Like most of you know, Rolex vintage dials for 15xx movements have feet positioned at 30/57min. which doesn’t fit to any ETA.
So how to can these been fitted together without cutting the Rolex dial feet (which make them worth less)? Let‘s see…
Putting dial & movement side by side shows that it’s not plug and play:
However:
- Yes, that’s doable!
&
- No, it’s not simple like cutting the feet and gluing a dial to a spacer.
Does that mean it’s complicated?
- drilling the mainplate of the ETA movement is involved.
(obviously a complete disassemble of the movement)
Plus there are differences between „Date“ or „No Date“ dials in the combo with the used ETA,
while in result a date version requires more things to be modified.
To use a Rolex dial with date window and with original dial feet on ETA
be aware that an origin ETA date-wheel doesn’t fit between the Rolex dial feet.
Therefore the ETA date-wheel need to be milled down in diameter and some additional work has to be done.
(I may showcase this at a later point)
Anyway
Here you see where an ETA needs new holes for the Rolex dial:
(You should have experience in disassembling and servicing of such ETA movements, incl. the right tool set.)
and here is „how I do this“:
- First I strip down the ETA to the mainplate, before I add it to my drilling holder:
Here you can see how the plate is fixed in the holder:
Actually the drilling happens through the holder tool (from the opposite side):
After the drill the ETA plate has holes for Rolex dials:
Test fitting:
Rolex dial fit on ETA (there is no room for errors)
That’s it for now,
but i will continue this thread soon
So how to can these been fitted together without cutting the Rolex dial feet (which make them worth less)? Let‘s see…
Putting dial & movement side by side shows that it’s not plug and play:
However:
- Yes, that’s doable!
&
- No, it’s not simple like cutting the feet and gluing a dial to a spacer.
Does that mean it’s complicated?
- drilling the mainplate of the ETA movement is involved.
(obviously a complete disassemble of the movement)
Plus there are differences between „Date“ or „No Date“ dials in the combo with the used ETA,
while in result a date version requires more things to be modified.
To use a Rolex dial with date window and with original dial feet on ETA
be aware that an origin ETA date-wheel doesn’t fit between the Rolex dial feet.
Therefore the ETA date-wheel need to be milled down in diameter and some additional work has to be done.
(I may showcase this at a later point)
Anyway
Here you see where an ETA needs new holes for the Rolex dial:
(You should have experience in disassembling and servicing of such ETA movements, incl. the right tool set.)
and here is „how I do this“:
- First I strip down the ETA to the mainplate, before I add it to my drilling holder:
Here you can see how the plate is fixed in the holder:
Actually the drilling happens through the holder tool (from the opposite side):
After the drill the ETA plate has holes for Rolex dials:
Test fitting:
Rolex dial fit on ETA (there is no room for errors)
That’s it for now,
but i will continue this thread soon
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