Hi everybody,
apart from collecting watches, I have developped an interest in being able to understand what's going on inside and like to play around with project watches that need some love. As a complete rookie I would never dare to fiddle around with my favourite ones, at least not yet, too afraid to scratch or break something. Need much more confidence.
So a couple of weeks ago I bought an ARF Datejust 41mm with an A2824 movement, fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet. All that was missing was the hands and the winding stem.
After receiving a set of hands and a stem from ebay and finding out that the keyless obviously needs a reset (if not worse) I was eager to dismantle the whole thing and put it back together - learning about this movement in the process. This is my very first attempt in doing so. I attached some pics below.
Thanks to youtube and the ever so useful manual shared by great fellow member PsychoTee16 all went well. Didn't know how to get the datewheel back on again because I did not want to re-glue the overlay, but somehow I managed. Date quickset in the respective crown position works flawlessly.
After all that I regulated the sh** out of it and am quite happy with myself until this point lol.
But now I'm stuck and hope for advice:
The hands I got sit too low on the dial. The hour hand was basically touching the dial. It moved when manipulating the crown but I stopped immediately out of fear to scratch something.
Do ARF hands have longer shafts? Do I need one of the hand height kits below, and if yes which one?
Anyway it's been fun so far! Hope somebody can help me get this watch completely together.
Thanks in advance.
apart from collecting watches, I have developped an interest in being able to understand what's going on inside and like to play around with project watches that need some love. As a complete rookie I would never dare to fiddle around with my favourite ones, at least not yet, too afraid to scratch or break something. Need much more confidence.
So a couple of weeks ago I bought an ARF Datejust 41mm with an A2824 movement, fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet. All that was missing was the hands and the winding stem.
After receiving a set of hands and a stem from ebay and finding out that the keyless obviously needs a reset (if not worse) I was eager to dismantle the whole thing and put it back together - learning about this movement in the process. This is my very first attempt in doing so. I attached some pics below.
Thanks to youtube and the ever so useful manual shared by great fellow member PsychoTee16 all went well. Didn't know how to get the datewheel back on again because I did not want to re-glue the overlay, but somehow I managed. Date quickset in the respective crown position works flawlessly.
After all that I regulated the sh** out of it and am quite happy with myself until this point lol.
But now I'm stuck and hope for advice:
The hands I got sit too low on the dial. The hour hand was basically touching the dial. It moved when manipulating the crown but I stopped immediately out of fear to scratch something.
Do ARF hands have longer shafts? Do I need one of the hand height kits below, and if yes which one?
Anyway it's been fun so far! Hope somebody can help me get this watch completely together.
Thanks in advance.
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