RWG Technical Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Not much for show and tell on this one, the movement was fully serviced, but that's hard to appreciate via a post... The dial and hands and pearl were relumed in C1 Super Luminova. On the dial I was able to remove the original lume from the markers, and re-fill the markers with C1. So I managed to get a good quantity of lume installed. Overall pics after the servicing, yes, this is a running seconds at 3 model, but they are very well made as was stated in my review of this movement. Ran into the normal issues with any A7750, but had an extra twist on this one in that the hacking lever ended up jamming up the keyless works, of course only after the watch was completely assembled and being tested. It wasn't practical to completely disassemble the movement and start all over again since I couldn't determin if the lever was defective, if the slot for the lever was machined wrong, or if there was something not quite right with the keyless works, so I removed the hacking lever completely to fix the jamming. Not that that is simple or easy either, but spending another 4-6 hours re servicing a movement just serviced, with no idea if I could fix the defect didn't appeal to me at all. Here it is all done: A closer view of the markers and how much lume I was able to fill in after I removed the crappy rep lume/plastic pieces... The mandatory glow shot: Thanks for looking. RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Sweet! Great work as always! Good to see you are back up and running, so to speak, after your eye issues too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a2 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great work The Zigmeister! Doesn't look like the easiest thing to relume! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nice job as always...on one of the nicer looking Breitlings IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Not much for show and tell on this one, the movement was fully serviced, but that's hard to appreciate via a post... The dial and hands and pearl were relumed in C1 Super Luminova. On the dial I was able to remove the original lume from the markers, and re-fill the markers with C1. So I managed to get a good quantity of lume installed. Overall pics after the servicing, yes, this is a running seconds at 3 model, but they are very well made as was stated in my review of this movement. Ran into the normal issues with any A7750, but had an extra twist on this one in that the hacking lever ended up jamming up the keyless works, of course only after the watch was completely assembled and being tested. It wasn't practical to completely disassemble the movement and start all over again since I couldn't determin if the lever was defective, if the slot for the lever was machined wrong, or if there was something not quite right with the keyless works, so I removed the hacking lever completely to fix the jamming. Not that that is simple or easy either, but spending another 4-6 hours re servicing a movement just serviced, with no idea if I could fix the defect didn't appeal to me at all. Great job on the lume Rob!! I just got my Skyland V2 back from my watchmaker who said he encountered the exact same thing with the hacking-lever. He also removed it (background info). So it seems more a7750s suffer from this same problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great job on the lume as always, like others have said Rob. Reminds me of my BCE. by the way Rob, I had sent you an email to see if I can book an appointment. Can you possibly have J check into this and let me know? greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Thanks for the post. I have this Blackbird, a very good replica, with a fascinating date-mechnism. I have considered a service and relume, so it is nice to see what is involved. The fill-in of the lume is well executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great work, The Zigmeister. The uniformity of your lume work in the pics you post always astounds me. It is obviously the fruit of many years experience! Keep posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great work ziggy, guess what i would like you to do when you come over with your lume kit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRasta Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 wow.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannou Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 is it mine ?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc42 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I've just had a go at luming on some old dials that I got from ebay and the results aren't even on the same scale as those. I think it wil be a very long time and take many many attempts to start to get anywhere near the quality of finish. Your skills are extrodinary, hopefully I will be able to own one of these pieces one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopypants Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 somebody was lucky enough to receive a BLACKBIRD with a centered pearl?!?! (and some lume!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) Wow, that looks amazing. I was considering what it would look like on my Blackbird, I have to say the normal rep lume is terrible. Get the lume done and lessen the blue on the AR and it would be a stunning rep. Edited September 25, 2008 by TommyB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siesta181 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 You will not be able to appreciate the difficulty in luming until you tried it. I did on several snadwich PAM dials (supposedly te easier ones to lume) and concluded that some things are best left to the expert. Enjoy yourselves in Paris. Cheers Siesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyskate Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Wow! Great job........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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