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OldeCrow 3T WIS 
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I spent the day installing some nice Chronometer Grade 2824's in these Ronda powered 32 Degree divers so I thought I would share some quick and dirty shots! here you can see the nice clasp that Invicta forgot to use on their version of this watch!  boring face shot:  There is the Ronda 515 with the plastic movement ring and battery holder:  disassembled now:  New 2824 installed on the dial (hands on card in background)  Better shot of the Omega Seamaster hands:  here are the hands installed:  Back in the case, stem sized, crown installed:  movement and movement ring now that the battery holder arm has been removed:  three of them with the new Mondaine 2824's   sorry light is terrible and I hate to take pictures while I work! |
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KenC Admin 
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OldeCrow...u da man! hand6.gif |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Right on. That is rockin cool and interesting they went with the upgraded clasp. Very cool. :cool: ;) woohoo.gifyourock.gifyourock.gifwoohoo.gif |
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pallet spoon Guest
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Wow! I would have never thought that could be done ... rebuild a quartz into a nice auto. Is the swap really as straight-forward as you make is seem??? ... It seems like I could actually do it :P . I wonder (out loud) how much rework went into the plastic movement holder to mke things fit nicely? I think this may interest more than a few folks. I have more than a couple 'lower end' divers that are near and dear to my heart. Would it be that simple to swap in a nice 2824 for the lower grade 21 J Miyota 8215??? Would it be a worthwhile swap in your opinion?? Last edited on Mon Mar 2nd, 2009 12:23 am by |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS
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The Miyota is a whole different animal, The Ronda quartz movements though are pretty much a direct swap with a 28xx movement. There may be a slight difference in crown placement If I had a 2892 I would check it and see if it fit better because the crown placement on it is slightly different from the 28xx movements. In any case it is pretty much a drop in with only a little shaving of the plastic movement ring to be sure the rotor clears and a new set of hands since the quartz hands don't fit the automatic. This swap might even be possible for the classic luminox with a little tinkering! |
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pallet spoon Guest
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Thanx for the answer, REALLY cool project ;) . |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Very cool!! You make it look easy. |
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jdmac 3T WIS 
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AHHH!!! That's more Like it Auto-And Thanks Chris for the Link-I managed to get 'er done on that 218-What a pain in the A@@ HAHA! Cheers! |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS
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have a little decent light so I thought I would resurect this thread with a better picture of the blue32 :D |
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Paxman 3T WIS
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OldeCrow wrote: have a little decent light so I thought I would resurect this thread with a better picture of the blue32 :D That does look very nice, Chris and that's a great picture, but the crystal with its non-magnifying (at least from where I am sitting) cyclops needs to go too. a nice sapphire with AR would look bitchin' imho. And I am not a cyclops hater...;)  |
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OldeCrow 3T WIS
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But..but...but... the cyclops is on the inside of the crystal! you are right though a nice AR sapphire would be great... |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Classic Chris and super cool...the blue is sweet but I bet that red dial is a real stunner yourock.gif |
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hucky 3T WIS 
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Wow, Missed this one. Great Work. Thanks for posting. Cheers Which Model of Luminox were you speaking of? Thanks |
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max 3T WIS 
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Good job!!! I always thought those watches were fantastic at the price point and that the one cosmetic weak spot was the hands. New movement, new hands, perfect.gif |
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chris s. 3T WIS 
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Wow I really like the SMP hands, and COSC movement. Great Job hand6.gif |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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Great job OC.....Whish I could do that.....hand6.gif |
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joerattz 3T WIS
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Super project! Do you know if the Rhonda 715 is a straight swap with an ETA 2824-2? And the date window on the dial aligns perfectly with the 2824-2? Is that just luck or is Rhonda doing that on purpose? |
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