Bentley 6.75 reliability?

[Dizzy]

Does anyone care to share their stories about the reliablility of thier 6.75 with sec@3?

I REALLY want to build a franken, motors T or 6.75 but i am leaning towards the 6.75. I am just wondering about the seconds at 3 and the date mechanism? I know ziggy did a tear down of the sec@3 conversion and it looks pretty good. I just wonder how they hold up in the real world?

Any info is greatly appreciated.

dizz

 

[dave123]

I liked mine....it quit after day 2 and i took it to my watchsmith,he oiled it and away she went,bone dry,i heard another guy with a similar problem...

Get it oiled,he looked at the movement for me and said its great.....

 

[Dizzy]

yeah i would be sending it for full service and double AR right away.... prob a gen dial also if i can get hold of one.

 

[iluvspl]

I wold question if the Gen dial would work since the slid rule around the dial is so much wider on the rep than the Gen. This is is the one reason why i have not gotten one yet. I stuck with the 30's chrono version and had the crystal AR'ed by Chief. I kno it doesnt run at 3'oclock like Gen but 99% of the public dont even notice that but they could see from a distance how large that slide rule is.