176G - Fully Vaccume'd :)

[JOEJOEJOE]

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.

[fishgodeep]

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

[ravishingrick]

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.

[sssurfer]

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.

[JOEJOEJOE]

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

[JOEJOEJOE]

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