JOEJOEJOE Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 I just received my 176G back from Vaccum! 1. I bought a 176G with asian movement from Ruby - she also swapped out the CG and Crown to a thicker one It was a steal at $139 EMS shipped! 2. I sent out the watch to Vaccum and he relumed, cannon-pin fixed, tightened the CG lever, & movement swap to a E series dagger movement (hybrid of Swiss & Asian from my 183). His work is truly amazing!! Now, the pics Enjoy Pics from Vaccum himself: Anoather Edit! Here is a pic of gen - for comparison: Postives: 1. Whiter color numbers & markers - like Gen 2. Thicker TI crown (it has less # of teeths, but oh well) 3. Superlumed & No cannon pin issues! 4. Correct-looking movement Negatives: 1. Wrong Caseback There is no G-series caseback available in reps 2. Crappy looking CG - It's actually flipped upside-down, I hope to swap it out someday. 3. "L Swiss L" is a bit too close to the "6" - for some reason, 176G has more spacing between L SWISS L and the 6 than 112G or 9B - so I guess gen doesn't use the same dial for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Hi - that is a really great looking watch - Vacuum is very skilled with the lume on sausage dials I agree.It's actually a great looking Crown and very decent CG. Re the CG - if I read you right ...I have had similar problems and found that an extra gasket between inserted on top of the one already recessed in the crown - can sometimes raise the crown just close enough to the lever to close more firmly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravishingrick Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Beautiful base, congradulations! I think the painted dial is so much nicer the the sandwich dial version. Also this 176G rep does not have the ugly croked and incorrectly positioned "L SWISS MADE L" on the dial. Thanks for posting this my just be my next purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Excellent! And the crown is awesome! I wonder where Ruby sorted it out, and if there's a new generation of crowns coming next out there... I entirely agree with your evaluation of pros and cons. What I would personally put in the 1st place for an upgrading schedule is the CG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOEJOEJOE Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Excellent! And the crown is awesome! I wonder where Ruby sorted it out, and if there's a new generation of crowns coming next out there... I entirely agree with your evaluation of pros and cons. What I would personally put in the 1st place for an upgrading schedule is the CG. I actually PM'ed ya over at RWI regarding CG mod Ruby actually had to take the CG out of her 036 and install it on this baby. I don't she'll be doing this anymore, but it really was nice of her. Thanks for all the nice comments above ^^ I just can't take this off my wrist Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOEJOEJOE Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hi - that is a really great looking watch - Vacuum is very skilled with the lume on sausage dials I agree.It's actually a great looking Crown and very decent CG. Re the CG - if I read you right ...I have had similar problems and found that an extra gasket between inserted on top of the one already recessed in the crown - can sometimes raise the crown just close enough to the lever to close more firmly Vaccum actually installed a new stem on mine to create a bit more gap between the case and the Crown. I have heard the method you listed above - perhaps an easier and cheaper fix than what Vaccum did for me I actually have a couple more PAM projects going, and on another TI pam, I have this issue (again). I may try this ^^ Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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