6263 DW Mystery Movement

[llsteve80]

Searching like crazy here, and I can't find any kind of definitive answer as to what the DW mystery movement was/is. Is it a copy V23 with frozen 6:00 subdial? Its good to know for future options, as I may be able to get my hands on one with said movement for what I think is an awesome price. The movement isn't what has stopped/slowed me down on pulling the trigger, its the timing. Only reason I want to know about the movement is because I like to know what I have.

[Guest avitt]

The DW MM is a crappy Asian approximation of the VJ23. If you are going to buy one, you might as well buy three, because it generally takes the parts from 3 movements to keep 1 running.

[RWG Technical]

It is still a mystery.

I have at least 4 of them torn down as spare parts, and 2 more assembled.

I have yet to figure out what it is, certainly nothing I can point to in the Bestfit manual...

RG

[Watchmeister]

I suspect you might be better served with the "Worstfit" Manual.

[azgjav]

lol.

could it be a russian movement originating from a pocket watch? i've seen some w similar looking movements at the back, similar bridges..

[llsteve80]

what a mystery indeed. You would think there had to be some watch that it was made for besides reps. Maybe one of those junk, overpriced watches you see on ebay with a supposed MSRP of 1,000's? Whatever it was it must have been short lived.