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Swiss ETA is better than a VR clone. Why not just fix the DW problem and keep the better movement?
First thing you should do before committing to any mods on your new rep is see if your replacement dial will work in it. Many times an ETA dial case has a rehaut opening too large to seat a gen-spec dial.I understand your statement. I would like it to be closer to gen, just using this as a base.
I have gen bezel, new dial and hands.
Might just pass this along and build one from the ground up.
if this is an LF, then the quality is better than any BP I’ve had. I’ve had two 16710’s and a 16613 LB recently. This one doesn’t rattle around like those.
First thing you should do before committing to any mods on your new rep is see if your replacement dial will work in it. Many times an ETA dial case has a rehaut opening too large to seat a gen-spec dial.
Found a DWO, think I’ll add that to the current setup and leave as is.
The BP SD ETA 2824 has a Rolex position DWO for the Rolex position date window, that's what I'm saying. Your 16570 has an ETA date window position so you need a DWO for that.It’s from my old BP SD when it had an ETA 2824 in it. I swapped that dial over to a vr3135. Which that swap isn’t perfect but still works.
The BP SD ETA 2824 has a Rolex position DWO for the Rolex position date window, that's what I'm saying. Your 16570 has an ETA date window position so you need a DWO for that.
BTW there isn't a Swiss 2836 with GMT complication so it's either a rep movement or someone added rep GMT parts to a gen Swiss 2836. There is a Swiss 2893 GMT but those are $300+ for just the movement and the GMT hand hole is a different size so not likely on an otherwise relatively inexpensive rep.Well shit lol. Back to that drawing board.