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I dig the sterile dial....
I dig the sterile dial....
SHHH... Don't let the B&R forum guys see this...
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New arrival today:
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*Very* heavy. There's lume on the dial, but not the hands, the strap is cheap, and it has a bad case of Miyota stutter. But I love the way B&R's look. Also, the strap is held on with screw pins. Annoyingly, they require a hex key. I picked this up for pretty cheap mainly to see how that size case would look on me, if I was ever able to afford a real B&R.
As much as I need to fix the stutter, let's have a look inside, shall we?
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Like the real thing, this watch is a front-loader. Four screws hold the crystal and bezel on, and there's a screw in the back that comes out to give you access to the stem release. Both the bezel and the stem release screw have o-rings.
Release the stem and pop the movement out...
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No wonder it's so heavy! Instead of a plastic movement spacer, it's just a solid chunk of steel. This make sense, since completely hollowing out a block of stainless steel would take extra time, and the manufacturer would still have to pay for the whole block, even the bits that get cut out. The result is a fantastically heavy watch
As expected, it's a Miyota clone. It has a date mechanism, but there's no date window in the dial.
I never did fix the stutter. I forgot to release the mainspring and the movement exploded when I removed the top plate. The click is gone Fortunately, the watch cost about what I've paid for Pam-style cases, and Miyota clones are even cheaper than 6497 clones
*Very* heavy. There's lume on the dial, but not the hands, the strap is cheap, and it has a bad case of Miyota stutter. But I love the way B&R's look. Also, the strap is held on with screw pins. Annoyingly, they require a hex key. I picked this up for pretty cheap mainly to see how that size case would look on me, if I was ever able to afford a real B&R.
As much as I need to fix the stutter, let's have a look inside, shall we?
Like the real thing, this watch is a front-loader. Four screws hold the crystal and bezel on, and there's a screw in the back that comes out to give you access to the stem release. Both the bezel and the stem release screw have o-rings.
Release the stem and pop the movement out...
No wonder it's so heavy! Instead of a plastic movement spacer, it's just a solid chunk of steel. This make sense, since completely hollowing out a block of stainless steel would take extra time, and the manufacturer would still have to pay for the whole block, even the bits that get cut out. The result is a fantastically heavy watch
As expected, it's a Miyota clone. It has a date mechanism, but there's no date window in the dial.
I never did fix the stutter. I forgot to release the mainspring and the movement exploded when I removed the top plate. The click is gone
Fortunately, the watch cost about what I've paid for Pam-style cases, and Miyota clones are even cheaper than 6497 clones 1 - 20 of 26 Posts
oh and a pic of it with my last BR "homage"
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To give you some idea of the scale...
To give you some idea of the scale...
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New arrival today:
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As much as I need to fix the stutter, let's have a look inside, shall we?
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GREAT :-!
Sorry for the mvt explosion though ;-)
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