Toadtorrent Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hi folks. I was looking at the Somal Canada parts list, and they have a couple movements available...well...maybe a couple hundred...but one that stuck out was the DG3804B listed in their Asian mechanical section. It's listed as a 4th hand second timezone movement and has the following hand specs: DG-3804B: 4th GMT hand, date Diameter: 26.00mm Thickness: 5.97mm Handsize: 100/150/200/17 Ofrei has the hand size listed as the same Now, the DG 2813 has the following details: DG-2813: 3 hand, date Diameter:25.60mm Thickness: 5.87mm Handsize: 155/100/17 Ofrei hand size: 1.00/1.50/0.17 A 2836 has the following specs: ETA 2836: 3 hand, day date Diameter: 25.60mm Thickness: 5.05mm Handsize: 150/90/45 My question is, by all accounts, the assembly of the GMT modded movements seems to be crap according to The Zigmeister. BT has indicated his experience with WHS ETA modded GMT movements has been good (from a reliability perspective as opposed to The Zigmeister's experience trying to service one). I'm wondering about going the cheap Asian GMT route (e.g. Rolex GMT IIc)...and if encountering movement failure...just swapping in a DG3804B given they are only $20 CDN!!! The 3 main hand sizes look like they will fit the DG2813...which seems to be the standard for Asian movement hand sizes...but the 4th GMT hand at "200" is a mystery to me. Is the 200 size the same size GMT hand for an ICHS ETA GMT hand? How about a gen Rolex GMT hand? How about the Asian movement GMT hand? Does anybody know if this movement given the dimensions will fit where the Asian GMT fits? I seem to recall there being cheap <$150 Asian 21j movement watches with GMT hand that had the same cases as the ETA versions. I know of this older thread here: DG3804 thread Thanks for any info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Toad, My parts supplier lists the hand stack as 200/152/100/17, which sort of makes more sense. He has hand sets for them. Shoot me a PM if you need more info. Offshore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005SUBMARINER Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 interesting man .. if its anything like the dg2813 should be a winner man .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smc Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 21k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 21k? I assume so...not sure. They don't have this spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Toad, My parts supplier lists the hand stack as 200/152/100/17, which sort of makes more sense. He has hand sets for them. Shoot me a PM if you need more info. Offshore Thanks A!! I'm in the info gathering stages here. I have to find out who's carrying decent quality cheap Asian GMT IIcs, or bases for a 1655 or something I can make a decent lower cost 6542...so many dreams...where to begin. I'm not in the league to think of modding a gen movement!! Yikes. I appreciate the offer. I may be contacting you yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflylow78 Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) I could never find a suitable hands or dials for the one i had and was not overly happy with it. would be interested in see what is available hand wise Edited March 20, 2009 by iflylow78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted March 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 I could never find a suitable hands or dials for the one i had and was not overly happy with it. would be interested in see what is available hand wise I have a query about that too. If the Asian movement fits the same sized hands as those used in the cheaper reps...that will work...except when trying to find good GMT hand options...then it becomes tricky...and possibly a fusion of parts from somewhere!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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