KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 Hey all, so, what's up ? I kept this modding in little secret, but now it is time to reveal it. First lets have some look at the gen and the rep. We know that the rep is really only ~2% of the Price of the gen, so not everything is possible (but with effort could be) to be 100% 1:1. We can now try to repair MAYOR flaws, that are noticeable as soon when you had rep and gen side by side. I maybe a little extrapolated the name of the topic, because there is not so much HARD ULTIMATE modding here but it is still nice and I am really happy with the results. So this was small intro lets get to the pictures ! Lets have a closer look at GEN So as you can see GEN has got seconds at 9 oclock (ETA 7750 movement clone), trihead screws near pushers, 7mm sapphire glass with colourless AR, full ceramic bezel, titanium case and of course BG-W9 lume (Like DSSD). Now lets take a look at our Quartz REP So now when you see REP, the difference is that it has got Quartz Miyota movement - the better one OS60, seconds at 6 oclock, recedes date due to thickness and chrono buttons, ceramic plated bezel (yes it is plated only), mineral glass with Blue tint AR (what I am a bit fan of, I like the blue ARs), Stainless steel construction what is basically 1:1 with size, the dial is a bit off, but nice catch that they have remove the AUTOMATIC from dial, normal screws new chrono buttons, and of course cheap green lume, that last 3 minutes max, and the pearl is green instead white, but it last around hour. So what can we do with this watch for now ? Lets make it waterproof, if possible and lets relume it, shall we ? The chrono buttons are screw-able, crown is screw-able and it has got screw-able back. So It must be waterproof ! Mary said that she took the watch to watch maker, and that he tested 2 and it failed, so when I will be testing waterproofness I will do it without movement, to be safe. Lets see how the insides looks. So we have removed the dial with movement from the case, and now lets take a look at the buttons. Okay, nice ! 3 O-rings are in the tube, but sadly no o-rings inside the button. THis is plastic part from the side, I have now time to refinish the edges from the moulding process, that factory didn't have time HM okay we now see possible leakage around the assembly for the chrono button, we will need to seal it. Yes the HE valve is just button, that will be needed to be sealed also. Big risk of getting water from there, because it can be pushed really easy. Well look at that ! An crystal is the same thickness like gen ! 7mm !! Well that means hard time getting the spare one if needed Mary are you here ? It will be hard to get this crystal like for Omega Ploprof is. Yes the Blue AR is from the bottom side. Okay the bezel is near contact with the crystal, and nothing is between to separate it, so I will need to watchout where I put the UV glue (we don't want to have glued bezel with crystal). Yes that small "ball" is holding the bezel in off position, too bad that now I am not possible to make it more harder to press. Maybe in future when I will have trihead screwdriver. I have removed the green pearl, and also some black ceramic plating, so I will need to get some white enamel paint back in. Nice ! I will repaint the whole bezel again when I will receive the trihead screwdriver so, for now it will be ok. Lets glue the crystal back to its place. And crystal is back and nicely glued with UV glue With help of screwdiver I have removed the moulding failures from the plastic part. Lets glue it back and arso screw the screws back in. I don't have trihead screws right now and also no screwdriver for these screws so we will make this mod in future (maybe) HE valve nicelly sealed. No water will go from there again ! Lets remove the indexies and hands. One index just fell off by him self, so I know that it would happen soon without touching it The dial is metal with plastic combination. When removing the lume dots, the lume dot also took some paint around it well I will have to create bigger lume dots. I will also relume some DSSD indexes with my Oris indexes and the small hand that represents hours of chrono in our rep. I have also sealed with marine Epoxy the assembly for chrono button. No water will go from there also. Max Only from the hole where the orings are. I have added extra o-ring to the stem. And also around the tube yes it is there, with that grease. Added oring to the chrono-button, so now the buttons should be waterproof ! They are screw-able so we will see ! Relumed hands and indexes, I will repair the indexes, where the lume got a bit off later, no problem with that. Now in this stage I did water-resistant test. 3 times, 3 times fail The problem is that the backside O-ring is too thin, so the water slips from the back ! so I have ordered a bit thicker o-ring same size, so we will make water test then in part 2 Hands assembled, lume dots created, indexes repaired Back in the case, Home sweet home. I have also relumed the pearl, and then created pearl with jewellers epoxy. I have nice pearl ! It is grey/white color, the photo look like ti is green but it is not. And now the lume pictures ! Yes there is small lume particle on the dial, I will correct it today, noticed it only now when I see the pictures lol. Don't beat me it is 5 minute fix, will upload more lume pics then. I was building it yesterday at midnight, at fast rate, wanted to wear the watch today. Also I need to get to repaint the ceramic bezel again, looks like small dust of green lume has make a new home there. Overall I am really happy with the color of the lume, it is more like gen now ! And I can see what time it is for whole night ! Yeah !! Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timetraveller 0 Posted July 14, 2011 well done!! looks great. i'll keep an eye on this Can you do mine when i get one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 well done!! looks great. i'll keep an eye on this :o Can you do mine when i get one? yep if you are from EU ? lol I need to buy some set of O-rings, I was I need of those. And thank you. I am really happy how it glows now, Aqua lume ! Just love it Some more pics ! I have cleaned the dial from the bits I forgot yesterday midnight. and couple new lumeshots Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stolikat 1 Posted July 14, 2011 Nice work Kenny! I alway like reading these!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 Thank you greg and stolikat ! It was fun as always... I waited only 3 days and already disassemble it to relume it I am curious how it looks like under the ceramic bezel, but I need that screwdriver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greenhat 0 Posted July 14, 2011 FIRST CLASS JOB , impressed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 FIRST CLASS JOB , impressed! Thank you Greenhat glad you like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdiver 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Kenny - Great Job !!! Looking good - real enjoyed reading your post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digger2 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Very interesting and good work, thank's for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greenhat 0 Posted July 14, 2011 I'll Love it, Credit where credit is due Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
debian 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Nice work! I like reading these modding threads very much, thanks a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 thank you all dang I was in a sun for a little while, then I come to indoors where was really dark, and Nicola (nice girl who works here) was like "WOW ! your watch glows! What is it ? Batteries ?" I said "nope, I have done this yesterday, relumed it" , she replied "Relume what? You did this ?! HOW ?!" and conversation was created lol :o Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WebWind 1 Posted July 14, 2011 Great job Mr Oris Is Nicola THAT girl? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
opus9 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Great thread,really interesting and fantastic job..well done m8...if my dssd gets the same love and attention to detail,i am going to be one happy man!! best regards opus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takken 0 Posted July 14, 2011 As expected from you KeNnY, great work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 Great job Mr Oris Is Nicola THAT girl? Yes, Nicola, THAT girl ! Great thread,really interesting and fantastic job..well done m8...if my dssd gets the same love and attention to detail,i am going to be one happy man!!best regards opus Thank you Adrian, when you look closely, you see that those hands and indexes are from your DSSD buddy ! That means I will finish it this weekend ! As expected from you KeNnY, great work! Thank you Takken !! BTW I really like your sig, from what it is ? Some porn or movie ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThinkBachs 1 Posted July 14, 2011 What? No date wheel fix???? Thanks for taking the time to share all those photos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mspangl 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Very nice work Matej ! Everything you touch seems to turn into gold GREAT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Del 4,463 Posted July 14, 2011 You never fail to amaze me kenny! Well done mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 What? No date wheel fix???? :P Thanks for taking the time to share all those photos Haha ! Yeah, the thing is, thre is dial spacer with thickness around 2-3mm. Without this dial spacer the date wheel is PERFECT, but the hands would be to far up. Another thing without this dial spacer the chrono buttons would not fit the buttons of the movement. The dial spacer is piece of metal, with created holes and window for the date. Thank you for watching Very nice work Matej ! Everything you touch seems to turn into gold GREAT THank you Martin !! haha, if it was true, then I would be millionaire ! You never fail to amaze me kenny! Well done mate! Thank you buddy ! I am happy that you like it ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtwc 1 Posted July 14, 2011 KeNnY - great job and great pics !! I love your tutorials / experiments. Keep up the good work !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted July 14, 2011 KeNnY -great job and great pics !! I love your tutorials / experiments. Keep up the good work !!! Thank you buddy ! I really want to make this watch waterproof, so I ordered a new Orings so we will see wait for part 2 ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sm1rf 0 Posted July 14, 2011 This was great to watch and read, keep it coming Kenny, and thanks for doing what most of us wouldn't dare to do....take that baby apart! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kipper 0 Posted July 14, 2011 I love reading these, thanks for sharing Kenny & I'm looking forward to part 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
