iflylow78 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 will a 2893 be an easy swap into any of the asian explorer II's think i have procured an eta 2893 and would like to build an explorer II styled watch though I plan to have a sterile dial and likely replace the crown with an unbranded one. do not want to drop a lot of coin on an "eta" version since I plan to pull the movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 You might want to check River- he had an ExplorerII with black dial w/ the 2893-2. Doing it yourself is not something I would recommend. Crown position will be different from the CN movement- you might be able to make it work w/ a spacer ring from Stilty- he's here on the forum. But it's a lot of work and if you have to ask, well, it's probably something you're not ready for. Why frustrate yourself and waste money? You'll end up with a bunch of parts and no watch. For around maybe $250+ you can buy a decent non branded ExplorerII w/ an eta (2836-2 modified)- is it Homer out of UK that sells them? They're a good deal also, if you want a knock-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflylow78 Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 fair enough - though i am wanting a true gmt movement and not a tweaked 2836. i have an tweaked asian one now. do the 2836 watches have the same crown position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Follow this thread...there was another talking about options on this as well...can't remember where...but try searches with the various gen GMT movement calibers: GMT Movement Swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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