mymanmatt Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 As you all know I don't do datejust II. However, I bought a cheap one from the sales section several months ago. I decided to make some changes, mainly a gen dial. I wanted to see what works and what doesn't. I bought a gen champagne dial and much to my surprise the feet fit the holes in the movement and lined up perfectly with date wheel. I have no idea which movement this is, it resembles the old dg movement. It is a slow beat. I used some hands I had in my box and they don't look to bad. I had to broach the hour hand and cut the end off a bit. The minute hand is pretty good, but the lume is slightly longer than the gen. Over all, I think it looks pretty good. I polished the bezel, even though I try to avoid that, and it looks really good. 1 question. Does anyone know what movement this is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desai Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 You are a hell of an artist.. Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revere Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Wait... the dial feet on a gen dial fit this movement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymanmatt Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Yes they did. I was shocked. It is a gen dial 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automatico Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 "Does anyone know what movement this is?" Looks like a standard Seagull ST16 with a rlx type rotor and red top on the 'magic lever' wheel. When clean and oiled they are rugged and hard to beat. I have a couple made in their South Korea factory that seem to be a few steps above what comes in the average replicas we see. The South Korea models are easy to spot because they have a finer overall finish and 'PUSAN CO SOUTH KOREA' stamped above '18 JEWELS UNADJUSTED AUTOMATIC' on the rotor. My guess is yours has a spacer mounted outside of the main plate with 3035/3135 dial foot holes in it because the rotor OD is almost the same size as the movement OD on an unaltered movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymanmatt Posted January 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 You are correct. It has a dial spacer. The feet on the gen dial barely catch the mainplate when installed and using that spacer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmb Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I ordered a couple of 40mm DJ cases to play around with and they come with a pretty interesting spacer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymanmatt Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I got this out of the box the other morning and the crystal had a crack. Have no idea why. Ordered a clark 25-315. Fits really good. It came with a 2.73mm gasket, which is the correct height. The mag is perfect and centered over the date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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