Strange Hybrid Movement!

[rmcsherry]

I just noticed this post at another site - has anyone ever seen a movement like this?! It seems strange that a cheap Molnija-derived movement has a swan neck-style regulator (admittedly, it looks rubbish - but strange nonetheless). Could this indicate that the regulator could potentially be available seperately (for aftermarket installation) or is this not viable?

[r11co]

That's a blast from the past. Non functioning swan neck regulator that was being grafted on to the fiddy reps about a year ago. Looks crap because it was crap.

I think there was even a review of this movement over on old RWG (possibly by The Zigmeister). Movement itself was passable and exceptional in that 'Panerai' was engraved on the bridges rather than stuck on. Shame about the spelling mistake...

[rmcsherry]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'd forgotten about the non-functioning stick-on swan necks - it seems odd to go to the hassle when the movement itself looks a million miles away from the real deal.

[r11co]

I seem to recall a lot of people got very excited about it at the time. The problem, of course, being that if you tried to regulate the movement the regulator arm extension (which was glued to the balance assembly and locked in place by the faux swan-neck and screw) would break off.