Ooh good catch; I hadn’t pulled the trigger yet either.
WARNING Anyone who reaches out about metal moonswatches, I provide them two resources:
I got this PM…
This is peak laziness in abusive ask…
(Anonymized and translated for sharing)
I am contacting you because I saw that you are French and that you have made a custom steel mod of the Moonswatch yourself. This is a project that interests me a lot, and I would like to try my hand at it too.
However, from what I have read about your experience, it seems to be a bit more complex than it seems. Do you think you could provide me with a detailed guide on how to proceed, as well as a list of all the necessary materials?
I thank you very much for your help and the time you will take to answer me.
Thinking back, I removed the movement holder before removing the stem which was difficult. I think that’s when I broke the tabs off the dial! Might order another blue rep.
Unfortunately, the quality of these Chinese MoonSwatches seems to be getting worse and worse. Especially the color and print quality of White Dials.At $15/pop these days I think I might just buy enough of them to keep the switches switched rather than moving them back and forth
The Laupo ones are pretty fine, but watches_77 is gone unfortunately!Unfortunately, the quality of these Chinese MoonSwatches seems to be getting worse and worse. Especially the color and print quality of White Dials.
- Might have to just start using real ones as donors...
watches_77 was my go to and I got a lot of them, but even those started to slip a little in the end.
on Aliexpress someone says the Moonswatch dial has a too narrow diameter
Thanks, I'll give them a try.
Heatshrink tube 1mm inside diameter (after shrink)
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What you say makes perfect sense, the only concern is related to the inconsistency of the production batches.I've had good results with qq13751589026 on DHGate, that's where almost all of mine have been from.
I did see that review of the Corgeut case, but I suspect that customer might've been confused - for one thing that listing is actually direct from the Corgeut store (so that seems to confirm it's the same case) and some folks here have done that swap with the full Corgeut Speedmaster without issue, and for another it seems they were confusing rehaut (the vertical height / depth from dial to crystal) and the overall size of the case. Based on their measurement of 32.8mm I'm guessing they couldn't get it to sit properly because they needed one of those standard 33mm PE50 to VK63 movement holders, but I took one for the team and ordered one so we'll see how it looks when it arrives
Would you have any photos of the DHgate sellers Neptune and Mercury?I've had good results with qq13751589026 on DHGate, that's where almost all of mine have been from.
I did see that review of the Corgeut case, but I suspect that customer might've been confused - for one thing that listing is actually direct from the Corgeut store (so that seems to confirm it's the same case) and some folks here have done that swap with the full Corgeut Speedmaster without issue, and for another it seems they were confusing rehaut (the vertical height / depth from dial to crystal) and the overall size of the case. Based on their measurement of 32.8mm I'm guessing they couldn't get it to sit properly because they needed one of those standard 33mm PE50 to VK63 movement holders, but I took one for the team and ordered one so we'll see how it looks when it arrives
I haven’t seen / gotten their Mercury, but they’ve been good about sending QCs when asked!
