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A couple of us are working on a repair to 2824 CHS movements. The repair would keep the correct hand stack but would lose the independent GMT hand. Welcome back to the old days, where you use your bezel for a second time zone! One could achieve a 3rd time zone with this repair if desired by manually setting the GMT hand to GMT time when pressing the hands. Then the GMT offset would be permanent unless you press the hands again. The good news is that also with this repair you can regain the quickset date feature. I just completed a really minor mainplate mod that allows for that feature to be restored. AFAIK, there is no upgrade to new CHS movements, and I've read about people breaking theirs within days of receiving them. So treat them with kid gloves and NEVER use crown position 2 unless absolutely necessary, and then ONLY anti-clockwise to move the hour hand forward.
@ KJ2020 this is a smart mod. I only use the GMT hand for am/pm anyway. But getting back the quickset date function is a big deal. I know quickset date is not gen function but who cares—it makes life easier—and thanks to you—reliability. Setting the hour hand 24 clicks per one date change is a pain. Life is too short lol