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Thats not cape cod Gen 28 pvd case, cg, crown, crystal with cyclops. Def as close to gen as you can get missing dial and hands! Love this piece Robert, by far my favorite build of yours.

How about you hold onto my 0 for another day and let me that the 112 for a spin Nice photos and that simona gator is a beaut...makes me want one as well.

I wouldnt make a huge detour to just go to the boutique, I stayed in Florence for 3 days which was the only reason why I made time to go see it. I don't see why your wife would be upset, the city is beautiful and everything is just great to look at. There is also a nice museum right in the area you could just drop her off there while you take a quick look around the store.

Sounds good to me T, I'll be looking forward to the 48 teeth crowns when they are made.

I dont think the 52 teeth crowns can be limited to just the pre-V models. There are no pre-V's that are automatic as far as I can recall. My assumption is that these crowns bled through the model range until the A series.

In regard to the link LegendofSpeed provided in this thread, I see two different crowns in the 8 photos (two of the photos are of identical watches the PAM009A). 201A, 036, and 001A have the same crown thickness and teeth. This looks like the 48 teeth crown to me. The pre-A 002, pre-A 009 pre-A 001, 002A, and 009A have the same crown. These look like the 52 teeth crown to me. In my eyes I think they are definitely two different crown manufacturers being told to produce them during Officine Panerai, and during the first 2 years where Richmont first took over. Here is an example of gen 5218-203A where there were roughly 200 made. If you look at the first two photos and the last photo, you can clearly tell that even with a single model pre-V there are two different crown on this watch. I can pull up some photos of pre-V 5218-207A where you can see this same difference in crown. I cannot tell you exactly how many teeth are on there but there is a clear difference in the number of teeth on there. But from what people are saying are on their more recent manual wind PAMs. It should be fairly easy to deduce that the 52 teeth crown manufacturer was cut by Richmont. If you want try and determine the validity of the crowns being gen or not thats up to you guys to determine. I see these 52 teeth manual Ti and 52 teeth auto PVD/SS as being gen until proven otherwise.

Can someone explain to me what the difference is from the seconds hand? I have a 2892 movement PAM28 and I really dont see a difference. I'd like to learn something new today

I thought I read that it was an EL box but I'm not sure if it really does exist. I'm sure there are some out there though unless a gen owner really did part out his watch ?

dave It's because of your 2d that I have been on a search since April for just the right one. I am in the process of picking one up or at atpeast the dial that is.

So do we have any idea as to if the autos have more teeth or not?

I completely agree people were paying close to $100 for palp crown. T thank you for making these for us I plan on picking up a few as well of either one 60 or48. Which ever a the final crown to be produced and available.

Deleted as you recommended! I'd like to see someone with a gen auto count their crown to confirm a teeth count on it.

I knew you were involved in this trickery somehow! We'll hopefully with everyones input we will narrow down what the actual teeth count is for the gen crowns.

Well thanks Mike for giving me a gen PVD crown in a lever case! So where did this 'gen' crown come from I want a refund! j/k

Well here is my 411 on the crown teeth count. I have a gen PVD auto crown and the only auto that is PVD is the 28A and B series. This crown has 52 teeth on it and you can count the teeth on it to verify as well. I originally thought I counted 54 but after recounting it I see that it is indeed 52. So I apologize for saying 54 teeth when I clearly see 52.