6now Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Ban him! Ban him! Oh, wait. I thought I was at RepGeek.... You got me laughing there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Touch wood, so far all my 7750s (none of them serviced) have not had any issues at all over the last 3 years. I think they are a great movement, and since you never really know what you are getting when you order 'Swiss' movements from our dealers I think the Asian version is great value and a good work horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratct Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Don't forget to add the fact that the date wheel mechanism is actually a better design on the Asian version and does not have the same issue as the ETA one when changing the date between 10pm and 2am. Quite an ingenious design actually. Surprisingly the Asian's seemed to have improved upon a swiss design flaw! They tend to improve on everything lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmy Caution Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I'll say it again....DO not let your TD be your watchmaker. I beg to differ - I have purchased several watches from both Angus and Trusty 'serviced' One, my Silver Themes - is the only one of 5 secs@12 aps that isn't in need of service -the others were not purchased 'serviced'. Another, a V1 T3 was purchased serviced - I dropped it and the cyclops fell out so, I sent it to Speedy and told him to service it if it needed it- He replied that is was clean and lubed. Still runs great. Angus has added a watchmaker so his serviced watches will be available more quickly. Still. I would send it to a trusted resource for service after a year or so. 7750s - I've decided to get rid of most of mine - they're just another "mouth to feed". I'm going to keep one Safari, the Silver themes and my Santos 7753 Swiss. At some point, I may add a 3717 w/Swiss mvment. Simple is good. (PAMs 6497 Unitas, WM9Rolex/Jumbo etc). Afterthought - I do have an HBB PlatMat that I will keep/mod - I believe it's a 7750. Though simple is good, I do like Chronos.... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampie Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Rolexman, this is my first action on this forum. I can appreciate your liking the chinese 7750. I like them also....., if only i could find a source for spares. You probably know about the weakness of the automatic winding gears. Pity many users do not know and keep winding untill the teeth drop off. Do you, or anybody on the forum, know who can supply spares for these movements? Already found out ETA 7750 don't always fit. Looking forward to your advise. Regards, Hampie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Rolexman, this is my first action on this forum. I can appreciate your liking the chinese 7750. I like them also....., if only i could find a source for spares. You probably know about the weakness of the automatic winding gears. Pity many users do not know and keep winding untill the teeth drop off. Do you, or anybody on the forum, know who can supply spares for these movements? Already found out ETA 7750 don't always fit. Looking forward to your advise. Regards, Hampie It's been strongly suggested by the Zigmeister and many others here to not wind your Asian movements @ the crown. It's best to swivel or rotate the watch to power It up. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampie Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Mike, Thanks for yr. comment. You and i know about the non-manual winding issue on Chinese 7750's. Repairing them is my challenge. If you know about a supplier for spares for 7750 clone "CH3LZF2" I'd be interested. Hampie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Mike, Thanks for yr. comment. You and i know about the non-manual winding issue on Chinese 7750's. Repairing them is my challenge. If you know about a supplier for spares for 7750 clone "CH3LZF2" I'd be interested. Hampie Hi hampie, You can't buy Asian 7750 spares. Most parts are interchangeable with the ETA version. Not all. Can't exactly say which are and which aren't. I mostly just try. Movements that don't have spares become spares! That way I collected about 10 a7750s for spares 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted August 26, 2012 Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Mike, Thanks for yr. comment. You and i know about the non-manual winding issue on Chinese 7750's. Repairing them is my challenge. If you know about a supplier for spares for 7750 clone "CH3LZF2" I'd be interested. Hampie No problem..I didn't realize how much you knew about these movements. I wasn't trying to Insult your Intelligence. It's just that a lot of newer members dont know about the winding Issues that the Asain movements have. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 "I never thought I would be saying this but I am sick of buying those amazing and cheap Zeno 7750's I have too bloody many now." Many moons ago Hamilton ('Swatch' was SMH back then) closed their USA outlet stores and Hamilton Khaki 7750 chronographs hit the NAWCC shows for around $200/$250 each nib (depending on if you knew John Gelson or not (ex prez of SMH USA...he was in charge of the liquidation). I bought about two dozen and thought I would have them forever. Nearly did. All the models I had came with 17 jewel movements and later on there were higher grade 25 jewel 7750 models but they were in retail stores and went for a lot more $$. Nib 17 jewel Eta 2801 Hamilton Khaki manual wind 'field watches' were $50 to $60 at the shows. I remember Bernard's selling nib 17 jewel auto 7750 Hamilton chronographs on a mailing list for $275 in November 1997. I talked to a fellow who worked for SMH at the time and he said as far as he knew, every part of the chronograph except for the movement was made in Tw or China and back then many of their automatic Omega chronographs etc had China made bracelets...both all steel and steel and 18k. Don't know about the cases though. About this time, nib ss/18k automatic Omega Speedmasters with D-D/2894 were going for $750 at the Orlando FL NAWCC show. I bought a few steel 'Schumacher' Speedmasters for $450 but no tutones. They came in a big box made like a wheel on an F1 car. Sold them all a long time ago for a few bucks profit. Now there is a used one on a strap on eBay for $2095 b-i-n!! (item 370643352705). I have always had 100% hindsight...It's a gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 I talked to a fellow who worked for SMH at the time and he said as far as he knew, every part of the chronograph except for the movement was made in Tw or China and back then many of their automatic Omega chronographs etc had China made bracelets...both all steel and steel and 18k. Don't know about the cases though. Indeed. Most parts a made in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted December 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Bump for the noobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Great post!! I have a Vac 3717 which is ofcourse running on a A7750. I synced the time with my iPhone and after 4 days it is still synced by the very last second! However my PAM253 is running two minutes behind every 2minutes. But its two years old, and I cannot remember whether it was like that when I bought it or not... How do you wind a manually wind it btw? When I screw the crown back in on my 3717, it makes this funny noise... Is this normal/good/ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 i meant 2 minutes behind every 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartkuip Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Nice post with a good personal opinion where I can totally agree with. Tnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 How do you wind a manually wind it btw? When I screw the crown back in on my 3717, it makes this funny noise... Is this normal/good/ok? That "funny grinding/gritty noise" is manually winding your watch. It's normal/good/ok although there's no reason to manually wind if you don't have to, and you should be gentle when you do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtiis Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Gotta agree with the OP http://www.rwgforum.net/topic/153441-potatoes-good-meat-good-custard-good-some-reps-good/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 (edited) That "funny grinding/gritty noise" is manually winding your watch. It's normal/good/ok although there's no reason to manually wind if you don't have to, and you should be gentle when you do it. Ok thanks a bunch! It got me worried after reading some posts here. Good thing I only have to change the date once a month, and I will caress that crown to the uttermost while screwing it back in with some Marvin Gaye playing in the background Edited December 13, 2012 by markiemark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Is there somewhere I can buy this movement? My iwc v3 3789 from toro was broken after just 4 weeks. Now need a replacement movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 startime has it for $150 but i think that getting another watch with the same movement configuration as yours is sometimes the only recourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permabull Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 (edited) double post Edited December 14, 2012 by permabull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
permabull Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Is there somewhere I can buy this movement? My iwc v3 3789 from toro was broken after just 4 weeks. Now need a replacement movement. I'd just get the watch serviced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'd just get the watch serviced +1 Your best option is to replace it by a brand spanking new ETA or have your current one serviced. All other options are a role of the dice as you have no clue what state the movement is in and you could end up right where you started: with a broken or poor performing movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 But servicing is probably just as expensive as a new Asia 7750 right? Can also go for gen mov. But that's €550. Service in eu is €200 so maybe better to have a gen iwc movement then right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmtlover Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 What is a as good as new iwc 3789 worth with a broken date wheel? Might as well sell it then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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