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  1. Dec 5, 2015, 10:34 AM #1
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    Diastar 81 project

    My lcd Diastar 81 has been, and continues to be, an ongoing project. I hope, however, that it is now nearing completion.
    It arrived with a dead movement and badly degraded dial, although I managed to pick up a replacement ESA9315 for next to nothing, so I started with this.

    I hated the condition of the dial so I didn't wear it much. Luckily there was recently a load of Rado dials for sale on ebay and I managed to pick up a nice slice of meteorite.

    The bad news was that the dial feet didn't fit the ESA9315 so I had to investigate other options.
    A stoke of luck was that a friend has bought a Rado Chrono-Quartz for the bracelet so I got this.

    The new dial fits this movement so I have now ended up with quite a striking, if non-running, lcd watch.

    So all I need to do is get this movement running...
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    That looks great, you definitely need to get that going.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Krinkle View Post
    That looks great, you definitely need to get that going.

    Thanks mate. The dial was a sample made for Rado as a one-off, I think. I've certainly never seen a mineral dial like it.
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