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JwRosenthal
·I know this is debated topic- lots of variables to consider and lots of opinions out there- but I am looking to hear from people who have had personal success or failures at this.
I just won a Zodiac night diver- one of the Red Point series watches that has been on my list for a while. There was an automatic version made of this watch but they are as rare as hens teeth (I know of one member here who has one).
This has the same 42mm “Monnin” case as the automatic version (which used a 2824) which happened to be similar (same) as the one used by Tag and several other sport diver makers of the time. I have read of quartz/auto conversions of the Tag’s using a 2824 provided they were the earlier generation 844’s with the thicker back- not the later versions with slimmer back (like this one).
My forthcoming caseback below
The quartz movement that’s in this watch is the eta 955-114.
Since the 2824 is double the thickness of the quartz 955 and the stem position possibly being different, it won’t work with this case & factory back (perhaps an aftermarket exhibition case back??). But doing a little reading it appears the eta 2892-2 or A2 may work as they are slimmer than the 2824 by 2mm
Has anyone had experience with this kind of swap? I wouldn’t do this myself but rather have my watch handy friend undertake the project as this is right in his wheelhouse- but he has never done a quartz-mech conversion so want to be armed with info.
Obviously if it’s not possible I’ll just live with the watch as a quartz- but it would be nice to not have that tick-tick-tick every time I look at it.
I just won a Zodiac night diver- one of the Red Point series watches that has been on my list for a while. There was an automatic version made of this watch but they are as rare as hens teeth (I know of one member here who has one).
This has the same 42mm “Monnin” case as the automatic version (which used a 2824) which happened to be similar (same) as the one used by Tag and several other sport diver makers of the time. I have read of quartz/auto conversions of the Tag’s using a 2824 provided they were the earlier generation 844’s with the thicker back- not the later versions with slimmer back (like this one).
My forthcoming caseback below
The quartz movement that’s in this watch is the eta 955-114.
Since the 2824 is double the thickness of the quartz 955 and the stem position possibly being different, it won’t work with this case & factory back (perhaps an aftermarket exhibition case back??). But doing a little reading it appears the eta 2892-2 or A2 may work as they are slimmer than the 2824 by 2mm
Has anyone had experience with this kind of swap? I wouldn’t do this myself but rather have my watch handy friend undertake the project as this is right in his wheelhouse- but he has never done a quartz-mech conversion so want to be armed with info.
Obviously if it’s not possible I’ll just live with the watch as a quartz- but it would be nice to not have that tick-tick-tick every time I look at it.
