teddy25 0 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) My first replica watch was an Omega speedmaster (moonwatch). I bought it from a local supplier before I found this great forum. The watch I received was poor finished and I wanted to make it as good as possible with polishing and replacement parts. The polishing by the deployment clasp, chrono buttons, strap side and bezel ring was very poor. Another problem was an start stop issue with the chronograph. The dial was poor to. I did the following modificiations: - New genuine Omega bezel with inlay (140 euro) - New replica dial from watchinternational (thanks Mary and Rochest!) (20 euro) - New genuine hesalite Omega plexiglass (35 euro) - Removed some steel on the inside of the back cover to fix the start stop issues - Complete ~20 hour sanding, reshaping and polish job on all parts. - Ultrasonic cleaning of all parts - Sealed and lubricated all parts - Enjoying the watch The watch before modifications. Poor subdials and bezel ring + inlay Poor clasp finish Poor subdial printing Poor finish below chrono buttons Poor finish between lugs Now the pictures after the upgrades There is now a big difference on the case where the strap connects to the case. It is now shiny instead of a coarse finish Domed hesalite Polished chronobuttons Original bezel The last thing I want to do is reluming with real superluminova C3 and repairing the chronograph. It seems to be a bad design in the ST19 movement that after ~20 resets the hand doesn't come back to zero (even when you reset only between 11 and 1 to reduce the force on the hand). Many thanks to KeNnY and other members for there help during the modifications of my watch. Thanks for watching my photo 's Edited April 5, 2012 by teddy25 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corv99 2 Posted April 5, 2012 Nice work, quite fancy one of these Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeNnY 29 Posted April 5, 2012 Very nice work mate !!! Really fantastic it looks now ! And you got that amazing engraved bridge on the movement ! THis watch is really close to gen now ! Simply GREAT WORK ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g.man 0 Posted April 5, 2012 Impressive work there chap. well done g.man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teddy25 0 Posted April 6, 2012 Thank you for the feedback Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tynoprime 0 Posted November 22, 2013 Hi teddy, can I ask where you got the watch with the correct engraved bridge? The only one I've found with that bridge is a 50th anniversary edition one, which has the wrong bezel and (for me) wrong dial! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thang 582 Posted November 22, 2013 Very nice. Great mod for a nice watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
