Davidsen Dials

[thedoctor]

I'm getting bored of my 036 and am thinking about changing the dial. I thought I read before that Davidsen's dials need a little modification to fit a standard case. I've emailed him a couple of times about this but haven't gotten an answer. Anyone know?

[fotoman]

i have read they are slightly larger. So they need to be trimmed a bit.

I have a 177h dial going to The Zigmeister for install but it won't be for a few weeks yet

[Finepics]

Yes they are larger so you need to reduce by 1mm.

[bosk]

Yes they are larger so you need to reduce by 1mm.

what's the best method for reducing the size of the dial? File or cut?

TIA

[pannylovernr1]

Anybody done it reverse; installing a Josh/Andy dial in a Davidsen case? know it will be a gap there, but how to fix it?

[thedoctor]

Thanks for the quick answers. That kinda sucks that they don't just drop in. Oh, well, there goes that project.

[subzero1]

But the Davidsen case in real life is so much better and more "powerful" presense in real life for the Luminors compared to other reps. I am having a small problem with one of my davidsen dials (not enough superlume), but I LOVE the case, it's pretty awesome, and I've got a lot of other reps with luminor style cases to compare it with.

I will say that davidsen is great to work with, and that if there are problems he will certainly take good care of you.

[HauteHippie]

Anybody done it reverse; installing a Josh/Andy dial in a Davidsen case? know it will be a gap there, but how to fix it?

I know this has been done, but don't know what the resolution for the gap was...

[pannylovernr1]

I know this has been done, but don't know what the resolution for the gap was...

Thought about melted black plastic around the dial edges or a black giant rubber o-ring? Any updates?