Pics of SMP Chrono in the works...

[Hongkytonkman]

Finally posting some pics of my modded SMP Chrono in progress

First this started out as a std out-of-the-box rep.

I was a bit anal about the datewheel, and was fortunate to pick up an ETA DW from chinkiechunkie.

Aside from the DW issue, my SMP chrono had a crappy lume on the hands ; it looked like some chinese mate painted these in green. It was quite awful.

So while swapping the DW, I requested some lume job to a watchsmith that really didn't know much about accurate superlume jobs(formula etc.),

but had experience on simple lume work. Why not give it a go?

Results.

DW went OK, lume was actually nicely done, but..

The color didn't quite come out as I had expected...

Gonna try again next time... what's the ratio of C1:C3 for this one? experts please chime in for info.

my mods in the future.

- relume the hands

- gen bezel swap

- perhaps relume dial as well..

- fix the color of hands to match markers...how should I do this

- no crown issues issues for me at the moment

- after all this is done and still think this is a keeper... go for Chieftang AR

one small issue.. the small dings(sratches) on the chrono hands edges, it seems they become more & more visible every time the hands are pulled out by a presto.(or serviced I should say)

Is this common for rep standards?

Thanks for looking

HKT