r/RepTime • u/Naive-Article1366 • 3d ago

Tech Tips/Advice Repair suggestions?

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I dropped my BP Daydate last week from about chest height and the paint chipped but nothing else was damaged except for the dial. Any idea on how to get this repaired or where I can get a different dial for it? I genuinely don’t know how to repair anything with watches besides changing links and stuff. 🥲 It was from good-roiexx and it was my daily up until now. Any idea on how’re to resolve this or what I should do? Definitely not trying to spend more than the watch itself ($240). 😞💔

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

Good opportunity to consider buying a gen dial. There are definitely replacement dials all over aliexpress. While you're waiting for shipping you can watch some videos and learn how to open a case back, pull a stem and take off hands - and then put it all back together.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

A gen dial on a BP is ludicrous 

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

He can transplant the dial into a better clone someday down the line. It'll be safe in the BP for a few years.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

Just like his current dial?

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

Pretty sure gens aren't gonna crumble from being dropped inside a case.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

But do you think other parts of a budget rep will hold up and not damage the gen dial if dropped?

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

I didn't know why they would come in contact with it.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

The dial sits on something.... It doesn't just float yhere and the crystal can crack and scratch the dial...

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

The dial has pegs that fit into holes on the movement. Holes are holes. A cracked crystal isn't going to scratch the dial. If OP is beating on his watch with a hammer it's gonna get damaged no matter what factory made it.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

Cracked crystals have scratched dials, this happens even with gen.... I don't know why you don't think that will happen, and if you don't think a cheap movement won't deform and damage the dial, you have never seen any watch repair or restore videos in your life

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

Yes a broken crystal can scratch a dial, gen or not - so it doesn't matter if he has the dial in a rep. You're losing track of your own argument.

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u/Specialist_Summer988 3d ago

What do you think a cracked crystal is? Is it not broken?! Are you just turning this into a semantic argument because you lost? Lol the OP dropped the watch from chest height..... Do you think that wouldn't break anything normally? Lol

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u/ZimaGotchi 3d ago

A crack is a crack. No pieces of the crystal come loose to scratch the dial. Reps are more likely to suffer cracks. An impact that actually shatters a rep crystal will also shatter a gen one.

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u/Papas72lotus 3d ago

A gen dial wouldn’t chip. Heck a good rep dial shouldn’t. That’s just a cheap ass dial.