Frankened AP project

[alvedon]

So the gen-like spacing between the date wheel and the tachy ring is a result of using a gen dial with LWO movement - or just the gen dial with any movement will give the correct spacing - please excuse my ignorance

You will need a LWO

 

[TONTCPAD]

Thank you for the clarification .

 

[Pratt]

Wow. Congratulations and super effort! How many hours/days would you say you spent on this. And all worthwhile because you did it all yourself and learnt as you went along.
It looks pretty good to me!

did it around a month though ... learn alot

 

[Micasol]

Bro you did an awesome job, congrats for your effort and skills to do it.

 

[TONTCPAD]

And taught people like me a lot in doing so. Congrats again and enjoy every second of wearing it

 

[Pratt]

Ups for those who want to franken AP by themselves..

 

[Phener9]

great build an very interesting to read how you solve some of the problems.
this could inspire me to build something myself
Thanks

 

[Garuda]

surprised this thread wasn't lost during the outage. this is a legendary thread. sorry to revive a old thread but this ones a good read once you see the pics on page 7
Pratt do you still have the watch and any stories to tell?