My Historiques American 1921 project

[W47chl0v3r]

Hello,

I am purchasing a replica 1921 from a non-TD because most TDs listed here didn't have the 1921 even listed for sale, and of those that we're out of stock lacked a manual winding movement and instead carried a A2892 or something like that. The gen watch is only made with a manual winding movement with 21 jewels, and has a thickness of about 8.3mm. I thought to buy a manual winding one from a non-TD with a holiday sale instead of a thicker 10mm automatic.

I also purchased a gen dial and will eventually replace it once I figure out the movement is decent enough.

Pocs of the gen dial:



Let me know what you all think!

also trying to pair it with a gen strap too.

 

[canopus]

Can't wait to see the results

 

[W47chl0v3r]

The watch arrived in good condition. No typos anywhere. Here is the front and back. Measured the thickness to be around 8 to 8.5mm, which is the same as gen. Don't have calipers so can't say for sure what the exact thickness is.

 

[W47chl0v3r]

You can see the gen dial has a sunburst on the seconds sun dial and printed on numbers. Hopefully the second hand pinion share the same position!

 

[W47chl0v3r]

The second hand pinion aren't in the same position. Not sure what to do now.

 

[nalomb]

How far off is it?


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[nalomb]

This is a really cool project btw — where the hell did you dig up a gen dial???


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[Rawbe]

I love the watch bro, hope it all works out for you without too much hassle. But you know how it goes .. LOL

 

[W47chl0v3r]

I took apart the replica and it's off by approx. 1/32 of an inch. Now I'm wondering if I should find a movement out there with seconds @6 with the same position as the gen seconds pinion. Flip it 90 degrees and install it in the movement holder somehow.

 

[W47chl0v3r]

Found it randomly on eBay. Offered half of what it was being auctioned off and the guy accepted lol, so I figured to start this project. Seems to me I'm going to have a rough time with it. But at least I'll learn a lot!

 

[W47chl0v3r]

I think the ETA 6498 movement is similar in pinion position, but considerably larger than my current movement which might require some custom mounting. Does anyone have a ETA or clone 6498 movement they can measure the distance of the main pinion to the seconds pinion?

Edit 1: Figured out the 6498 has about a 10mm distance to the seconds post, and I need a 8mm distance. Wondering what movements out there have that requirement.... or if i just need to adapt the current movement I have somehow.

 

[W47chl0v3r]

Progress report: the movement holder is being modified to accept the new movement that has the seconds at 6 match the position of the hole on the dial. Also installed a hand and mounted the dial onto the movement. Broke a crown by accident and I had to epoxy it back on. Thank god for JB weld. Here is a pic so far.

 

[W47chl0v3r]

All hands on deck.

 

[m1994]

Such a great project!

 

[nalomb]

Very nice -- great work thus far!!

 

[padorkous]

Looking forward for the new updates on this great project

 

[W47chl0v3r]

Will have some updates this week!

 

[padorkous]

Will have some updates this week!

Really looking forward for them!

 

[W47chl0v3r]

I am done. Pictures tomorrow!

 

[nalomb]

Looking forward to it — this should be one helluva reveal ...


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