AP ROO fat hour hand ring mod.

MasterWatch · 15/4/15

Any one else intrigued by the AP hour hand mod seen on [MENTION=64642]aflop[/MENTION]'s Chronopassion?
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php?t=216745

I would love to find out more. I have PM'd [MENTION=64642]aflop[/MENTION] but haven't gotten any reply.

May be other members can chime in on what's going on and how difficult will it be for a good modder to do this.

slaughterer62 · 15/4/15

Go for it, if you can.

MasterWatch · 15/4/15

slaughterer62 said:
Go for it, if you can.

I don't know what he did to achieve this. Even if I did. I don't have the skills to do it.

But sure would like if someone could do this mod on my J12 Bumble Bee.

rankiba · 17/4/15

MasterWatch said:
Any one else intrigued by the AP hour hand mod seen on @aflop's Chronopassion?
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php?t=216745

I would love to find out more. I have PM'd @aflop but haven't gotten any reply.

May be other members can chime in on what's going on and how difficult will it be for a good modder to do this.

any luck?

wooky492 · 17/4/15

As far as I know, it was a special one off mod just for aflop. ;-) :whistling:

rankiba · 17/4/15

wooky492 said:
As far as I know, it was a special one off mod just for aflop. ;-) :whistling:

so no one will do this mod anymore? :cry2:

slaughterer62 · 17/4/15

To do this snip the hand off a rep hour hand. Then microsolder it onto a base hour hand tube of correct diameter. Use the replacement tubes that are used to repair hands. It really does not matter what the tube looks like as it is hidden by the minute hand.

rankiba · 17/4/15

slaughterer62 said:
To do this snip the hand off a rep hour hand. Then microsolder it onto a base hour hand tube of correct diameter. Use the replacement tubes that are used to repair hands. It really does not matter what the tube looks like as it is hidden by the minute hand.

Thanks for the knowledge bro

slaughterer62 · 18/4/15

No Problem:

MasterWatch · 18/4/15

slaughterer62 said:
No Problem:

That's awesome!!
A picture can speak a thousand words. Thanks for sharing this mate. Really appreciated.

Although it's way beyond anything I can do so. Gotta hold up until some one offers this service.

slaughterer62 · 19/4/15

The one above is made from a rep hand. I snipped the ring off and machined it down on a lathe. I was able to make a nice angled top like the OEM hand. The only downside is that the hour hand is now a bit shorter, and it needs replating.

MasterWatch · 19/4/15

slaughterer62 said:
The one above is made from a rep hand. I snipped the ring off and machined it down on a lathe. I was able to make a nice angled top like the OEM hand. The only downside is that the hour hand is now a bit shorter, and it needs replating.

Makes me wonder why can't rep factories make them thin to begin with. If the donor hand can have thin ring why not the AP rep hands.

Also in your one seems like the hand is not 100% perpendicular to the ring. the OCD in me is speaking.

slaughterer62 · 19/4/15

It would be very easy for the Chinese to make better 7750 hands, and for them to even make fully gen-spec LWO 283 hands.
On my sample, it is not 100% perpendicular because it is not yet soldered. :bigwink:

MasterWatch · 19/4/15

slaughterer62 said:
It would be very easy for the Chinese to make better 7750 hands, and for them to even make fully gen-spec LWO 283 hands.
On my sample, it is not 100% perpendicular because it is not yet soldered. :bigwink:

Ahh gotcha mate. I should have know better, a perfectionist like yourself would not have missed it. Looking forward to the end result. And if you are planning on making extra I'll be in line to pick one up for my Bumble Bee or I can send you my hands. [emoji12]

slaughterer62 · 19/4/15

Let's see how the replating and installation goes ...

slaughterer62 · 19/4/15

Here is the first one I produced and shows some of the stages. Feel free to rip my approach apart, since I feel I can make better progress through critique, LOL.
Hand soldered to refinished rep ring, solder still not reshaped:

Comparison of unfinished hour hand with normal rep fat hour hand. You can see some solder protruding on the slim hand that was then removed by filing with a jeweller's file:

Here is the finished "slim tube" hour hand mounted on a test dial to get a sense of what it looks like.

Conclusion.
It would probably be easier to rejoin the hand to the tube with two-part watchmaker epoxy, but I have seen how the chemicals from the adhesive destroys the finish of the hands from seeing ugly hands where the "watchmaker" glued broken hands to the pinions, LOL.
Being so immersed in the R&D and the hand manufacturing process of these hands, I seriously cannot judge anymore how much of an improvement this all is.

tinitonsi · 19/4/15

It's damn nice, J
Let me know if I can order some, haha

legend · 19/4/15

tinitonsi said:
It's damn nice, J
Let me know if I can order some, haha

Check the AP section at RWG forum, brother

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tinitonsi · 19/4/15

legendkiller said:
Check the AP section at RWG forum, brother

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I can't open RWG since yesterday evening, bro

legend · 19/4/15

It's ok now mate. I just tried it.

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AP ROO fat hour hand ring mod.

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