woof* Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks to Z I now have a 7032 and I want to improve it. I got in on the crystal T138 group buy and waiting for that. Yuki hands arrived yesterday, I use the hour, minute and orange seconds hand, but keep DW subdial hands? Also I need to paint the Yuki seconds hand a precise color? I have Mary's folded enroute and as I understand it, I'll need to play around with endlinks. What other parts are suggested? One if the glaring issues is the caseback. I emailed Phong and Yuki both. Phong's caseback is 350$ Yuki's caseback is 200$ of course I have no idea if either fit the DW. Did I read a member here can make DW's better? I've been doing 7032 searches and been reading tons, but this watch has so many ins and outs...almost like building a vintage Daytona I really look forward to improving this watch, I've wanted one forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 T128 crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 T128 crystal Yes, the DW crystal is annoying and bulbous...lol I'm waiting for the one from the group buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelizer Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 T128 crystal C128 - dang you work long hours E! @woof: IMHO the best hands combo would be: Hour and minute hand from Yuki (minute hand shortened a tad bit) Subdial hands from Richie Orange seconds hand from CWP (repainted for better colour match) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhooq Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 ..and it's about damn time, R! Congrats! Do look at my old 7032 posts, and drop me a line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephry73 Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 I drink a lot of coffee. I will have to check the old hands I had also. I shortened the DW minute and hour hands equally and "toasted" the seconds sweep to match my dial. E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted October 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Thanks for ideas guys Modelizer: who's Ritchie for the subdials? I also have another sweep hand coming from Z, I wonder if its a CWP hand. M: yes it's taken a long time..lol will drop you a line (I've also been reading your threads) you mentioned the seam/bend in the hour/minutes hands and that's why I bought Yuki. I noticed all of the gen dials I've looked at the subdial hands seemed whiter than the hour/ minute..no matter how old and aged. Example: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelizer Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 Modelizer: who's Ritchie for the subdials? I also have another sweep hand coming from Z, I wonder if its a CWP hand. Richie is a HK based seller we made a group buy from a little while ago. Very accurate subdial hands I must say! However, I think he is only selling full sets though (with too short and funky shaped hour and minute hands out of the box - but pretty good sweep seconds hand).. Gimme should have his contact info. If the orange/ sweep hand you have incoming from ZK is the one he got from me, then it is a standard DW hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimme Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 I noticed all of the gen dials I've looked at the subdial hands seemed whiter than the hour/ minute..no matter how old and aged. Subdial hands are always white. They don't have any lume, just paint. Hour/minute hands have tritium, hence why they turned yellow with age. Shoot me a PM if you're interested in Richie's contact info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimme Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Yuki hands arrived yesterday, I use the hour, minute and orange seconds hand, but keep DW subdial hands? Looks like your DW subdial hands are black, so you'd be better off using Yuki's thin hands rather than DW's IMO. I'd also consider luming/painting your dial/hour&minute hands to a more yellow color. That is, if you're serious about this project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Will do Gimme My subdial hands are black? Top pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Will do Gimme My subdial hands are black? Top pictures? Pictures are always clearer than words Unless you have very unfortunate lightning in your pics - your hands are black at the base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thank you Akira, I see it now. Couldn't I scrape or dip them to remove it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red series 3 Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 what is the t138 group buy, did I miss out again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thank you Akira, I see it now. Couldn't I scrape or dip them to remove it? I can't tell you what's underneath the paint. You need to find out on your own, but it's probably not the easiest job to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimme Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 DW used to have silver hands. Then he started sending black hands. If I'm not mistaken, LHOOQ removed the black paint from his subdial hands to expose the silver (whatever they're made of), but then they turned yellow. Both his build threads are very informative and must-reads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woof* Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thanks Gimme, I'll go spend more time in those threads, there's so much to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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