Black Dial Stainless Steel Tag Heuer Carrera Chronograph 43mm

[SSTEEL]

did you notice oem hour and min hands are a little shorter like the set I recieved, or yours exact same length as rep?

My gen sub-dial hands are very slightly bigger. (The red tipped ones, the seconds hand, non-red tipped is shorter than these, as per gen, and rep)

Rep fitted, gen in tweezer.

Just after I took this photo for you the hand went flying from the tweezers, but luckily I found it not too far away on my work bench.:woot:

 

[SSTEEL]

Another update for you all, and some more eye candy, yes I said I wasn't going to complete the transplant fully until August, but I just couldn't help myself, and had to finish the job

Fitted the gen dial to the Calibre 16..

Photo of one of the dial feet anchors..

Rep movement holder fitted, it was tight, but fitting over the crown and pushers side first made the job much easier.

Just a note, the movement in this model is held down with three screws, and plates, the tiny plates have an angle on the end that goes into the groove on the inner case, you need to make sure this angled part is facing upwards, facing you with the watch dial facing down. If you fit these the wrong way round, the movement will move.

See photo below of one of said clips..

Then it was time to fit the hands, and I thought I would tackle the hardest ones first, the sub-dial tiny hands..

Fitting of the sub-dial hands was tedious, but patience is paramount here, just take your time, use your loupe, and easy does it.

Refitting the hour, minutes, and chronograph hands was easier, but at first I hadn't pushed the hour hand down enough, and when testing the hands to see if they rubbed, rub they did, so off they came, and refitted correctly, checking clearance this time round with my loupe.

Then back into the case..

Admiring my work, I realise in my excitement, I forgot to use the blower, and then I spotted this next to the C of Carrera, ARRRRRRRGGGGG

So, whipped the back off again, removed movement, then gave everything a good blow, and rodico treatment to make sure.

Now, before fitting the hands earlier, I set to what I thought was midnight. How I came to this conclusion was with the crown in the right position, I turned anticlockwise until the day changed, then I turned clockwise so the date changed, then to double make sure, I then pulled the crown to the time set position, and continued to turn the crown clockwise until the day, and date changed. When they changed I assumed it was midnight.

You know what they say about assumption, well, yes, it fcuked up lol, once I fit everything, and checking the day/date flip over, I got to midnight, and it didn't change. I continues to turn the crown, and the day, and date finally switched to the next day'date at 3AM DOH!

I will correct this next time I remove the movement when I do the water resistance test.

As of right now, everything is pretty much done, just need to trim the stem as its a few mm long, and also fit the gen bracelet resize, and enjoy my franken Carrera.

If you have been following, and actually reading as well as enjoying the eye candy, then well done, congrats, and thanks for following my progress on this project.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask away!

Cheers

Micky

 

[SSTEEL]

I tried to remove those smudges from the hands with rodico, but alas the marks are still there, and although they cannot be seen with the naked eye, looking at my photos above, they are clearly seen, so need to do something about those.

Anyone got any ideas on how to remove those smudges on the hands? Q Tips with something wet?

 

[SSTEEL]

Ok, and all done with the transplant, and stem cutting Onto some photos for you all, more later with the gen bracelet fitted, and more importantly, the infamous wrist shot

And the heart, the Genuine Tag Heuer Swiss 7750 ETA Calibre decorated Calibre 16

Just about to have lunch now, so after I've eaten, I will fit, resize, and wear this beauty, and of course give you some more eye candy too

Thanks for following everyone!

 

[SSTEEL]

Ok guys, a little more eye candy for you, I removed a full link from the gen bracelet, but it still wears a little too loose, so will remove a half link, and see how that feels. Here's a few photos of the Carrera on the bracelet, enjoy!

 

[chaw6125]

Looks good SSTEEL. To be honest the arrows on the Gen don't look as prominent as other macro pics I have seen. The font for TAG is a bit thicker though which I think makes more of a difference. Look at the little hole in the A. It is much smaller than the rep version.

The hands and the height of the hands on the gen movement make a huge difference. They really jump out instead if looking flat against the dial.

 

[SSTEEL]

Cheers mate. Planning on getting a quartz version now with the same case so I can experiment on getting those gen pushers to fit. I may wait until we are on vacation in Turkey, and see if i can find one there, oh, and one for you too

 

[SSTEEL]

I have both rep and gen for this model.

the main flaw is the black dial is not black enough. the gen is real black.

the gen has excellent AR. its blue-purple and its not flashy color.

Could you do me a favour mate, and get a macro photo of your gen crown showing how is rests when fully home? I'm unsure if I need to trim my stem a little more you see. Thanks.

 

[santre22]

Very nice watch my friend that gen dial is amazing. But my gen cal 16 movement have different screws they are all polished.

 

[sunnydale]

You got it done already! Very nice skills, and the result is amazing! Congrats!

 

[SSTEEL]

Very nice watch my friend that gen dial is amazing. But my gen cal 16 movement have different screws they are all polished.

Cheers, my gen movement was fresh out of the air sealed Swiss ETA packet, so no idea why different to yours. Mind sharing a photo for me to check the minor differences please for reference?

You got it done already! Very nice skills, and the result is amazing! Congrats!

I couldn't help myself mate Still not finished, waiting on more gen parts including chapter ring, bezel insert, case back o ring, crystal gasket, and gen case set

Obviously if my supplier can get the gen case set, I will fit a gen crystal in it. I ordered the gasket to check to see if the gen crystal would fit the rep case or not.

I have created a new thread over on RWG detailing my plans, which I will be documenting in detail with photos. These include the following..

Pushers
Bezel Insert
Chapter ring
Crystal
Case set.

 

[santre22]

Here is the gen cal. 16 in my franken carrera. Not the best pic but you can see the screws is polished. But also Tag have a lot of versions on their cal. 16 movement. The old Tag link chrono have the basic unfinished eta7750 with a simply engraved rotor for example..

 

[SSTEEL]

Thanks for the photo mate. Interesting. Yours is not the 43mm Carrera though, correct.?

I have heard back about the gen case set, its not available anywhere other than TAG themselves, and they are asking $1000 which is too much, and would take me over retail, so have asked for measurements of the gen crystal he has in stock, and if it tallies up with the rep crystal measurements, then I will fit gen crystal, and gen pushers in my spare rep case.

The pushers, I will need to tap and dies the case to get these puppies to fit.

 

[chaw6125]

Here is the gen cal. 16 in my franken carrera. Not the best pic but you can see the screws is polished. But also Tag have a lot of versions on their cal. 16 movement. The old Tag link chrono have the basic unfinished eta7750 with a simply engraved rotor for example..

Mine is also polished like that

Although mine was just a fresh ETA 7750 rather than an official TAG one.

 

[SSTEEL]

So looks like the above movement is fitted to the 41mm Carrera (date), and would explain the minor difference to mine in a 43mm (day/date).

Goot to see you back posting C.

 

[chaw6125]

So looks like the above movement is fitted to the 41mm Carrera (date), and would explain the minor difference to mine in a 43mm (day/date).

Goot to see you back posting C.

The movement is identical. Just the spacer differs.

Glad to be back

 

[SSTEEL]

Evening

Its just that Santre22 noticed his screws are polished whereas mine are not, but as we know there are many different variants.

 

[drbollocko]

Great work ssteel, the watch looks great, I've always liked these. Where did you come across the gen parts. I'd love to do an 1887 build sometime, we'd need a good rep of that first though. Cracking looking Carrera you have there, enjoy!

 

[SSTEEL]

Thanks, gen parts from an ebay seller in Malaysia...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/watchuniq...h=item3ccb1fe17f&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

If he don't have the part you are looking for on ebay, send a messages with your request, he maybe able to get it for you.

 

[drbollocko]

Thanks mate, great stuff. Would love to do one of these builds sometime, thanks for the link, will keep this guy bookmarked