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I have a Hamilton Khaki King Scuba automatic watch, case 40(?) mm. The movement is an ETA 2834-2.  The hands are horrible.  Lume terrible.  Can I replace them with Tudor dive watch style hands available on Ebay?  I read somewhere that older Tudors had ETA 2834/2824 movements.  So I figure replacement hands would fit.  I see them for around $18 US.  I'd like to have them coated with super lume or equivalent.  The face is horrible too.  Basically tiny lume dots.  I can't find a better one....  Can I pull this off?

 

Thanks,

John

 

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16 minutes ago, jwa said:

Can I replace them with Tudor dive watch style hands available on Ebay?

Don't know the answer, but I would suggest you ask the eBay seller if the hands will fit your ETA 2834-2. Gorgeous watch BTW. Never saw it before and in my opinion the hands go perfectly well with it. The moment you turn it into a Franken it basically loses its commercial value. If you want to get rid of it, drop me a personal message. Good luck!

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1 hour ago, VWatchie said:

Don't know the answer, but I would suggest you ask the eBay seller if the hands will fit your ETA 2834-2. Gorgeous watch BTW. Never saw it before and in my opinion the hands go perfectly well with it. The moment you turn it into a Franken it basically loses its commercial value. If you want to get rid of it, drop me a personal message. Good luck!

Thanks for the reply.  I wake up in the middle of the night and can't see what time it is.  Drives me crazy.

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Hi @jwa - the hole sizes and hand lengths are really the two main factors you have to consider.

The 2834-2 has 1.50, 0.90 and 0.25 holes for the hands ... and that will be standard across ETA movement IDs you're likely to come across for hands e.g. models 2824, 2834, 2783, 2893 etc. 

Your 2834-2 is a 13''' sized movement (29mm diameter) whereas most movements are 11.5''' (25.6mm). Your watch however isn't any larger than 'normal' but still just worth checking the length of hands in case the ones you're looking at were designed for a smaller overall dial/watch and would look odd.

Apart from that pretty straightforward. Word or warning though: be super duper extra careful when removing hands if you've never done it before. Some form of dial protection is a must otherwise one slip and a scratch you'll never stop seeing.

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47 minutes ago, WatchMaker said:

Hi @jwa - the hole sizes and hand lengths are really the two main factors you have to consider.

The 2834-2 has 1.50, 0.90 and 0.25 holes for the hands ... and that will be standard across ETA movement IDs you're likely to come across for hands e.g. models 2824, 2834, 2783, 2893 etc. 

Your 2834-2 is a 13''' sized movement (29mm diameter) whereas most movements are 11.5''' (25.6mm). Your watch however isn't any larger than 'normal' but still just worth checking the length of hands in case the ones you're looking at were designed for a smaller overall dial/watch and would look odd.

Apart from that pretty straightforward. Word or warning though: be super duper extra careful when removing hands if you've never done it before. Some form of dial protection is a must otherwise one slip and a scratch you'll never stop seeing.

Thanks for the reply.  After working on a number of pocket watches, I know my limitations.  I plan to visit a watch maker.  My watch grave yard is full enough with out adding the wrist watch to it. 

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