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by CGSshorty » Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:44 pm
BacoNoir wrote:Is the 105 GMT a jump hour hand or jump GMT hand movement?
Direct from Rob at WatchBuys:
“It works the same way as the Sinn 856 UTC. The hand constantly moves to show the time between hours, but if you activate the crown to move it backwards or forwards in time it jumps in one hour increments”.
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by gr8sw » Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:19 pm
I like this one the most of these...
isn't the stacked day-date not a UTC, only the ones with date like this
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by HapaHapa » Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:28 pm
Not keen on green.
I don’t see any of these models as improvements. If I had the money I’d spend it on one of the “older designs”, maybe 104 with white dial.
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by HapaHapa » Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:32 pm
CGSshorty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:44 pm
BacoNoir wrote:Is the 105 GMT a jump hour hand or jump GMT hand movement?
Direct from Rob at WatchBuys:
“It works the same way as the Sinn 856 UTC. The hand constantly moves to show the time between hours, but if you activate the crown to move it backwards or forwards in time it jumps in one hour increments”.
Bali H’ai C works same way. Very nice trick.
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by streetracer101 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:05 pm
I dig that green U1. Too bad you have to live in Germany to purchase one.
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by Bradley_Goodchil » Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:24 pm
Printed dial is a no deal for me... Applied indices are a must.... Otherwise I feels like they are just cutting corners
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by CGSshorty » Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:02 pm
Bradley_Goodchil wrote:Printed dial is a no deal for me... Applied indices are a must.... Otherwise I feels like they are just cutting corners
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Is IWC “cutting corners” here?
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by HapaHapa » Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:16 pm
CGSshorty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:02 pm
Bradley_Goodchil wrote:Printed dial is a no deal for me... Applied indices are a must.... Otherwise I feels like they are just cutting corners
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Is IWC “cutting corners” here?
If you compare the hands to the U1, then yes they cut the corners off the LEGO hands
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by CGSshorty » Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:03 pm
HapaHapa wrote:CGSshorty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:02 pm
Bradley_Goodchil wrote:Printed dial is a no deal for me... Applied indices are a must.... Otherwise I feels like they are just cutting corners
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Is IWC “cutting corners” here?
If you compare the hands to the U1, then yes they cut the corners off the LEGO hands
I haven’t made up my mind about the hands yet. I need to see it on my wrist. Generally, I prefer hands with a pointer that hits right on the minute markers.
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by Ryeguy » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:24 am
CGSshorty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:44 pm
BacoNoir wrote:Is the 105 GMT a jump hour hand or jump GMT hand movement?
Direct from Rob at WatchBuys:
“It works the same way as the Sinn 856 UTC. The hand constantly moves to show the time between hours, but if you activate the crown to move it backwards or forwards in time it jumps in one hour increments”.
This is the same as an ETA 2893-2 I believe, so a jump hour GMT hand.
I’m guessing the 7750 modifications are done by Sinn themselves using their own watchmakers.
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by Ryeguy » Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:43 am
gr8sw wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 5:19 pm
I like this one the most of these...
isn't the stacked day-date not a UTC, only the ones with date like this
1893dd371dd1200c45fc54d75f5b7dd6.jpg
Correct. Different movements in the watches with stacked day date displays.
What I find interesting is the Sellita 220-1 and 330-1 (day / date versus date / UTC) are slightly different diameters and thicknesses.
At a minimum this means they use uniquely sized movement rings. If the stem height is different, they might even have differently machined cases.
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by BacoNoir » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:04 am
Ryeguy wrote:CGSshorty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 4:44 pm
BacoNoir wrote:Is the 105 GMT a jump hour hand or jump GMT hand movement?
Direct from Rob at WatchBuys:
“It works the same way as the Sinn 856 UTC. The hand constantly moves to show the time between hours, but if you activate the crown to move it backwards or forwards in time it jumps in one hour increments”.
This is the same as an ETA 2893-2 I believe, so a jump hour GMT hand.
I’m guessing the 7750 modifications are done by Sinn themselves using their own watchmakers.
Ok, thanks. The “it” moves backwards or forwards was throwing me off. I guess to see local time on the watch, you could use the crown to set the hour hand to local time and then use the jump hour function to reset the GMT hand to your home timezone or whatever you had it set to.
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by Bradley_Goodchil » Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:14 pm
CGSshorty wrote:Bradley_Goodchil wrote:Printed dial is a no deal for me... Applied indices are a must.... Otherwise I feels like they are just cutting corners
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Is IWC “cutting corners” here?

By cutting corners I mean saving costs, printed dials look cheap to me, that photo you posted is pretty ugly
To each his own
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by Axelay2003 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:31 am
The green dial U1 is polarizing. Nothing captures me with the new offering.
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by Captdave » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:16 am
jimyritz wrote:Those 105’s are meh....
^^^^^
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