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| Posted: Mon Mar 15th, 2010 08:06 am |
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natevan70 3T WIS 
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I'm thinking of having a 2824-2 put into my Marathon SAR & I'm seeing conflicting opinions about the tritium hands working with it. It was discussed here in June 2008 ( in a really funny series of posts when somebody named RGRAY evidently cried and ran away); regarding a non tritium version, and some posted links mentioned the tritium version. Nobody actually settled the issue regarding the tritium tubes. Marathon makes a tritium version using the 2824-2, but I wonder if they use one with taller pinions? I'm waiting to hear from Marathon- but I figure someone here may have some insight.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15th, 2010 10:34 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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1st of all which Marathon SAR do you have?...which I'm having to believe it is a quartz version in which case the hands from the quartz version will not work on a auto eta as they are not the same size...also I doubt the feet/nibs on the dial are the same that keep the dial in place on the movement,plus you would need a movement retainer imo...the only swaps I have read about have been for the JSAR for reasons that it was larger than the other Marathons and only came in quartz....it probably can be done but at an expense and there are eta Marathons available as you said so why not just buy 1 and sell yours...why would you want to swap?
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15th, 2010 11:06 am |
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Nabco 3T WIS 
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I looked into doing this when I got my JSAR, it can be done but will end up costing you about $250 to do it and as Oscar said you will need new hands and they will have to tape the dial to the movement because the feet will not match up. This is all based on what my watch guy told me. I decided against it, the high end quartz movement is actually really good anyway....if I want an automatic SAR I will just buy the GSAR.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15th, 2010 11:17 am |
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natevan70 3T WIS
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I've got a 2824-2 movement from a watch with a broken crown tube that isn't worth fixing. I thought I read someplace that the second hand of the T SAR needed broaching; but the rest would fit. Might have to find another home for the movement.. Last edited on Mon Mar 15th, 2010 11:19 am by natevan70 |
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