chris5264 Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 This has turned out to be a major obstacle for me. Actually, putting the hands on a skeleton movement is similar to any other movement except there are no markers and if a hand slips it could literally get stuck in the balance wheel, but at least on the 6497/8 it is pretty typical. So, what is the problem? There is a small gap between the hour wheel/hour hand and minute hand, so if the watch is turned over, the hour wheel falls a bit and can change positions. Usually, the dial stops this from happening, but without a dial, it is a serious problem. One of my favorite projects was a hand skeletonized 6497 http://www.paneristi.com/archives/uglyduckling/ . From the pictures everything looks great but this guy ended up having the same problem. His solution was to create a hand extending from the keyless works to hold down the hour wheel. While this guy is very talented, I didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 OR you could have used a plexi dial (which would be invisible) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 OR you could have used a plexi dial (which would be invisible) I remember this idea, I'm sure that would work also but these o-rings are very cheap. This one looks like a 1 or 2mm. Once I get the size right, I'll order 100 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbchubb Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 I remember the plexi dial idea from a post many moons ago over at TRC. The beauty of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 This is the same technique used by the IWC skeletons so you could always buy one of those movements to get the o-ring Super nice watch Chris. How about attempting to blue flame all the SS parts and then sticking the blue hands back on Funny how of all my reps, I get the most complements from my skeleton pam. -bosk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 i know this some month before i sold many skeleton watches at last christmas and all comes back... the buyers told me that the hour hands are incorrect. i have look long time to this problem and nocticed that the asian hands had a small o-ring.... i put them also on my genuine swiss hands and all works fine... @Chris do you know where we could find this small o-rings? I have many new skeleton movements and need this.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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