lazarini Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hi to all fellow RWG members. Well i been wanting one of this watches since i was in high school ... funny i remember going to an AD checking it out after school and after the 3rd time stopped since the sales guy was giving me the bad eye Sure hi figures out im not gonna pick up the watch of that caliber and price with my high school allowance money IT started well not so good to say the least ... I saw one of our members selling his smp crono and as i did buy from him before i jumped on the offer ... turned out i have better not ... what was explained to me a perfect runing watch with just a miner crown issue turned ot to be a completely defective movement ... im not pointing fingers and have trust in this person that he thought the problem was minor but that was not the case ... but hey u gotta be prepared on things like this. Watch was extremly hard to wind was slippin gears and the PW was poor ... not good One of the things was also claimed an ETA DW swap was made that gain turned not to be true ... also maybe seller did not knew about it again no pointin fingers from my side The watch looks were fine do had a reasonable wear on it but it added character to it and i liked it the way it was. The GTG where all the things started to evolve : I was in Brussels and boy that was a blast as u all well know ... i did not take my SMP Crono with me as hey it was in a bad shape and not reliable. While in i think Kelsters room geeking on some watches Takashi pulled out a gen tritium smp chrono dial U can imagine i was on him like a fly on the khm khm and we started talking about possibilities of my smp crono to be upgraded ... When i came back home we continued the discussion and in first week of march i thing the watch was off to him ... THE Real deal : After a week i have received pretty much the news i described in the first part of this by now im sure a boring story the question arized to continue or just to forget everything and chalked it down as another miss and fail thing. The watch needed a new movement i have no idea where to source a fresh asian 7750 High Beat and more important low on funds ... Takashi take control at this point in time and offered me new one never used for a really ( i cant reveal the sum hehe) friendly price. Oka ... and we went on time passed and my funds got better so he ordered a gen. set of tube and crown from Cousins UK ... He contacted me to let me know that this might take up from 3 to 4 weeks so we decided in the mean time to ship the Christal of to K2222 the magic AR guy for a makeover while we wait for the parts ... tik tak tik tak ... Today received an chat from taka that the watch is assembled all we need is to put the christal on the top of it and that one is in the mail on the way back from PL as i write this . good end is a happy end ey =? Thx to Takashi for all his work and patience with me helping me get my high school sweethart SPECS AND PICS SMP standard chrono rep case i guess Upgraded double AR glass done by K2222 (not on pics as still somewhere between GER and PL ) heheh Gen Omega SMP Chrono dial with tritium lume Gen tube and Crown Combo New asian 7750 28k BPM movement installed ETA DW swap - this time for real Regards Laz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Taka's the man...and WOW...that k2222 AR is even better than I've heard...where's the crystal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 dude....seriously....where is the crystal? god damn that AR is good.....omg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francisco Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 One question, very important for me. Does the original dial fit in the movement without any problem? Are the pins of the dial placed in the same place as the rep dial? Thans, Francisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 What a beauty! Congrats Laz!!! I know AR isn't accurate on this older model of SMP Chrono, but damn it makes it look so cool! These pics make me want AR on my SMP chrono too. Enjoy, it's one fine piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicale Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Sweet dude. I really like the SMP chrono and I'd get one to add to my Bond SMP... if only the He valve was accurate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 if only the He valve was accurate! What's wrong with the HE valve then? Not the position, that's for sure... it's perfectly positioned on the SMP Chrono replica. That's exactly at '10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
its_urabus Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 there is no crystal in those pics... I think that I read above... watch looks great though. wear it well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicale Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 What's wrong with the HE valve then? Not the position, that's for sure... it's perfectly positioned on the SMP Chrono replica. That's exactly at '10. So the valve is accurate on the chrono, but not on the non-chrono? Crap, I should have gotten the chrono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarini Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hello all. Thx for the coments! One thing to be clarified is "YES THERE IS NO GLASS VISIBLE ON THE PICS AS THERE IS NO GLASS INSTALLED" I know some of the members realized that and commented in a sense of the joke for the ones that missed u can see i wrote that the glass is actually on the way from Poland and not present on the picture! All do as im familiar with K2222 work i doubt it will look much different once installed @ Francisco ... regarding fitting a Gen dial i cant comment but i hope Takashi can sheed some light on the subject ... Taka if ure around feel free to drop in and comment on that ,thx. @ musicale ... I think By-Tor is right the HE valve possition is accurate on the Chrono model from what i have hear and seen that was also the case on the older now discontinued and rare non chrono model ... @ By-Tor ... yea i know that AR aint correct for this piece but the wave dial patern will pop out so nice on this one dont u think Ill keep u updated and post some pictures of assembled watch when it arrives ... regards Laz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highoeyazmuhudee Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 WOW looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlsbadrolex Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 This is a horrible example of a highly over rated time piece! Wanna sell it? At least I would put a crystal on it... GEEZ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Excellent watch and a great post. I have been considering one of these as I have a Swiss 7750 without a home and I know that the genuine sub-dial and centre secs hands are easily available. Just add the gen crown / tube and this must be a solid performer, close to gen quality. Can anyone confirm if these Seamaster chronos are all the same from all sources, or are there minor variations from one seller to another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hi Laz, Just came across this post today Thanks a lot for your kind words. Hope your crystal will be here anytime soon so that you can have this watch before your holiday. The gen dial will fit without any modification. The position of the feet are the same for Asian 7750 (high and low beat) and ETA7750. The genuine uses Omega caliber which is an equivalent to ETA7750. The He valve is located at 10 o clock just like the genuine, no problem with that. Overall quality of genuine crown and tube is much more superior than the replica's crown and tube. They look pretty similar but still is not 1:1. The omega logo is too big on the rep and the crown teeth are cut in different angle in the rep crown. Yes, these chrono SMP comes from the same source (only for this model), the black bezel one, I am not sure. This replica looks really close to genuine article as compared to other SMP chrono replica watches. The good point about this watch is; it's still fairly priced but you will get a pretty solid watch with Asian 7750 hi beat movement and as a bonus, an appearance which really looks like the gen watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarini Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi all ... Thx takashi for kind words and the work on this what now looks one hell of a timepiece ... @ all Jakubs AR glass now installed and watch will be on the way in an hour or so ... taka sent some pics with project finalized Watch is also checked for WR and passed with flying colors ... always a plus don't u think enjoy Laz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5mando Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) That's a great watch, and with an equally great story to go along with it. I'm sure you'll enjoy if for many years to come. Congratulations! Now, I just have to know - how did you get an ETA DW to fit the Asian 7750? I got one with the font to make your skin crawl. It's a shame that one fly in the ointment really screws up the whole visual. I keep telling myself, "It looks fine. You can hardly tell.." but then I see yours or By-Tor's and I feel sick. That DW completes the perfect picture. My watch guy's told me that there's no way an ETA wheel will fit (he's in the middle of replacing the stripped tube for me right now, and I've only had it for a month or so)! Edited April 22, 2008 by f5mando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarini Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Hi there thx for the fine words appreciated I have to let takashi answer that but from what I know this is one of the standard mods on the watch and not so dificult one . Laz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) ETA7750 datewheel will fit Asian 7750 nicely. No mods required. You can read a wonderful tutorial here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...gwash+datewheel Edited April 22, 2008 by takashi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5mando Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) ETA7750 datewheel will fit Asian 7750 nicely. No mods required. You can read a wonderful tutorial here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...gwash+datewheel Thanks for this, takashi - I don't know how my repair-guy doesn't know this, and insists that it won't fit the Asian movement. I can't tackle a job like this anymore, as my eyesight is frustratingly limiting nowadays (even with glasses, magnifying glass, and a headlamp), so I'm dependent on my repair-man.. I'll try to get him to look at this article, but I'm not too hopeful at this point. He's supposed to be replacing the crown tube on my SMP chrono right now, so I'll ask him about the DW again when I call him today to see if it's done, yet. Edited April 22, 2008 by f5mando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f5mando Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) I emailed the tutorial link to my watch repair guy, and he informed me yesterday that he'd got it, but hadn't yet read it. I was returning the watch to him after three days because the replacement tube had stripped its thread after two uses.! Watch this space (well, not THIS space - the updates will be in another post)..! Edited April 27, 2008 by f5mando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo5555 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 tats 1 fine piece... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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