flavor flav Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 holy crap! don't try this at home unless you have ALOT of patience! had to cut off one of the feet as the holes didn't line up and glue it to the dial from the back. it's so small and hard to handle but the results are good. it's funny even though the silix dial is completely wrong font placement too big numbers ect.. it's much better quality and finish than the 1:1 dial and i think it looks better. but accuracy comes first so i did the swap while waiting for my crystals to get done with the double AR coating. i still have my white dial to do yet. i may wait a few days to start as this one was no fun at all! overall the cross looks alot better but is a bit too big compared to the genuine... still WAY better then the clover it came with. on the left is the doner dial from silix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 holy crap! don't try this at home unless you have ALOT of patience! had to cut off one of the feet as the holes didn't line up and glue it to the dial from the back. it's so small and hard to handle but the results are good. it's funny even though the silix dial is completely wrong font placement too big numbers ect.. it's much better quality and finish than the 1:1 dial and i think it looks better. but accuracy comes first so i did the swap while waiting for my crystals to get done with the double AR coating. i still have my white dial to do yet. i may wait a few days to start as this one was no fun at all! overall the cross looks alot better but is a bit too big compared to the genuine... still WAY better then the clover it came with. on the left is the doner dial from silix. It's a big improvement indeed.... Now for the AR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 Wow!! Hard to imagine that the smallest of detail makes for the BIGGEST of improvement!! I dig! NIcely done, ff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 It's to bad you couldn't transplant the date window too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 It's to bad you couldn't transplant the date window too. really...... the silix dial looks way better with the correct date window and the finish is more uniform. i like the big polished numerals better than the gen and 1:1 dial. just stands out more. i guess i got it as good as it's going to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 just finished the white dial which was much easier because you can see the holes in the dial to mount the cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I have the new and old rep; I think the old rep dial looks better than the gen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hmm.. Maybe what we should have done is transplanted the numbers from the 1:1 dial over to the Silix dial!!! P.S. I stand by my old claim that the date window shape is too subtle to be noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craytonic Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I believe the ugly new numbers are more accurate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted February 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I believe the ugly new numbers are more accurate they are more accurate. but the old dial has such a nicer finish! the markers sparkle in the light while the 1:1 is almost a matte finish. no bling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I believe the ugly new numbers are more accurate Right, that's why I say transfer them over to the Silix dial and remove the Silix numbers... Although I was kidding. Actually the Silix markers look way off to me also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertieng Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 HI ff, Very nice work indeed. BTW, where do you get the double side AR coating done? I am also thinking on this mod too. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 HI ff, Very nice work indeed. BTW, where do you get the double side AR coating done? I am also thinking on this mod too. Thanks. Right here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/Ar-Group-Run-1-t19829.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Looks great. I may have to do that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertieng Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 One silly question - does the gen. VCO having double-side coating on the sapphire? Or any coating at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 One silly question - does the gen. VCO having double-side coating on the sapphire? Or any coating at all? gen has double AR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertieng Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 gen has double AR Thanks FF. Can you advise how to pop the crystal of the case? Would like to get the double AR done as well. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Thanks FF. Can you advise how to pop the crystal of the case? Would like to get the double AR done as well. Thanks. get a $35 crystal press off ebay and pull the movement first. pops out very easy. it should pop out with your thumbs but you will need the press to get it back in straight and watertight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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