vaccum Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 As you may now there is a problem with the pannies cannon pin. Most reps come with a short cannon pin and you see the hands on an angle. This is done with a pourpose....to provide the clearance for the hour hand to pass over the sub seconds hand without jamming, also the minute hand needs to be taller (more than.45mm, from the top of the hand to bottom of the tube) or installed on an angle to pass over the hour hand. To fix it you need two things 1. A minute hand that is .45mm from top to bottom. 2. A taller cannon pin that will provide the height needed to install the hands perpendicular to the cannon pin. After getting this fixed, there is another issue with the cannon pin itself.......it is not flat at the top like the Gen cannon pin Here are some pics of what I did to get the cannon pin closer to the Gen Let's see the ETA canon pin out of the box...the top is not flat. Then I took the swiss file and slowly made it flat but rough Then I took it to my buffing/polishing station and made it look smooth and shiny ETA out of box vs. vaccum'd cannon pin I hope this answers some of the questions about the "Cannon Pin Fix" Cheers, vaccum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewightstuff Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 great little tutorial and great pics. the flat top of the gen is something many people miss when changing out their pinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Very nice job...looks great. RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Good stuff, vacuum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Sorry to dissapoint you but my genuine Panerai 112 Cannon pinion is NOT flat.. It is like the out of the box ETA. Where have you seen a flat cp in a genuine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Sorry to dissapoint you but my genuine Panerai 112 Cannon pinion is NOT flat.. It is like the out of the box ETA. Where have you seen a flat cp in a genuine? I have to agree,,,,I thought the cannon pinions on gen pams,,,look just like the eta out of the box...However, still looks good and nice detailed work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavor flav Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 vaccum is a better watchmaker than panerai more attention to microscopic details like you should expect for $5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finepics Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Early PAM's have the flat top pin. look at a photo of a 5218-201A and you will see it. Actually you would not believe how badly made some gen PAM's are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbj69 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 its funny when i had my genuine pams one was shiney and one was not (the one i own now is a submersible so it doesnt count)lol, i guess they dont pay attention to detail up at the panerai factory as well as we do , lol joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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