Maybe I'm a little late to this lmpo franken business, leads are dwindling it seems (or maybe I don't have access to some threads, I'm not sure) Appreciate it Danza!
I have my lmpo base, and a few other gen parts, including a gen tube + crown. I'm thinking of getting a gen HEV with the hope that both the gen tube + crown and hev will help up/improve water resistance as I do want to protect the movement.
We'll see I guess
Old thread but I'm just working on the LMPO franken now. Some observations:
- He valve - my Noob v1/2 has a press fit He valve while the gen one has a thread. It is not that difficult to cut the thread into the Noob case - done
- Tube / crown - I tried to fit the gen crown onto the reb Noob tube and while the hread is ok, the corwn doesn't jump off when unscrewed - I did a small inspection and while the gen tube has a threadless top of the tube (last 0.5 mm?) the Noob tube has a thread till the very top of the tube. So I removed the rep tube and installed the gen combo tube + crown now
- Hands - my idea was to use gen 2201.50 hands and relume them (green to blue) and paint the red tip of the second hand (2201.50 is orange). Unfortunately I realized that the Noob hands are taller (longer tubes) so gen 2201.50 hands won't fit there.... So staying with Noob v1 hands while painting the second hand tip to red (was orange)
- Dial - well, this one is tricky... Almost impossible to get a gen dial - I have one but it is damaged. Anyway comparing my Noob v1 and Noob v12 with the gen, the V12 is better almost idential to the gen
- Crystal - when installed gen crystal the tip of the second hand was touching it - gen crystal is thicked compared with the rep Noob v1. I press the second hand slightly more down and gently bended the tip so it is running freely with gen crystal now
- Bezel / insert - I think LMPO insert is almost impossible. While trying to compare the bezel ring gen (for 2201.50) and Noob v1, they are slightly different. I think gen bezel ring should fit the Noob v1 case. However I'm not sure about whether the Noob v1 LMPO insert would fit the gen bezel ring - anyone did this mod? I'm a bit afraid to remove the Noob insert from the bezel to not destroy it.
Anyone willing to share your LMPO frankens?