gmt II

[Guest michalis6]

hi guys

Having bought many pam reps i am now ready to buy a rolex gmtII with pepsi bezel. It could be the new model or the vintage 1675. Who has the most accurate rep right now?

thanks in advance

[elprimerozen]

For modern GMT2 at the moment i think Josh model with lug holes (428$) is the best!Just see where the crown is located!Maybe its like TW best GMTII!

[cskent69]

For modern GMT2 at the moment i think Josh model with lug holes (428$) is the best!Just see where the crown is located!Maybe its like TW best GMTII!

Sorry to ask a dumb question - but on the 2893 - what is the hand stack? I have not seen any pictures of this close up enough to tell if the bottom is the hour or the gmt hand. Looking at e-bay for 2893 hands - it would appear that hour is on the bottom and the gmt is above that - which is the same as the gen - right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCH-HANDS-FOR-ETA-28...VQQcmdZViewItem

[cskent69]

Sorry to ask a dumb question - but on the 2893 - what is the hand stack? I have not seen any pictures of this close up enough to tell if the bottom is the hour or the gmt hand. Looking at e-bay for 2893 hands - it would appear that hour is on the bottom and the gmt is above that - which is the same as the gen - right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATCH-HANDS-FOR-ETA-28...VQQcmdZViewItem

Never mind - was looking at the wrong item. GMT is on the bottom.

[bklm1234]

visually this one is the best. It's the correct hand stack version (hour-gmt-minute-second). I did mod the CGs (shaved the inside). The dial, the rehaut thickness (not depth) - I mean there should be some distance, about the width of the six o'clock indice marker, from the insert to the edge of the dial - are perfect. Correct crystal height and bevel. Date window correctly placed (not too far to the right like many versions) and correct cyclop mag.

Mechanically, it's suspect. Some people are luckier than me. Mine had the slipping hour hand. I took it to a watchsmith to reset the hour/minute hand relationshiop. So far so good. This version comes in the wrong hand stack as well, more reliable, only sacrificing the look on the hand stack a little.

Josh's expensive version has a 2893-2 movement but visually much inferior and has wrong hand stack too.

-bk

[cskent69]

visually this one is the best. It's the correct hand stack version (hour-gmt-minute-second). I did mod the CGs (shaved the inside). The dial, the rehaut thickness (not depth) - I mean there should be some distance, about the width of the six o'clock indice marker, from the insert to the edge of the dial - are perfect. Correct crystal height and bevel. Date window correctly placed (not too far to the right like many versions) and correct cyclop mag.

Mechanically, it's suspect. Some people are luckier than me. Mine had the slipping hour hand. I took it to a watchsmith to reset the hour/minute hand relationshiop. So far so good. This version comes in the wrong hand stack as well, more reliable, only sacrificing the look on the hand stack a little.

Josh's expensive version has a 2893-2 movement but visually much inferior and has wrong hand stack too.

-bk

Very nice. I read somewhere that the correc hand stack version does not really operate like the Rolex though. I bet that it was a The Zigmeister writeup. Anyway - yes - it seems like to get the best GMT - you need to buy the 2893 and mesh it with a CN 2836rep (for the dial and the datewheel overlay). Too expensive.

It is really too bad that they can not do that vulcan watch meld themselves!

[bklm1234]

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Edited May 30, 2007 by bklm1234