ubiquitous Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Recently, I helped another forum member put a Daytona together; quick easy job, and while it was here, I thought I would get a pic or two of a neat trio... After assembling... Had fun putting this one together... Next stop will be for servicing, and after that, back on the owner's wrist. Best, R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chronomat123 Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 ..............arghhh I keep trying to convince myself I don't need one, and just when I've finally made some progress, you post these 3. LOL Beautiful work. I'm Sure EK will love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontin Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 What's the story on the 17 jewel movado chrono movt? What is it? And is it commonly found in rep daytona's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ek300is Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Many thanks to Randy for his horological-surgeon skills! from its original form: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochenbrau Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Ubi, was it difficult fitting the Movado movement into the daytona case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falco Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Excellent Daytonas from the Daytona King!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 What's the story on the 17 jewel movado chrono movt? What is it? And is it commonly found in rep daytona's? The 17j Movado 3019 PHC is also known as the Zenith El Primero 400. Zenith and Movado had developed the El Primero together, which is also the base movement found in a number of other watches, e.g. Rolex, Daniel Roth, Concord, Ebel 1911, Zenith, Panerai, etc. This can be a difficult movement to find- But more common in the Movado 17j 3019's; the newer 3019/400's have 31 jewels: The above are two of the El Primero 400's I used to build my personal franken-Daytonas. As it is the same movement Rolex uses in the 16520 Daytona, it makes for an accurate franken. Ubi, was it difficult fitting the Movado movement into the daytona case? Difficult? No. I can put one of these together now in about 30 minutes. The hard, and expensive part is culling all the parts needed Excellent Daytonas from the Daytona King!! Sincere thanks, Falco. I am humbled... Many thanks to Randy for his horological-surgeon skills! My pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sql_pl Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ubi I don't know how I missed this thread. Amazing! I have a question - you say you can put one together in 30 minutes - does it mean you leave date stuff in the movement? Does it need to be deinstalled from the movement in order to fit 16520 case? I am asking because M is right now assembling mine and he said that it should all fit even with date untouched. I wonder how you do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Maciek- When I build these guys, I remove all the calendar components, however I didn't put the stop pin in place to eliminate the date setting position with the crown (since it's the 3rd stop, I figure it's not a huge deal and not critical to function). The date components should be removed in my opinion- Those parts add extra height to the movement and thus hinder the movement/dial from fitting the case correctly (it offsets the stem position slightly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demsey Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Wow. A little behind the board Ubi, and therefore the curve. When 'Sql_pl' posted a query a few days ago with regard to a 'hand' situation, referenced the El Primero, and I saw the correct sub-dial spacing for the 16520, I mused; Damn, the man got a gen. 16520!!?? I demured posting there as I really didn't have any good input to his situation but my interest was surely piqued! I might have known you were behind the scenes..................... These are amazing pieces. Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Dems- Thanks, kind sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselpower Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Fantastic work, fantastic pieces and nice to see the granite background back on the board. My hat off to you R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted January 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 MB, Thanks, kind sir. Been a while since I've posted; this original post is even older yet (wow... Nearly 2 years old...). Time flies when you're having fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 MB, Thanks, kind sir. Been a while since I've posted; this original post is even older yet (wow... Nearly 2 years old...). Time flies when you're having fun Hi Ubi, WOW. Are you willing to take in more of these? I'm quite willing to pay for yr amazing skills and time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nice work, R! I the newly assembled one housed in a gen case? I detect slight differences between it and yours. All three are knockouts though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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