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how to recess the screws on ap diver?
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Of you do an image search on the diver, there are varying depths it appears on the gen. From almost none to significant. I think making them all the same depth is more important that sinking them, maybe>?
https://www.google.com/search?q=aud...-looking-homage-out-there-662850.html;480;408
https://www.google.com/search?q=aud...-looking-homage-out-there-662850.html;480;408
That is exactly my point. I have held about 6 different ones. I couldn't tell the recessed screws on any of them. In order to see if they even were recessed, I would have to observe it at an angle with a loupe. If your browse pictures of real life Genuine Divers, you will see this clearly. Bezel details are a lot more obvious than bezel screws. But from a normal distance, even a V3 Diver looks accurate. That's why going on about bezel screw depth is pretty silly in my opinion.
I agree. I do think however, a crooked bezel screw, or different depths is something that we should deal with, this is more noticable even to a non watch person than how sunk they are.
The screws on my 4.1 from noob. The one at 35 min had two gaskets. Once I removed the additional gasket it recessed and matched up.
Crown gaskets that are 0.4 mm thick 2.6mm outer diameter . Honestly the stock gaskets are fine. But sometimes noob puts two in and you have to remove one.
You guys must've had a better batch. The gaskets I removed were literally paper thin, and half of them were cut in half .
Your watch looks perfect ! Enjoy it. :cheers:
Your watch looks perfect ! Enjoy it. :cheers:
Thanks!
Try the 2.2 or 2.6 mm gaskets at 0.4mm thickness. These are most similar to what noob used.
http://www.ofrei.com/page_105.html
My next task is to get my chronopassion to look like this diver.
You should be able to just tighten the ROO screws without removing everything. They usually have a decent amount of play.
Unfortunately it's heterogeneous
some are tight and flush. I have gaske tsiincoming which should give me some more room.bobkat those gaskets from ofrei are very expensive. someone mentioned a o-ring set on ebay. your diver looks perfect.
They are pricey $2.50 or so for 3 gaskets is quite steep, the problem with the gasket sets was that I could not find any with a 0.4 thickness gasket at least with a 2.0 mm outer diameter. So I ordered a few different sizes around those specs to see what fit best.
Look at those GEN AP DIVERS !!!! I would've rejected every single one due to the bezel screws !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:
from now on i can accept with all my heart that unrecessed screw is not a
reason to reject QC.
and whats more important is getting those every screw even.
rather than having uneven screw ( some recessed some not)
:cheers:What's curious, is those were in the first 10 pictures of a "audemars piquet diver" image search on google. lol
too bad those are not the level screws that we are getting with the recent versions, instead you will get 1 or 2 that is not level. either one is sticking out or 1 or 2 screws that is heading towards the opposite direction from the rest. I have yet to see one obt diver since v3.5 with all 8 screws the same height. When the day comes I'm finally give in and buy a gen aproo, and the AD brings me a watch with the bezel screws not sunken, I'll tell him to fetch me another till he finds one, but that is just me.
