Hollande would be a communist, worse, a Bolchevic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yes, Jean, I know. I too hope for re-election. I think, without getting into a political discussion here, that the way our Nations worked together to help the Libyans liberate themselves is the way it should be. As your Nation helped mine win our Liberty. We supported their fight with air power as France supported our fight with Sea Power. The Libyan People did the boots on the ground fighting for their Liberty, not us. They will choose their new government, not us. And we must support their choice, even if it's not the government that we want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexaddict Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Dennis, got your pm with adress, I checked my ETA parts box, I have a lot of these 3 stack gears, I will send you 2, just in case one will fly and be lost in the carpet... in fact this part is not an ETA part, it is a part from the 2836 series Chinese gmt conversion assembly JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Oh, so you've seen my carpet! I think soon I'll be able to regulate the rug! I thought so, as I looked at all the schematics and parts lists and found none. Thank you again, my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 If you can't source one drop me a line, I may have a spare. Since you're converting a slow-beat I assume you want a non-adjustable GMT hand? If you remove the adjusting gear (the one installed where the date flipper normally goes) and either install a non-sliding GMT wheel, or glue the two pieces of your GMT wheel together, you get a non-adjusting GMT hand that won't slip, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 I appreciate that. Actually I'm not going to go that far. I'm going to keep the adjusting function for the GMT and quickset for the date wheel. I'm too close to the edge now, non adjustable might push me over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I faced the same dilemma during Phase I construction. Ultimately, I opted to remove the quick-set date & hacking functions, so the 2846 functions just as my gen-powered '42 does. Of course, because it is such a pain-in-the-ass to set the date on a non-quick-set watch, I have to keep it on 1 of the winders. But a small price to pay for a watch that I can hand to someone (with a bit of Rolex knowledge) that wants to see how it works . On a similar note, for those who question the reasoning behind fitting gen movements into rep/aftermarket cases - I recently got my money's worth when the watchmaker in an AD, after questioning the authenticity of my beater, got that deer-in-the-headlights look after opening the case. All he could say was, 'Ugh......er.....ehhhhh.................this is an old 1, isn't it? I guess I've got alot to learn.' And my female friend nailed his guilty coffin closed with, 'Yes, he's got alot of 'old 1s''. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 That's a nice 'nail'! When asked if she could tell an old man in the dark, my female friend said "it ain't hard..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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