Can this Dial be Modified to fit a Navitimer with 7753?

[bbell6]

I'm wondering if a Cosmonaute dial built for a Lemania movement would fit or could be modified to fit a Navitimer 7753 and if it could, what would be involved? If not, is the Lemania movement still available and any ideas on Cost? The dial is listed at 32mm.

Thanks

[archibald]

I'm wondering if a Cosmonaute dial built for a Lemania movement would fit or could be modified to fit a Navitimer 7753 and if it could, what would be involved? If not, is the Lemania movement still available and any ideas on Cost? The dial is listed at 32mm.

Thanks

You can NOT use the Chinese "lemania" movement, which is not a copy of a lemania movement at all but a venus 175. I believe the lemania that Breitling used, some variation of the 1872, will run at least $800-900, since you'll almost certainly have to buy a whole vintage watch. By the time you buy a gen lemania movement, the dial, look for hands (this will take months, I bet--I've had otherwise complete frankens sitting in a drawer for over a year waiting for hands), and have the movement fit into a rep case if that can even be done, you might as well go buy a real vintage Cosmo, which it looks like you can get for about $1800 in great condition.

[bbell6]

You can NOT use the Chinese "lemania" movement, which is not a copy of a lemania movement at all but a venus 175. I believe the lemania that Breitling used, some variation of the 1872, will run at least $800-900, since you'll almost certainly have to buy a whole vintage watch. By the time you buy a gen lemania movement, the dial, look for hands (this will take months, I bet--I've had otherwise complete frankens sitting in a drawer for over a year waiting for hands), and have the movement fit into a rep case if that can even be done, you might as well go buy a real vintage Cosmo, which it looks like you can get for about $1800 in great condition.

Thanks for the information. Didn't realize the real thing could be bought for approximately $2,000. Not that I necessarily have $2,000 to spend, but it would definitely make more sense to go that route.