436NR Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Any good Skyracers out there? I saw a gen and it really appealed to me. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Nope, and you are not likely to either. The movement is just too complicated to be replicated correctly. Beautiful watch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
436NR Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Nope, and you are not likely to either. The movement is just too complicated to be replicated correctly. Beautiful watch though. Thanks andreww! Yes it is! Curious, what's the complicated part? The 6:00 date with the 3:00 & 9:00 subs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Its a combination of all the above. The only automatic chrono movement we have for our reps is the A7750 which has subdials at 6-9-12 with running seconds at 9 and date at 3. They have managed to mimic other valjoux 775X movements by doing such things as moving the minute totalizer to the 3:00 position to mimic the 7753, and moving the running seconds to the 3:00 or 6:00 position for other applications. The Skyracer would require the seconds to be moved to the 3:00 position and the hour and minute totalizers to be combined and moved to the 9:00 position. All the extra gears to do this would still have to allow room for the datwheel at the 6:00 position. Just too radical of a bastardization IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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