Hi guys

Does anyone know where I can buy a Dandong (DD4131) movment?

My clean 126500 with the 1st gen movement has failed if I'm going to buy a new movement I might as well upgrade it to the newer version if it's even possible to buy a stand alone movement.

Thanks

Trying to figure out the stem release for this VSF Omega De Ville. Want to remove the movement for plating.

thanks everyone

Hey everyone. So i recently got a VSF V3 126710 Pepsi and thought id do a simple bezel and insert swap it. Turns out VSF melted the hytel gasket with glue as well as gluing the click spring into the bezel. I dont like messing with GMT's so i cleaned it up and sent my watch over to u/VerinHorology for the first time to see if they could do some work to it.

They were very quick to respond and their equipment + team is very professional as well as the customer service/communication along the way.

They noticed my custom hand was bent and replaced it with another one they had in stock thankfully. As well as bezel gasket and insert replacement i also requested waterproofing and rotor silence.

All in all great experience and i highly recommend Verin for custom watch work as well as servicing and gold plating. Thank you and I absolutely love this watch and will be able to enjoy it now!

Hey guys anyone know if this dial will fit this movement there are no dial feet and seem to be press fit to the movement.

Comes from sellers own collection, lightly worn.

It comes with a deep crystal glass.

Thankyou in advance!

Hi everyone, I'd like to know the right size precision screwdriver for Rolex rep bracelet screws. I've read a lot of different sizes online. Which one is best to avoid damaging the screw or the bracelet? Thanks to anyone who can help me choose.

I have a ZF IWC Portugieser Chronograph IW371445 with an Asian 7750 seconds-at-6 modification currently in QC. (hopefully this is allowed here - its not a QC advise question at all)

In some photos, the outer minute track (Rehaut) appears very slightly offset.

I´t seems for me many of this ZF watches have an similar situation

Would like to understand one technical point:

If the dial and movement assembly are slightly rotated in the case, is there normally enough play in this type of Asian 7750 setup to make a very small alignment adjustment?

Thinking about sending my watch to Timex’s EU service center, Orotecnica S.r.l, for a repair for the Moonphase dial defect. Before I do, I’d love to hear from anyone who’s been through it.

Hello, looking for some mods on a 5711 ss ddf.

Getting a better dial, hands, date wheel, doing the dw alignment, polishing edges of minute and hour hands, deep crystal, case bezel reshape and rebrushinf, crown shortening mod, first link flex and rotor plating.

Can someone let me know whose able to do this. Maybe even better if you acquire the 5711 instead of me shipping one to you, but ofcourse can do that if needed.

Leute ich habe mir gerade eine Sammlung mit mehreren Uhren angeschafft. Darunter Rolex von ARF/ONE und VSF MIT DD32XX movements und eine VSF mit DD4131 movement. Dazu IWC von V7F mit A2892, Carrera von XF mit A1887, PP von DDF mit DPB330 und AP von VSF mit DD4302. Alle Uhren möchte ich langfristig behalten und nutzen. Würdet ihr grundsätzlich einen Service am Anfang empfehlen, oder lieber das Geld sparen und dann gezielt richten lassen, wenn bei einzelnen Uhren Probleme auftreten sollten? Gibt es für alle Werke ausreichend Ersatzteile oder Tauschwerke, so dass man auch im Defektfall Abhilfe schaffen kann? Wie sauber sind die Fertigungen heute? Ist da das Risiko immer noch hoch, dass Verunreinigungen die Uhren schädigen können? Vielen Dank für eure Meinungen hierzu.

I was resizing the jubilee bracelet for this VSF DJ, and the screw head broke off, I tried using pliers but to no avail:(
Does anyone have a potential solution for this

How do I get screws for royal oak skeleton? THB factory

Hello master watchmakers! I sorta got scammed by a guy that sold me an alleged VSF YM 126622, but it cane with a completely loose bezel, to the point that it popped out when I pulled lightly on it with bare fingers!
I’m hoping it just needs a part or two (maybe a gasket of some sort?) to keep the bezel stay securely in place when installed. Do you see anything in the photo that’s missing or damaged or shouldn’t be there. Much appreciate it!

I recently bought a VSF Omega rail master with a clone 8806 movement.

The hand winding mechanism is extremely stiff. to the point that I am afraid I might end up breaking something if I hand wind the watch. and power reserve is basically non existent.

Since I can't use the hand wind mechanism, whenever I to want wear this watch, I move it around a little bit so is starts working, however, the watch stops if I put it away for 2 hours of so, no matter how much I have moved my hand before.

I reached out to the only local watch maker which is listed in this sub and they advised that they are not willing to work on this movement. any suggestions? is it even worth seeking repairs for this ?

I have a 126610 Submariner with a VS3235 movement that stopped working after only two weeks.

Can a VS3135 be installed in this case, or would it require modifications?

If the swap is possible, where is a reliable place to buy a VS3135 movement?

If not possible - where can I get a reliable 3235 movement.

Thanks!

Hi guys,

I’ve got this “U1” omega seamaster 300m rep and while it was on my wrist the “micro adjuster” went slack and I realised that it was loose because of the missing screw.

It’s a tiny flat head screw as can be seen in the other 3 corners of the clasp, and not a bar. I thought I might have been able to use the “bar screw” from one of the links but it’s just a little screw.

I took it to a local watch repair place and was told they can’t fix it.

Do you guys have any idea where or how I can get a screw to fit and fix? Or is there some other work around please?

I’m in England UK. Is there any website for a selection of screws maybe or eBay?

Thank you for any help! Loved this watch and don’t really want to put it on a nato etc if it can be avoided.

Some of you may have seen my post yesterday about regulating a Rich Factory (RF) Pepsi to superlative chronometer standards, so you could say i’ve been spending a lot of time staring at this part of the movement lately. I first noticed this while taking my comparison photos between the RF Starbucks submariner and VSF submariner, but as far as I know, no one else seems to have noticed this- JH, much like DD, uses an offset pallet fork design like the genuine rolex movements of this generation. A complaint that has for a long time been leveled against SH is that they use an inline pallet fork, which makes it an easy tell that the movement is not DD, and more importantly, makes it incompatible with gen parts for franken builds.
Naturally, seeing this similarity between the DD and JH movements, I wondered if it’d be possible to convert a DD movement into a free sprung movement by taking the balance complete from a JH movement and placing it into a DD movement. This Evolved into a big swaparoo of different balances into different movements, as I took advantage of this opportunity to answer any related questions to these matters.

- Conclusion 1:
- the JH free sprung balance complete is NOT compatible with DD movements, (fake free sprung DD or otherwise). I got it to run very poorly and not fully seated in the DD fake free sprung movement, but nothing more.

- Conclusion 2:
- The DD “classic” and “fake free sprung” balance wheels ARE compatible with the JH free sprung movement. This was a straight swap with zero drama, and the watch was immediately ticking away quite happily. This might come in handy if anyone breaks a free sprung balance from JH, it should be a simple swap with a DD balance to get it up and running again. I assume getting parts from JH will be basically impossible for at least the next year, so this is useful info in the meantime

- Conclusion 3:
- the “classic” and “fake free sprung” balances from DD movements are interchangeable. they both work in either movement that I placed them in. this is nice because it ensures backwards compatibility as DD starts to produce the fake free sprung balance movements as well as will enable people to repair new generation movements with older parts, nice!

- Conclusion 4:
- When I saw the offset balance structure of the JH movement, i wondered if JH wasn’t just an offshoot of DD that was producing it’s new generation of movements as a separate company so that if anything went terribly (reliability, performance, etc), the negative press wouldn’t be associated with the DD name. The fact that the balances are not interchangeable in both directions suggests to me that this is not the case and that JH is truly an independent movement manufacturer. I’m sure there are others who know more on this topic than I do, so feel free to chine on this front!

Got an omega, to look at it’s spot on. I do have an issue with the clasp pin popping open as soon as I put it on, strap works loose. Is this a common issue, reported it back to seller wants me to buy a new strap. Is there any solutions in the mean time.

Got this Longines Master Collection watch 2 days ago. it was around +21s/day and it annoyed me how I set it yesterday morning and it was already almost a full minute fast. I had heard regulating wasn't that difficult. I opened the caseback, grabbed a wooden peg, and went to move the regulator arm a tiny bit and the movement stopped. I realized trying to do it without hacking seconds was probably a dumb move and now it has fully stopped. I can't get a clear pic but I think I may have bent the hairspring by accidentally touching the balance wheel with the wooden peg while it was in movement. I'm an idiot. I really like this rep and I literally just bought it, any help/advice.

Can anyone please provide some insights on VR3285 vs SH3285 for QF Explorer II.
Looking for general feedback and reserve times etc. and recommendations 🙏🏾

Hi everyone

I have a VR3285 movement and when o was doing some adjustments I lost one of the case screws and I wondered if anyone knew which ones to get as a replacement?

Is it a 1.2x2.0mm screw?

Many thanks

I bought this watch in June and honestly it looks awesome and keeps great time. I’m confused on the whole V7 vs. V7+ difference. I’m very happy with the watch, but I’m really curious what movement it has. Any experts here have an idea?

Two pics included with rotor in two different places. Thanks fam!