Anakin14 Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Several weeks ago I received a Sea Master Professional from TrustyTime. The watch was visually impressive and kept good time. However, there seemed to be something wrong with the movement; the rotor would spin and deplete all the energy from the mainspring if the watch was held in a horizontal position. To Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooloo Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 wow Anakin..a great and very informative post... thanks for the pictures also. I wish this came along sooner as it might have given me confidence to have done it on my own SMP. That being said i dont think i would be brave enough to carry out such a task (with or without the right tools!) hehe Thanks for the tutorial again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin14 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 I just ordered a new bezel insert with a correctly placed pearl (rep insert). I'm thinking of possibly replacing my crystal with a gen so I'll have the antireflective coating on the surface or replacing the HE valve with a gen valve, but we'll see. The new movement is incredible. When winding it, it is as smooth as buttah! Plus, without any adjustment yet, it only looses 2 seconds a day! It feels so much tighter than the "ETA 2824 movement" that came with the watch.....it's like night and day. Additionally the lume on the dial and hands is incredible. You can see it glow when you are not even in a dark room. To give you an idea how bright it is, I held it up to a light bulb for maybe 30 seconds then I went into a pitch black room. I could actually read newsprint when I held the watch crystal an inch from the paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Superb pictoral and great work! Congratulations! The only other thing I'd add is make sure your workplace is clean and make sure you dont get any dust under the crystal by using a blower, etc... Wear it well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosnik Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Thank you Anakin . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin14 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 My workplace was clean and I used canned air to blow off the parts. Regarding the watch case & crystal, I rinsed it in denatured alcohol and then wiped it down with lint free paper towels. Even still, when examining under a loupe, I still saw dust. Boy, it's tough to get everything dust free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodap Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Very good work! Do I see it right, did you swap a clone ETA 2836 to a gen ETA 2824? Greetz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Great work...its always enjoyable to work on one's own watch and to have something u can be proud of. Concerning the caseback... did u install a gen caseback? No fitting problems? Is the thickness of the watch changed now? Rep SMP are always a bit thicker than the gens...causing the reps to wear differently once on the wrist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaron Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Great. The dial and hands are incredible. You know if it is possible with SMP chrono too? I kind of get lost in Ofrei lists and don't know what to order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakin14 Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 The gen case back makes the watch thinner. In fact, with the stock movement, the gen case back wouldn't fit...it hit the rotor. However, with real ETA 2824 movement in there, it closed right up. I'm convince that the stock movement was not a gen 2824 (it was supposed to be). As stated above, the dimensions were wrong. It looked similar but didn't "feel" the same at all and it was thicker. The new movement is 2 seconds fast every 24 hours (without any adjustments) and it is soooo smooth when the rotor turns or when you turn the dial to either wind it or set the date/time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 The gen case back makes the watch thinner. In fact, with the stock movement, the gen case back wouldn't fit...it hit the rotor. However, with real ETA 2824 movement in there, it closed right up. I'm convince that the stock movement was not a gen 2824 (it was supposed to be). As stated above, the dimensions were wrong. It looked similar but didn't "feel" the same at all and it was thicker. The new movement is 2 seconds fast every 24 hours (without any adjustments) and it is soooo smooth when the rotor turns or when you turn the dial to either wind it or set the date/time. Perhaps this gives me hope in working with my SMP reps again. Besides the He issue, I assumed that the thickness issue was too much to overcome. 1 issue with the bezel insert is that I suggest sanding it down no matter what (no glue is needed...just pop the insert in). The gen insert in slightly recessed in the bezel while most of the reps' inserts are flush with the bezel out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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