vmena Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 I always had in mind that there's no way to use a rolex datwheel in an ETA because ETA rotates datewheel in opposite direction than rolex does. But after searching a bit in the internet I realize that it is different the date movement direction in a rolex 3035 (vintage) than in a 3135 (modern), so I question to myself as well as to yours if a generic 3135 datewheel from offrei could be used to fit an ETA 2824. I guess that it would be necessary some additional work. Find below some pics to illustrate my questioning. Rolex 3135 ETA 2824 What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 What do you think? I don't think it will work. Luckily, though, we have the Noobmariner date wheel overlay which will work, and is an excellent match to the 3135 print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yes, 15xx and 30xx movements have the date rolling counter clockwise; the 3135 rolls clockwise like ETA. The datewheels are thin enough that you could glue one down to the ETA wheel like an overlay, but as cheiftang mentioned, the datewheel from the 21j noobmariner is of excellent quality, and in my opinion, better than any of the aftermarket 3135 wheels out there. That is the overlay I used in my franken-DJ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmena Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 I don't think it will work. Luckily, though, we have the Noobmariner date wheel overlay which will work, and is an excellent match to the 3135 print. But what do we do? buy a noobmariner just to get the datewheel? Ubi... when will you have your vintange datewheels ready, please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 But what do we do? buy a noobmariner just to get the datewheel? Ubi... when will you have your vintange datewheels ready, please!!! Well, the nice thing (from a modder's standpoint) is that Noobmariner movements seem to crap out often so you can have pretty good luck finding a used broken Noobmariner for around $40. That'll get you the dial, the bracelet, and the overlay. I've acquired two this way. Plus I just picked up another bracelet. I'm not sure why, but the price was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Agree... Considering that a generic datewheel for a 3135 is $45 from Ofrei, the economics of buying a crapped out noobmariner for $40 makes perfect sense. If you're in need of a modern datewheel, this is the way to go (in my opinion). For the vintage wheels... They're coming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Well, the nice thing (from a modder's standpoint) is that Noobmariner movements seem to crap out often so you can have pretty good luck finding a used broken Noobmariner for around $40. That'll get you the dial, the bracelet, and the overlay. I've acquired two this way. Plus I just picked up another bracelet. I'm not sure why, but the price was right. You smart boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmena Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 You smart boy. Manuel... will you sell me your asian & dial TTK's? The search is about to begin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I looked at a scan of a decent modern sub overlay w/ the hopes of suggesting to ubi that we add it to the list of watchmiester datewheels, but even dicking around with it in Illustrator for a few minutes, couldn't improvew it much--certainly not enough to go through the hassle of printing. Unless they stop making the good-overlay subs I think buying a used one for the overlay and spare parts is the way to go.... As far as the vintage wheels, I learned on friday that the final production run will be carried out sometime this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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