Daytona cornet swap opinion

[awltoga]

The DW coronet is extremely flat and "open" mouthed, so a swap is in order. I found this dj dial in my watch box and I am pondering if it is worth swapping it. To me it looks better, but I am not expert. So, what is your opinion on swapping the coronet from the dj dial to the daytona? Experts?

[awltoga]

Wow...those pics look horrible once I uploaded them...sorry.

[Valty]

Hello,

 

You have to know the holes for the coronet are not gen-like on the DW dial,

 

So it will need a bit of precise work to remove the coronet feet, and glue it on the DW dial.

 

Somebody here have done it on a MQ PN dial, but IMO I would let an experienced watchmaker do this because it's not easy to do

 

Also, I don't know if it worth the effort to do this on a DW dial...

[kbh]

I was going to do that until I realized that the holes on one are horizontal and the others are vertical. I chickened out figuring I'd likely make a mess of a brand new dial and there wasn't really much difference anyway when you looked at them both together.

[freddy333]

I cannot seem to locate it just now, but I posted a thread a few years ago detailing a coronet swap on 1 of my old DW dials. I also used an old (gen) DJ dial as a donor, but I had to remove the 2 existing feet on the gen coronet & cement it to the DW dial because the DW holes placed the gen coronet too low on the dial.