Why did I not see that before?

[lawman_nl]

Since I lost my free Photobucket and thus all picture links to my posts, I haven't posted here. So let me try a new Flickr account with this:

I have always liked the Seiko 6105 case but never bonded with the dial. I recently sold an original 6105 project case and then decided to buy a Chinese homage, with a NH35 movement (the successor to the 7S26), thinking this was the perfect watch to try and install hands for the first time myself.

So I installed a dial and hands I bought several years ago, especially for something like this. Very proud of myself, I dropped the movement in the case again. And then...



Why did I not notice before that they designed the stem to be at the 21 minute marker, instead of at the 19 minute marker like the 7S26 divers? Dammit!