lanikai Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Posted March 26, 2009 Great pics as usual. Too bad I can't pull this one off with my tiny wrists.... IMO the stock AR looks more gen than Chief's. I like the blue hue again you are correct RM.. but this blue is more like a "mirror" blue and not the "absorbant" blue of the genuine .. Chief did say at one time that he was going to do an AR run to match the genuine AR's .. that would be cool as I am a fan of some of the AR's having that "transparent" blue hue maself... the rubber strap makes the case seem smaller though.. the ss bracelet just enlarges it.. but it took a few hours of frustration to get the bracelet to stay.. and now to swap it back to the rubber.. fogetaboutit !! arminvanbuuren Posted Today, 12:19 AM cant u just transplant the logo? i mean silix sells the upo dial with the correct logo.. get that and swap the logo.. how bout that?? would work no? that could work if you could accomplish it with such a micro piece of metal... without any "tells".. ie. glue marks scrathes etc. I have a rep dial or two laying around somewhere .. perhaps you would like to try your hand at taking down the feet on the emblem whilst still on the dial then transferring it to another dial..?? @morlock ... thanks man... a 42 mm would be perfect all around !!!
LegendofSpeed Posted March 26, 2009 Report Posted March 26, 2009 The logo from the silix dial pops right out... as does the one on the upo dial... it's a direct swap with just a dab of glue on the backside of the dial to hold the logo in place... feet spacing is the same... Obviously, no one has checked this dial yet but with it having the same logo, i would say it's 80-90% likely that uses the same construction and therefore, it's plug n play...
Mickey Padge Posted March 26, 2009 Report Posted March 26, 2009 Great watch and a fantastic write up and pictures, thanks for sharing Lani! I will probably invest in a no date speedmaster rep, Snoopy award anyone!?
lanikai Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Posted March 27, 2009 Great watch and a fantastic write up and pictures, thanks for sharing Lani! I will probably invest in a no date speedmaster rep, Snoopy award anyone!? thanks again Mickey !! wonder what the "line up" will be for this movement .. it's still running spot on !! the rotor is noisy and I'm sure that will "become" an issue after the excitement of the sub dial spacing is calmed down.. but for me.. it's all "Good"
triplehd Posted March 27, 2009 Report Posted March 27, 2009 Lani- Great shots. Mine is on its way from Trusty. Cant wait to get it on my wrist. BTW - in person, how bad is the "sunken datewheel" ? Also, is the datewindow beveled? I thought the gen had a beveled date window.
lanikai Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Posted March 27, 2009 Lani- Great shots. Mine is on its way from Trusty. Cant wait to get it on my wrist. BTW - in person, how bad is the "sunken datewheel" ? Also, is the datewindow beveled? I thought the gen had a beveled date window. thank you T the DW is DEEP.. no way around that one, with the mods to the movement .. the DW on the rep is not beveled.. I'm not trying to minimize it.. but the D wheel is black, so it kinda hides the depth .. a"little" and the bevel is not really noticable.. it may be I'm focusing on the sub spacing
triplehd Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Hmmm....what happens if you were able to throw in an ETA 7750....problem solved ?!?!?
Mickey Padge Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Hmmm....what happens if you were able to throw in an ETA 7750....problem solved ?!?!? A Swiss 7750 would still have the same problem, as the transfer gears to move the subdial from the 12 position, to the 3 position get in the way of the date disk, there is no way around this physical problem
triplehd Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Isnt there a swiss ETA 3,6,9 subdials? Why wouldnt that work?
Mickey Padge Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Isnt there a swiss ETA 3,6,9 subdials? Why wouldnt that work? A Swiss movement with 3,6,9 config is a 7750 with the 12>3 subdial transfer gears. Or there is the Swiss 7753 movement, both of which have subdials spaced further apart than the modified A7750 movement used here.... There is no Asian cloned 7753 movement, so that is a non starter for subdial relocation/modification, although the 7753 does not have the recessed date wheel, due to it having a natural 3,6,9 config..... Cheers!
triplehd Posted March 31, 2009 Report Posted March 31, 2009 Maybe throw some type of mag underneath the date window then, huh?
Mickey Padge Posted March 31, 2009 Report Posted March 31, 2009 Maybe throw some type of mag underneath the date window then, huh? Or try and construct a "two tier" date wheel consisting of two date wheels, connected together at the outer edges of the lower date wheel, to stay clear of the transfer gears, in doing so you would have the gears sitting in between the two date wheels, and the date would be raised, but maybe too far?....... Picture borrowed from Rolexman: All of this of course is not even considering what extra gears will have been added to the movement, to move the subdial's closer together, as the above picture is from a standard 7750 with the 3,6,9 transfer gears....
P4GTR Posted March 31, 2009 Report Posted March 31, 2009 R, did it take on damage when it popped off your wrist? I hope not man. Your photographs are such a treat, really. You get so much more "feel" for what the piece might be like when the detail is captured at that magnitude. If more people were as cooled out as you, this world would be a better place dude. Oh, so.. does that complete the collection? Lan doesnt have a watchbox, he has a watch cellar. er.. Watch Room? Watch Gallery? Club?
musicale Posted April 4, 2009 Report Posted April 4, 2009 I will probably invest in a no date speedmaster rep, Snoopy award anyone!? You took the words right out of my mouth - if they use this mod to construct a Moon watch with correct subdial spacing, it is MINE.
spooky driver Posted April 4, 2009 Report Posted April 4, 2009 wow lovely watch, with regards to the issues it is a rep after all we would all be in shock if it was perfect. thanks for your hard work Lan your photos are amazing
docblackrock Posted April 4, 2009 Report Posted April 4, 2009 A Swiss movement with 3,6,9 config is a 7750 with the 12>3 subdial transfer gears. Or there is the Swiss 7753 movement, both of which have subdials spaced further apart than the modified A7750 movement used here.... There is no Asian cloned 7753 movement, so that is a non starter for subdial relocation/modification, although the 7753 does not have the recessed date wheel, due to it having a natural 3,6,9 config..... Cheers! Mickey, you're forgetting the best ETA 3-6-9 chrono... the gorgeous 2894, a modified version of which sits in my Aquagraph.
krpster Posted April 10, 2009 Report Posted April 10, 2009 Or try and construct a "two tier" date wheel consisting of two date wheels, connected together at the outer edges of the lower date wheel, to stay clear of the transfer gears, in doing so you would have the gears sitting in between the two date wheels, and the date would be raised, but maybe too far?....... Take a look at the pictures in Francisco's review of the movement HERE. Even if you could construct a dual layer date wheel the upper plate of the movement modification would prevent you from using it. Cool idea but I think we are locked into the sunken date with this modification. Maybe the next version
mick92627 Posted June 15, 2009 Report Posted June 15, 2009 the key for us is is it durable ? and "improved" over the seconds @6 timebombs.. I read Francisco's outstanding review of the modded movement and the answer on the 'improved' question seems to be a cautiously optimistic 'YES'. So in the middle of June 2009, is it too early to ask what the informed consensus is, with respect to reliability and durability? I expect I'm going to pull the trigger on this either way...
maxman Posted December 8, 2009 Report Posted December 8, 2009 OK so this mod has been around for a while now, any opinions? Im getting ready to ptt on this thing.(christmas present) But before I do I was hoping to hear what some members (Lanikai?) thought of this modified movement. If anyone can share there experences with this movement It would be much a appreciated, thanks In advance. Mike
RedArray Posted December 11, 2009 Report Posted December 11, 2009 Great review lanikai. I ordered the same one after read your review and the watch is now on its way traveling towards me by the way, it looks we also have the same car in same color
Jimster Posted December 11, 2009 Report Posted December 11, 2009 The logo from the silix dial pops right out... as does the one on the upo dial... it's a direct swap with just a dab of glue on the backside of the dial to hold the logo in place... feet spacing is the same... Obviously, no one has checked this dial yet but with it having the same logo, i would say it's 80-90% likely that uses the same construction and therefore, it's plug n play... You're right on the Silix Logo. It popped out easy and slipped in to my 42mm 4th gen with no problem. My guess is the spacing is the same. That being said it's a pain in the butt to remove all those hands and recase for such a tiny improvement. Now if I could fix that date sinker at the same time I'd buy one in a NY second. Here's my 42mm with the flat feet: Sorry for the poor photo but I've still got work to do on a watch.
asmo Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks Lani ! After buying my Pumpkin ( non Chrono ) Ultimate i think ill go for the black/white chrono but its good to hear that this newest version is all its cracked up to be
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