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Frankening a GMT IIc


gtanak

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i gave up on rollies aft selling my final pc a WM9 V2 16610, but i can't get the GMT IIc outta my mind...

Tried searching but no prices popped up. Can anyone advise fair value for a gen dial, gen bezel (not insert) and gen crown/tube? Also anyone knows how a CHS mvmt can still be sourced? Any donor watches from dealers?

Saw on ebay dials going for $300 and bezels $5-700!

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the guy to talk to about this is sneed12. He is the king of the GMT IIc builds. He knows which case will take a genuine bezel assembly ( all of them won't!!) AFA gen parts, they are pretty scarce and expensive,but if you can find the right case,CHS movement, a gen bezel assembly w/ insert, dial and crystal, you will have one heck of a GMT.

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Yeah this was put together before the new sneed case came about. Regardless, it's stellar as once the gen insert and dial go on, you'd hardly notice the bezel.

 

I have 2 crazy gmt 2Cs equipped with gen dials and inserts. One is with the CHS, and the other was procured from concepta and came with a corum 2893 movement. 

 

And guess what, i've another gen bezel and insert, and a few 2893s hanging around waiting for something to be done! I must be nuts. 

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Yeah this was put together before the new sneed case came about. Regardless, it's stellar as once the gen insert and dial go on, you'd hardly notice the bezel.

I have 2 crazy gmt 2Cs equipped with gen dials and inserts. One is with the CHS, and the other was procured from concepta and came with a corum 2893 movement.

And guess what, i've another gen bezel and insert, and a few 2893s hanging around waiting for something to be done! I must be nuts. [/quote

How did he get the 2893 to fit. I sent my GMT IIC up to ziggy a couple of years ago, he told me that fitting that movement created too many compromises, and he wouldn't so it. I know couple of guys on the forum did the 2893 swap, but they all said "never again" In actuality, the 2893 really only gives you a more reliable movement,it's still ICHS.

I have a gen bezel/insert and gen crustal in mine, it needs a better dial and the CHS movement, maybe some day I'll get it completed,if the right parts come along.

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