Dommysam 0 Posted January 8, 2015 Picked up the Lemania manual wind Speedmaster Moon at Christmas courtesy of Rochest at Watch International. Great transaction, lovely watch, a must-have for any collection in my opinion! I also picked up a few tools to enable me to freeze the six o'clock sub dial and also replace the crystal. The most complex job I've ever undertaken on a watch is to change a strap so I was a little apprehensive but thought I would just go for it! This is the watch when it arrived. The sub dial is in the 12 o'clock position in the photo simply because the time was 12 o'clock! The sub dial follows the hour position and was an obvious difference from the gen. Then out came the movement... On went the domed plexi sourced from Cousins. I bought two sizes as they are very cheap and wasn't sure which would fit best. Turns out the 340 was too big and the 338 fitted perfectly but needed to be secured with cement where as the flat sapphire presses into place. And then finally after removing the large transfer gear and adding a drop of cement to the six o'clock sub dial gear to hold it in position everything was reassembled. I added a khaki/green NATO style strap which works perfectly with the colour of the standard lume. The lume is weak as standard but I've left it as it is as I'm never bothered by strong lume on my watches. After a few hours careful work with some basic watchmaker's tools I am pleasantly surprised and very happy with the result... All pics taken with an iPhone 5 and a little editing in Instagram afterwards. Let me know what you think! Dom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ishmael 92 Posted January 8, 2015 you got bigger onions than me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corv99 2 Posted January 8, 2015 Fair play homes! well done... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Stubbs 0 Posted January 8, 2015 Two thumbs up Dom! And not a single pube to be seen after reassembly. Very nicely done sir. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dommysam 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Thank you, thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyKrush 16 Posted January 9, 2015 Nice job. Love it when new guys tear right into shit and don't fuck it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyr 4 Posted January 9, 2015 Congratulations! Hopefully you grew fewer grey hairs during the process than I did. http://www.replica-w...l=1#post1332912 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glight2000 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Looks good. I'll take it! :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glight2000 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Congratulations!Hopefully you grew fewer grey hairs during the process than I did. http://www.replica-w...l=1#post1332912 Flyr, yours is pretty sweet also. I'll take it! :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSJ 0 Posted January 9, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dommysam 0 Posted January 9, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Ah, I didn't know you could get the gen plexi so cheap, wish I had done that now! Thanks for the info on the pusher, very interesting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDM180 7 Posted January 9, 2015 Plexi has gone up to £37.97 plus vat now :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSJ 0 Posted January 9, 2015 Plexi has gone up to £37.97 plus vat now :/ Swatch Group are going to stop selling them at the end of 2015, along with all other Swatch spares. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odyseus 1 Posted January 9, 2015 Maybe you should have had a go at re-luming at the same time?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfcdre 0 Posted January 9, 2015 nice job, just wish they had a movement that would sort out the 3 oclock and 9 oclock short indicies, that was the biggest let down for why I sold mine, still a fine watch though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDM180 7 Posted January 9, 2015 Plexi has gone up to £37.97 plus vat now :/ Swatch Group are going to stop selling them at the end of 2015, along with all other Swatch spares. Suppose we will always have the sternkreuz ones at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sputim 2 Posted January 11, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Since I intend to do the same build on my own I want to source a gen omega plexi but I only found the sternkreuz so far. May you upload a link from cousins for the omega plexi? Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSJ 0 Posted January 11, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Since I intend to do the same build on my own I want to source a gen omega plexi but I only found the sternkreuz so far. May you upload a link from cousins for the omega plexi? Thanks CousinsUK part number PW5139. It's gone up to a stupid price of £38 plus shipping plus VAT compared with what I paid a year ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sputim 2 Posted January 11, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Since I intend to do the same build on my own I want to source a gen omega plexi but I only found the sternkreuz so far. May you upload a link from cousins for the omega plexi? Thanks CousinsUK part number PW5139. It's gone up to a stupid price of £38 plus shipping plus VAT compared with what I paid a year ago. Found it thanks. Hmm is the difference big between the gen one and the sternkreuz? And which shape of the sternkreuz is the most accurate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDM180 7 Posted January 11, 2015 I think you did a great job mate! Well done . Are you aware that the gen Omega plexi is also available from Cousins for not much (£28 I if remember rightly)? It has the Omega logo in the centre. Mine had a pusher drop out after I had it a while. I found it and did this mod to stop it happening again http://www.rwg.bz/bo...showtopic=85006 . Might be worth you having a peek inside to see if yours is at risk of that. Since I intend to do the same build on my own I want to source a gen omega plexi but I only found the sternkreuz so far. May you upload a link from cousins for the omega plexi? Thanks CousinsUK part number PW5139. It's gone up to a stupid price of £38 plus shipping plus VAT compared with what I paid a year ago. Found it thanks. Hmm is the difference big between the gen one and the sternkreuz? And which shape of the sternkreuz is the most accurate? Ive got both and the difference seems to be the gen is a little taller but other than that they are the same ( and the omega logo of course ) , I did see there was a high dome with a added lip/raise that to me would be exact same as gen but noone seems to order this so played it safe and go the regular HW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark9117 0 Posted January 12, 2015 Looks great Dommysam! Wish I had the gumption to do the same with mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dommysam 0 Posted January 12, 2015 Thanks everyone. It has had a lot of wrist time this last week, really like it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
