So... I am highly resistant to Quartz, but when I saw that Ramon had this one I grabbed it. It was in great shape, has sapphlex and is a full size 200M diver. Having said all that, I was less than impressed with the movement I found inside. Having only ever done automatics I was shocked at the cheap quality of the 7N36. It is literally a throwaway movement. Oh well, at least a replacement was only $10.00....
So I couldn't source a 4 O'clock movement so I made do with a 3 O'clock. This watch had the wrong crown (but one I needed for a rare AGS!!!) and I couldn't find one anywhere so I came up with my usual solution... I fitted a triplock (twinlock actually). I then drilled out a Seiko crown with a broken off stem and fitted that over the generic rolex crown. Nice!!
I had it on rubber, which I detest in most cases, so I cobbled up a spare bracelet that was too narrow to use for anything else. I had figured on flipping this one so I really didn't care about the width. As you can see, the lume is super glowy!!!
So, after the cleaning, fixing, crown, and bracelet... I decided I like it, so I kept it.. figures.
So I couldn't source a 4 O'clock movement so I made do with a 3 O'clock. This watch had the wrong crown (but one I needed for a rare AGS!!!) and I couldn't find one anywhere so I came up with my usual solution... I fitted a triplock (twinlock actually). I then drilled out a Seiko crown with a broken off stem and fitted that over the generic rolex crown. Nice!!
I had it on rubber, which I detest in most cases, so I cobbled up a spare bracelet that was too narrow to use for anything else. I had figured on flipping this one so I really didn't care about the width. As you can see, the lume is super glowy!!!
So, after the cleaning, fixing, crown, and bracelet... I decided I like it, so I kept it.. figures.