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Question may get me killed lol... Movement/Dial Swap with Moonswatch

Mister2kris
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I dig the dials of certain Moonswatch's(Snoopy) but dislike the plastic case.... Since the case is is the same dimension as the Speedmaster Professional case, theoretically... can they be swapped? Asking for a friend 馃槈... lol

Apologize if this is in the wrong section... Modern Watch or Moon Swatch... its an in-betweener question.
 
M'Bob
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Don鈥檛 know, but it鈥檚 your money, so do whatever makes you smile.
 
vbrad26
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Wasn't there someone on here trying to do something similar already?
 
sathomasga
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Not easily. There's more to fitting a movement into a case than the case diameter. The keyless works have to align with the crown tube, and the pushers have to align with and fit into the case. The canon pinion has to fit the dial. And so on.

If you really want to swap out the case, the best bet would be to find a cheap homage on Ali Express that uses the VK63 movement. That's close to the MoonSwatch movement, but even there I don't think the pushers will fit, so you'll have to be creative with them.

Also, keep in mind that opening the MoonSwatch is irreversible since it necessarily requires destroying the MoonSwatch case.
 
Scarecrow Boat
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vbrad26 vbrad26
Wasn't there someone on here trying to do something similar already?
Yeah, but Mr. TowBoats entire collection was fake including the MoonSwatch and metal case they were using for their conversion. They were eventually banned from the forum.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-moonswatch-to-moonwatch-project.152702/

This is the one that got him banned 馃摉
https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-speedmaster-pro.157152/
 
SC1
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Yeah, but Mr. TowBoats entire collection was fake including the MoonSwatch and metal case they were using for their conversion. They were eventually banned from the forum.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-moonswatch-to-moonwatch-project.152702/

This is the one that got him banned 馃摉
https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-speedmaster-pro.157152/

Ah ol' Towboat and his pale fleshed hateful fake watch lovin' ways...

in some or one of his threads I believe someone stepped in and answered, with facts, that it wasn't possible ~ OP.
 
Pastorbottle
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Sounds like a lotta trouble and cost to go to to end up with worthless broken shit!
 
billiout
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Yeah, but Mr. TowBoats entire collection was fake including the MoonSwatch and metal case they were using for their conversion. They were eventually banned from the forum.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-moonswatch-to-moonwatch-project.152702/

This is the one that got him banned 馃摉
https://omegaforums.net/threads/new-speedmaster-pro.157152/

Since I joined the forum this year, I wasn't aware of who towboat is. I have to admit that was a very entertaining thread lol
 
hen
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I would like to have a quartz movement in my Geneve and use the 565 to build s SM 300
 
Dan S
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Apparently I entirely missed all of towboat's threads.
 
vbrad26
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Yeah I somehow missed all that drama lol.
But I'm all caught up now soooo......
 
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