Speedmaster hands, Cal 321 and 861. Will all 6 hands fit both calibre's?

watchlovr · May 10, 2020

Got a full set of modern broadarrow hands left over from when i made a “replica” of the broadarrow Speedmaster (34940.50, i think) Mine using watchco parts.

I think it was a spare cal 861Speedmaster case and movement i used but can’t actually remember.

Question is, when I’m going to sell these, can i advertise them as fitting both calibres or do I need to try and find out which particular one it was?

correct model i was “making” below

dennisthemenace · May 10, 2020

I believe that the hands will fit both calibres, the 321 and any variants of the 861.

watchlovr · May 11, 2020

dennisthemenace
I believe that the hands will fit both calibres, the 321 and any variants of the 861.

Thank you sir.

Archer · May 11, 2020

dennisthemenace
I believe that the hands will fit both calibres, the 321 and any variants of the 861.

Yes. The posts on the 321 are the same as for the 861/1861. These hands will also fir on other movements based on the 861, so the 865, 911, 866. Of course some of these calibers also have other hands on them besides these 6.

The 3861 breaks this pattern, so unlike the previous movements, the 3 subdial hands have the same sized posts.

g-boac · May 11, 2020

Hi Al, this is very interesting. So for a 321 out 861/1861, the individual subdials have different diameter hands? Meaning that a 6 o’clock hour recorder subdial hand would not fit onto the 9 o’clock running seconds dial post?

Archer · May 12, 2020

g-boac
Hi Al, this is very interesting. So for a 321 out 861/1861, the individual subdials have different diameter hands? Meaning that a 6 o’clock hour recorder subdial hand would not fit onto the 9 o’clock running seconds dial post?

Cheers, Al

Speedmaster hands, Cal 321 and 861. Will all 6 hands fit both calibre's?

watchlovr

dennisthemenace

watchlovr

Archer

g-boac

Archer

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