How come I cannot find Fat Panda as a TD anymore? He was able to get parts and obscure reps pretty easily.
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THB New Release of AP Royal Oak 15407 Skeleton Openworked with SA3132 Clone Movement
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Ok fat panda told me he cannot get the APSF parts. We would need to get a donor. Seems like an expensive prospect for rotor and seconds hand.
Beam203040
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Anyone can provide service by change of second hands and add double balance wheel and re polishing and all ?
Much appreciate
Much appreciate
I'm not a watchmaker, but I think adding a double balance wheel is quite a complex matter and not as simple as you might imagine...the movement is not designed for it.
Regarding second hands and the case: @legend has already written something about this in another thread:
I’m in the process of producing a custom second hand for it, using a gen hand as reference. It will be installed with the movement into a proper case as the current case isn’t geometrically correct as well. It’ll take time to get this produced though and maybe by then the factory will already be making the correct second hand.
jm_brc_7057
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So gentlemen. As promised i attach some of my QC pictures. I have approved them already. As you all can see, there is, unfortunately the spelling mistake on the rotor, where it says THIRTY EIGRT instead of EIGHT. I can live with that, as the one's i would hand the watch over to, would the one's i would've told already it's a rep. It's a small error which doesn't bug me. And also it's moddable by changing rotor if it was something that bugged me.
And the PIGET not aligned correctly (on rotor as well). But fear not, mine is even worse than yours….So gentlemen. As promised i attach some of my QC pictures. I have approved them already. As you all can see, there is, unfortunately the spelling mistake on the rotor, where it says THIRTY EIGRT instead of EIGHT. I can live with that, as the one's i would hand the watch over to, would the one's i would've told already it's a rep. It's a small error which doesn't bug me. And also it's moddable by changing rotor if it was something that bugged me.
(My dealer told me if they improve it he can get parts)
Miguel Piguet
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Looks okay actually . Wear it well
Is the ceramic version a fantasy as haven't seen it much ......
Is the ceramic version a fantasy as haven't seen it much ......
Agree on this. I think the biggest issue for me personally is the obvious difference of the balance wheel design but still good progress regardless. Hoping they decide to do the black ceramic version w/ working double balance and the correct design
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Maybe it's just a well-known factory under a different name? Haven't many been raided? Don't think that as a noname you'll just throw out a clone movement like that. But who knows...
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We have seen it before. Anyways I doubt THB made the movement, probably a exclusive contract with a movement supplier or the likes. Clean and VSF don't make their movements either they have contracts with SH and Peacock factories to make them.Maybe it's just a well-known factory under a different name? Haven't many been raided? Don't think that as a noname you'll just throw out a clone movement like that. But who knows...
jm_brc_7057
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I'm also waiting for the black ceramic or the 37 mm versions.
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Think there isn't much else to analyze, we're now just waiting for in hand pictures and reviews of the watch