best GMT movement

[wat44]

ive read that the 7750 and another one (2836?) are unreliable... so what is the movement to go for on a GMT PAM?

 

[tutima]

ETA 2893-2, a true GMT movement used in many gens....

 

[hooligan]

Yes, but the 2893 would only be used in the PAM063, PAM023 (never repped?) and PAM029 - since it has the centered seconds hand.

I haven't heard anything bad about the A7750s with the GMT complication.

 

[btocamelo]

I know the cost is much extra, but will any of the dealers here source a GMT panny with 2893 or 2892 movement?..my experience in the past, I bought a pam029 couple years ago and the guy swore up and down it was the movement in the photo(2892-A2)...when I got it and opened it up...it was a gold 2836 movement.

I don't see any of the dealers here offering this eta 289x movement in their watches.

 

[Pix]

Hi,
my 2836 with GMT mod has been running perfectly and continuously (my winder assures a permanent movement) for more than 2 years. So, yes, I read this movement is not reliable, but, no, I don't think it's the case.

 

[Drulee]

I haven't heard anything bad about the A7750s with the GMT complication.

I've had troubles with a couple of them, but that was before I learned the proper way to set the date and time.

It was recommended not to set the date between 10p and 2a, and only set the time by moving the hands forward, even if it is just a 10 minute adjustment. I forget the reasoning behind these directions, but since following them I have never had a problem (that couldn't be attributed directly to my tinkering) with my A7750 GMT movements, of which I own eight.

 

[wat44]

so, the safest to ask for is the 7750 modified? any genuine swiss worth paying for?

 

[rooster133]

If anyone is interested I have a gen Corum 2893-2 that I can sell... might put in the FS section soon.

 

[Drulee]

so, the safest to ask for is the 7750 modified? any genuine swiss worth paying for?

First it depends what mode PAM. If it a model with the seconds at 9, the modified 7750 is the only choice that I know of. If there is another, please someone chime in The Swiss version of this is the 7754, but apparently it just isn't worth it trying to adapt a rep to use it.

If the GMT PAM is a centred seconds one, then different movements are used. And as I'm a seconds at 9 PAM guy, I've got no idea what is used for these.

 

[wat44]

PAM029 - so centred seconds (I have two pams with seconds at 9)

thanks!

 

[Drulee]

PAM029 - so centred seconds (I have two pams with seconds at 9)

thanks!

That model would not use an A7750, and I don't know which movements would work in it, sorry.