My 217 (comparisons and pictures)

[omgiv]

I could wait on the Noob 127 to become available again, so I decided to go ahead am buy a 217 in the meantime.  Along the way, I was able to buy a genuine dial, hand set, and crown guard.  I was also very fortunate to have a look at a genuine crystal and OPX movement.  I took some pictures of the genuine parts and Noob for future comparison.  I am not a wordsmith so I will let the pictures do most of the talking.  I will apologize in advance for the pictures not being the exact same size.  It looks a little weird when posted side by side.  So....here are those comparison results, as well as my finished 217. 

 

Let’s start off with the dial.  Here is the Noob dial and genuine dial side by side: (gen on left)

 

 

The dials are very close to one another but the 1 in 12 is the biggest tell to me.

 

Now let’s look at the print:

 

Genuine

Noob

 

Genuine

Noob

 

Genuine

Noob

 

Now let’s have a look at the crystal.  Here is the Noob crystal and a WSO crystal (Noob is on the left):

 

Now let’s look at a genuine crystal compared to the WSO crystal (genuine crystal is mounted in the bezel)

 

Next up is the crown guard.  The Noob crown guard is very close but there are several small differences (genuine on the left).

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Here is the genuine crown guard next to a modded Noob crown guard.  The Noob crown guard was drilled out for a gasket and the lever tip modified for a more genuine shape (genuine on the left).

 

The Noob hands are close to the genuine article, but the tips are blunt instead of sharp.  I had a set of Noob, genuine, and DSN hands available for the comparison (genuine on the left).

 

Hour Hand

 

Minute Hand

 

Seconds Hand

 

Now all three (genuine, Noob, DSN)

 

I then wanted to compare a genuine OPX movement to my modified movement.  I wasn’t quite done with the modifications when these pictures were taken, but I think you will get the idea.

 

And finally some random pictures of the finished product.

 

I know someone will ask for a list of mods so here goes:

 

Genuine dial

Genuine hands

Genuine crown guard

WSO crystal with stripped AR

6497-2 barrel complete

6497-2 lower center wheel jewel

6497-2 center wheel

6497-2 fourth wheel

6497-2 escape wheel

6497-2 pallet fork

6497-2 click

6497-2 set lever spring

6497-2 minute wheel

Flat polished cannon pinion

Stripped hour wheel

ETA incabloc

Shaped and plated swan neck spring

Hfac swan neck screw

6497-2 ratchet wheel

6497-2 crown wheel

6497-2 click screw

6497-2 ratchet wheel screw

6497-2 crown wheel scew

Mainplate engraving

 

I think that is all of the mods that I can think of right now.  I should also say that all were performed by me except for one (you know who you are and thank you!!!!).  

 

I hope that this has proven to be helpful for some looking to do a 217 build. I would like to thank all of those how were involved in helping me get this together.  This is truly a great community.  Thanks for looking!!!!!!

[Cubeistan]

Best comparo of gen parts to new parts i can recall. Thanks!

[w0lf]

Love it! Thanks for sharing

[mellons]

Very interesting and informative post

[projectologist]

Great pics, great comparos... much appreciated.  Excellent job on the lighting choice too.

[dluddy]

Well done - all around.  Attention to detail is top notch

[B3nj4min3]

Superb comparison and pictures! Thank you for sharing

[StormTooper4]

Wow that's a very impressive post. Thank you for the effort. Really great to see such a comparison

[marlin22]

Beautiful work!!!!

[fitmic]

Stunning!

Thanks for posting this.

[jhericurls]

Excellent post, goes to show how close to gen reps are now.

[watchpt]

Just awesome!

[tech]

Brilliant...fantastic post!!!

 

Thanks so much for your efforts!