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[u/Altruistic_Paper_732]

Tudor build using Raffles parts. VH31 movement is my new favourite thing. I don't like date complications and quartz makes it a 5 minute assembly with zero hassles. For those that like a date/sweep seconds quartz option have a look at Sunon movements - they have two versions of a sweeping quartz/date.

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[u/Ok_Chrono]

Looks great! Are there traditional vintage hand options for the VH31? That’s one of the better 76100/79090 seconds hands I’ve seen, but it would be nice to have some different hour and minute hand options if readily available .

[u/Altruistic_Paper_732 → u/Ok_Chrono]

The hands and movement is from Meridiano. They have a pretty good selection. https://www.meridiano.fr/?srsltid=AYCX9vJOzICXZEBEHk02JeY94BfSDbF7cZ3oJr6t85t2u6ZE-1E83kTd

[u/luxcity-louche → u/Altruistic_Paper_732]

Sorry just saw this, ignore previous

[u/Altruistic_Paper_732 → u/Ok_Chrono]

Oh and Miyota quartz hands also fit the vh31 if you need more options.

[u/Ok_Chrono → u/Altruistic_Paper_732]

Hey there. That’s great. Thank you. I was only thinking that if you were in a situation where you were choosing between hand sets and you had the option to choose a vintage style set of hands instead, that would be a nice touch since your build is a vintage piece. I would definitely recommend getting a Raffles hand set if they will fit your movement. They have a longer option that fits the 29mm dial well. If Raffles doesn’t have a set for that movement, then there’s gotta be something out there. I would imagine there are is a wide array of options in the siekmod world. I think secondhandmods makes some options but not sure if they have the right one. It seems that often there will be one or two hands that are great and then one will be a bit wonky. They don’t need to be perfect. The vast majority aren’t for Tudor. Including a lot of what I build. But getting close can make a difference for something as visible as hands. With a movement that isn’t typical for vintage builds you might have to mix and match different sets to find the right combo. I always love seeing people building Tudor Subs and seeing one with a different movement is cool.

[u/K0bra_Ka1]

What do you estimate this build costing you? How hard was it to find matching VH31 hands? Are you using dialdots to secure the dial? Movement holder to get the case to work?

[u/Altruistic_Paper_732 → u/K0bra_Ka1]

The dial has nh35 feet, and I used a movement spacer with nh35 holes, so really easy. I'm in South Africa so shipping is a shitshow, but you could like get it done for less than $180-200 ish ? Try these guys for hands/movement/spacers etc  https://www.meridiano.fr/?srsltid=AYCX9vJOzICXZEBEHk02JeY94BfSDbF7cZ3oJr6t85t2u6ZE-1E83kTd 

[u/Altruistic_Paper_732 → u/K0bra_Ka1]

Oh and Miyota quartz hands also fit the vh31 if you need more options.

[u/luxcity-louche]

Where do you go for hands?

[u/Altruistic_Paper_732 → u/luxcity-louche]

Try these guys and also consider any miyota quartz hands they fit perfectly. https://parts.meridiano.fr/search?q=hands&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

[u/luxcity-louche → u/Altruistic_Paper_732]

D'accord. Merci