Dual repair dual success - I'm so proud

[MartinOcando]

You might remember me literally destroying a Chinese movement on my Loreo Sub homage watch. I also got a Corgeut Seamaster 300 homage with a malfunctioning date complication, with the same movement as the Loreo.

So, I contacted Corgeut about the malfunctioning date, and they offered to send me a new movement. I asked for a Miyota 8205, and they agreed. So, great customer support from their part, quite frankly.

The movement arrived a few days ago, and I went and replaced it with the Miyota. This time I took all necessary precautions, I got a proper movement holder, new hand setting tools, and a 15x loupe. I also used the dot of rodico on the tip of the hand setter method to set the seconds hand, and it worked like a charm. Now I have a Seamaster 300 homage with a Miyota movement. Success #1.

Now, what can I do with the remaining movement? Other than a misaligned date wheel, is a perfectly working and very accurate movement, so I decided to put it on the Loreo. Sadly the dial had a broken hour marker (I applied so much force trying to fit the seconds hand, which was already broken, that the tool slipped and punched the marker away, and fell in the floor, nowhere to be found). So it looks weird, but I was able to put them movement back in, and setting the hands went also very smoothly. So, long story short, both watches are working and ticking very fine. Success #2.

The mods are not finalized, though, as the date window on the Loreo is still showing a crooked date for some days of the months, so I purchased a replacement sterile no-date dial with a nice vintage design, kind of a 1958 Rolex. It'll remove the cyclops with a torch and go no-date. It'll have the ghost date position on the crown, but I don't care as I'm looking for the vitage no-date look.

You might also notice that the date on the Corgeut is still a bitt off center, and I agree that it might not have been entirely the movement, but the dial itself. They did sent me a new dial and hands, but I decided to reuse the old one, so I might replace the dial and see if that fixes the date issue.

In case you are interested, here are some details on the mod: