halcyon 0 Posted December 6, 2012 Hi, all PO lover. I bought this PO 42mm at M2M sales. It's PO with DG4813. For details, refer to this post(http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=35892) As a whole I like this watch. However, three point have begun to annoys me after I had looked at gen PO. Lume color, date wheel font and distance between hands and dial are so different. Here is a pic of gen PO(At any time, google is our friend). You can immediately understand what I mean. Compared to gen,Lume is too green and Hands do not have a good distance from Dial. As I can see, the difference is like this. This structure make this PO looks much poor. It lacks 3D effect. Hour and Minute wheel on DG4813 is too low to ETA. To make my PO more looks like a gen one, I changed the lume, movement to ETA2824 which took from old RADO watch, then changed Hour and Minute Wheel that have more height.This is the result. There are several Hour Wheel which height is differ. My choice is 2mm. Hands are not gen's but sold at after market. And lume. Without relume, change a movement is not so difficult. Why don't you try this mod? Thank you for reading. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xocomaox 0 Posted December 7, 2012 Great writeup! Is that the way gen lume looks? I love that color! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OGM 0 Posted December 7, 2012 Nice mod! Where did you take the aftermarket hands? I was broaching my dg4813 hands to fit my 2824, but I would prefer new ones... How did you remove old lume on marker? 3D effect very nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted December 7, 2012 @xocomaox Recent model of PO have blue lume but this model's lume is green. I know this is flaw, but I love this color. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted December 7, 2012 @OGM You can buy it at eBay. Try to search with "Planet Ocean Hands" at there. I soused maker in Alcohol during a day. Confirm that lume becomes soft, then pick lume with something acuate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OGM 0 Posted December 9, 2012 Thanks for the advise:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 4 Posted December 9, 2012 Interesting write-up, thanks for the good read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luthier 1 Posted December 9, 2012 There's 2 different DG-4813, one is with low cannon pinion, another one with tall cannon pinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted December 9, 2012 There's 2 different DG-4813, one is with low cannon pinion, another one with tall cannon pinion. That's interesting. I have to buy it. Do you know who sells PO with that movement? Sorry, I should ask Mary first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haltec 0 Posted December 15, 2012 (edited) Hi, all PO lover.I bought this PO 42mm at M2M sales. It's PO with DG4813. For details, refer to this post(http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=35892) As a whole I like this watch. However, three point have begun to annoys me after I had looked at gen PO. Lume color, date wheel font and distance between hands and dial are so different. Here is a pic of gen PO(At any time, google is our friend). You can immediately understand what I mean. Compared to gen,Lume is too green and Hands do not have a good distance from Dial. As I can see, the difference is like this. This structure make this PO looks much poor. It lacks 3D effect. Hour and Minute wheel on DG4813 is too low to ETA. To make my PO more looks like a gen one, I changed the lume, movement to ETA2824 which took from old RADO watch, then changed Hour and Minute Wheel that have more height.This is the result. There are several Hour Wheel which height is differ. My choice is 2mm. Hands are not gen's but sold at after market. And lume. Without relume, change a movement is not so difficult. Why don't you try this mod? Thank you for reading. Hm... Thx for great writeup, but something I don't get quite well How did you change just an hour pinion??? Beacouse if I understand this correctly, higher hour pinion, meant that you won't be able to put minute hand on it's respective one...? BR Haltec O.k. disregard - I missed that you changed hour pinion too... Seconds stem then? Edited December 15, 2012 by Haltec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted December 16, 2012 @Haltec As you pointed out, I change Minute and Hour wheel. I didn't change Fourth wheel for it had enough height. Whether you need to change wheels depend on the movement you. But it's easy to get spare ETA parts. It makes mod easy and fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted December 16, 2012 @markg Thanks. It's relatively easy mod. Try it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mathlete 0 Posted January 3, 2013 Impressive work, and nice detail on the pics. Thanks for posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Somaplr 0 Posted January 3, 2013 Nice mods. The only thing that bugs me is the blue-tinted crystal glare. Hate it on mine! have you thought about swapping the crystal out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaggyPants 0 Posted January 3, 2013 Early gen have the blue AR. I actually like it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnoblin 0 Posted January 3, 2013 Nice mods. The only thing that bugs me is the blue-tinted crystal glare. Hate it on mine! have you thought about swapping the crystal out? Sunnydale on RWI is selling double AR 42mm PO crystals that look really good for 77$ shipped Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jacobarch 0 Posted January 3, 2013 another guy is selling really good Crystals w/ AR for 35 at RWI but they are for the 45mm. Mine looks great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DR3M3L 4 Posted January 3, 2013 Looks great! Didn't knew the distance of hand to dial could make such a difference! Wear in good health mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted January 6, 2013 Nice mods. The only thing that bugs me is the blue-tinted crystal glare. Hate it on mine! have you thought about swapping the crystal out? Sunnydale on RWI is selling double AR 42mm PO crystals that look really good for 77$ shipped Do you try that? I'm wondering to buy it or not. It cost half dollar of this watch. If I make a step toward such a modding, I can't resist to go franken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted January 11, 2013 So, I got this PO from Mary to verify if another PO with DG4813 have tall pinion. See from aside. And more one pic. Despite its beauty, both hour and minute wheels are very low. Please understand that I do not mean this watch is not good, but It's not my favour. As Lutheir pointed things out, there seems some DG4813 variant. If someone know from whom I can buy PO with tall pinion, please let me know that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted January 30, 2013 I bought Sunnydale@RWI's crystal and installed it to my PO. It's awesome. My journey to make up more preferred PO have ended thanks to his crystal. He said he still have some crystals to sell. Do not miss out on buying it. In the daylight. It seems no crystal on my watch. In a shadowed area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcagara08 31 Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) lovely...makes wristshots more easier(that sunnydale colorless xtal)!! Edited January 31, 2013 by jcagara08 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halcyon 0 Posted January 31, 2013 His crystal is great. I'll buy one more for spare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kennycoder 97 Posted July 25, 2013 have you used a different movement holder or did the one from 4813 work out for you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
