Gw4k Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 When I read that the 1680 and Tudor Subs shared the case, it gave me the idea for a franken: Use a yuki dial on a Gen tudor. Lucked out and found a local seller of a 76100 and sent it to my smith with a yuki Dial. The gen Tudor came with mercedes hands so I left those in. I was going to replace the crystal and install a 127, since it had what looked like a service crystal. Compared to my Snowflake the tophat was noticeably lower, PLUS the magnification was less on the cyclops. But eventually I left it alone because unfortunately, the DW window did not align. The 1680 red dials window was bigger and right justified as opposed to the Gen Tudor which was left justified. Since it is for my own fun, and the dial mod is reversible I decided to go for it anyways. Here is what I got: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Seems like a really good idea to me but why not go the whole hog? Get the 127 glass and a gen bracelet et voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gw4k Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Seems like a really good idea to me but why not go the whole hog? Get the 127 glass and a gen bracelet et voila! The yuki dial fails me on the DW, the mag is 1.5 and it helps "mask" the misaligned DW. Plus the service crystal is epoxied on! I wanted to keep as many things as is Sony can turn the mod around easily if I wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 The yuki dial fails me on the DW You need a DWO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praetor Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 if you still want to be able to turn it around then buy an eta datewheel and stick a DWO, save the tudor datewheel. Then you can use the 127. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 if you still want to be able to turn it around then buy an eta datewheel and stick a DWO, save the tudor datewheel. Then you can use the 127. Yep. Less than $60 in parts unless you go gen on the crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gw4k Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Awesome! Where can I get the DWO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 If you're any good at these things take a look at FXRandys tutorial on how to do a home made one - for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneed12 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Awesome! Where can I get the DWO? BK or TC, if you're willing to go with a modern font datewheel. If you want open 6/9, I sourced these from Trevor a while ago but I don't have any left, you could try emailing him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gw4k Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Its almost there! jus need to fix that date wheel @Sneed I definitely want an open 6/9 Silver datewheel. So this datewheel sits on top of the current datewheel and will be left justified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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