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Another Moonswatch metal case project

delmar

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Does either Alix or Dhgate sell gold seconds hands. The Moonswatch moonshine series's has some beautiful seconds hands!
 

tofino

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I have seen some sellers with the gold hand. The first link above has one.
 

Karbon74

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Does either Alix or Dhgate sell gold seconds hands. The Moonswatch moonshine series's has some beautiful seconds hands!
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Here is how the « gold » seconds hand looks like. It’s more like brassy
 

delmar

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I have seen some sellers with the gold hand. The first link above has one.
Sorry, I wasn't clear with me question. I believe the correct size for the seconds hand is .17mm. I'm looking to purchase a gold seconds hand to fit the Sunon pe50 movement. Also not sure of the length I would need.
 

Karbon74

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Sorry, I wasn't clear with me question. I believe the correct size for the seconds hand is .17mm. I'm looking to purchase a gold seconds hand to fit the Sunon pe50 movement. Also not sure of the length I would need.
It is indeed 0.17mm
But good luck to find this OOTB

12.5 length is good. Any ETA or NH hand will do, but you need to crimp it
 

delmar

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That's beautiful! Link to the strap? I guess it's a matter of collecting the seconds hands off of the rep watches. I need to find some cheap reps! Lol...
 

Karbon74

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That's beautiful! Link to the strap? I guess it's a matter of collecting the seconds hands off of the rep watches. I need to find some cheap reps! Lol...

The moonswatch seconds hand is similar to the Moonwatch. You need to look that way. Usually that would be NH hands.

For the strap, honestly I don’t remember where it comes from. It’s a vintage rally that I had a long time begore I even started modding. It’s probably Etsy or AliX.
 

tofino

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Do you have a link to this Moonswatch? Love the black subdials...
if you search UTdesigns on dhgate you should find it. its a product designers remix that the factories seem to have picked up. He did a really cool Saturn V one recently.

 
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delmar

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Finally received my Moonswatch, and completed the build! Looks good, but I'm not crazy about the Dywane Cambell case. Going to order the Mechen case, and also gonna look for some inexpensive moonswatch reps to scavenge some hand sets! Thanks for the help guys!
 

Karbon74

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Finally received my Moonswatch, and completed the build! Looks good, but I'm not crazy about the Dywane Cambell case. Going to order the Mechen case, and also gonna look for some inexpensive moonswatch reps to scavenge some hand sets! Thanks for the help guys!
Swatch1?
 

delmar

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I have a tracking number from them and it was updated last on Aug. 26, (Shipment arrived at facility and measured). Guess is I wait until the 26th of September, it will be 4 weeks. Don't want to screw them over, but they very well might me out. Is Swatch1 the preferred seller now?
 

Karbon74

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I have a tracking number from them and it was updated last on Aug. 26, (Shipment arrived at facility and measured). Guess is I wait until the 26th of September, it will be 4 weeks. Don't want to screw them over, but they very well might me out.

When I filed the dispute, DHGate managed to contact the seller (who did not respond directly to me) and he accepted a full refund immediately. It was not forced on him by DHG.

So I am pretty sure the guy is legit, but probably had a life issue of some kind. I feel a bit sad. If he had replied to me, I would probably have left the money with him

Is Swatch1 the preferred seller now?

Well I still haven’t gotten my order. But I did order in the past and it was w77 level quality. So I guess swatch1 might become the goto.

I will test a few more shops and report