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Modifying date wheels to fit a movement?


watchguy51

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Thanks! Good to know.  And how do they slot in exactly? Do they sort of "clip" in?

ETA datewheels are held in place by the keyless works cover. Usually when using a different datewheel on an entirely different movement, you just sand it down as thinly as possible and fix it to the old DW with GS HYPO.

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As AKTime has indicated you would have to turn the datewheel into an overlay. It is theoretically possible with patience and effort but there are a few things you will need to check first.

 

1) Is date position, size, etc correct for window in your dial

2) Is datewheel thin enough to fit between original datewheel and back of dial

 

If all good then OK to go. Just be prepared for very fiddly work.

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As AKTime has indicated you would have to turn the datewheel into an overlay. It is theoretically possible with patience and effort but there are a few things you will need to check first.

 

1) Is date position, size, etc correct for window in your dial

2) Is datewheel thin enough to fit between original datewheel and back of dial

 

If all good then OK to go. Just be prepared for very fiddly work.

I concur with this gentleman. Aligning a DWO will test every ounce of patience that you have.

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