Post by Adrian-VTA on Jun 29, 2015 4:25:36 GMT -8
Geday,
So my 6306 Silverwave arrived via Her Majesty's Colonial Mail Service (AKA Australia Post), and these guys have some interesting features.
It's basically a "light diver". It's pretty cool because it's a dressier watch with a screw down crown. It uses a weird crown system, and the gasket also has a "gasket holder", which is a PVC tube which pushes on the gasket and spreads it flat for more water resistance. This butts up inside the crown, and when you screw it down, it pushes this tube down onto the gasket. This is a cheaper alternative to the two-piece diver spring stem, which does a similar action.
The crystal is a basic flat crystal, and the bezel isn't designed to be easily removed. To change the crystal you don't need to remove the bezel. Unfortunately when I pressed out this one it exploded because it had a number of deep spots on it, which made weak points and stuffed up the surface tension on the tempered glass. I'm not going to stick this case in the ultrasonic and will clean it by hand. I happen to know that these press fit bezels have a gasket between them and the case which you pretty much always stuff up when you remove them, so I'll leave it well alone!
Beyond that, it's the 6306 movement, which is the hacking version of the 6309. The back gasket is a fairly boring FH2980 I think, in any case, it's a standard flat gasket. Crown gasket is an OK0180, which luckily is available.
The dial is a silvery white, with "houndstooth" pattern on the dial. Makes me think of men in belted sweaters.
Bonus belted sweater pic
So my 6306 Silverwave arrived via Her Majesty's Colonial Mail Service (AKA Australia Post), and these guys have some interesting features.
It's basically a "light diver". It's pretty cool because it's a dressier watch with a screw down crown. It uses a weird crown system, and the gasket also has a "gasket holder", which is a PVC tube which pushes on the gasket and spreads it flat for more water resistance. This butts up inside the crown, and when you screw it down, it pushes this tube down onto the gasket. This is a cheaper alternative to the two-piece diver spring stem, which does a similar action.
The crystal is a basic flat crystal, and the bezel isn't designed to be easily removed. To change the crystal you don't need to remove the bezel. Unfortunately when I pressed out this one it exploded because it had a number of deep spots on it, which made weak points and stuffed up the surface tension on the tempered glass. I'm not going to stick this case in the ultrasonic and will clean it by hand. I happen to know that these press fit bezels have a gasket between them and the case which you pretty much always stuff up when you remove them, so I'll leave it well alone!
Beyond that, it's the 6306 movement, which is the hacking version of the 6309. The back gasket is a fairly boring FH2980 I think, in any case, it's a standard flat gasket. Crown gasket is an OK0180, which luckily is available.
The dial is a silvery white, with "houndstooth" pattern on the dial. Makes me think of men in belted sweaters.
Bonus belted sweater pic
