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It should be open in 4 weeks. This will be cool as the Pam shops have all the best watches. I will do some UC work and keep my RWG buddies informed..It is always good to have the latest and greatest from the source.

I got Wakmann fever. It's drivin' me crazy! And for vintage rubber fetishists like me, behold the rarely seen Tropic with GOLD buckle. Ooh... ahh...

great show, my only regret is not being able to watch it again for the first time. how i envy those of you on seasons 2 and 3 for the first time

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Boaring but I'm falling in love with my 1911 Have a nice day Cats

Am ill at home but still wearing this...

The 1570 replaced the 1560 around 1965 and the 1665 debuted around 1967+, so the 1570 (1575) is the only technically correct movement for either a 1665 or a 1680.

Yes it was yours. No, the cracked jewel wasn't a show stopper...I removed it, and installed a fresh new un-cracked jewel. The old jewel will be returned along with the watch so you can inspect it. I consider this good luck, had it not been sent in for servicing, the cracked jewel would cut into the pivot and eventually cause the escape wheel pivot to fail, when it failed the mainspring would be disconnected from the escapment and free to turn, and it would unwind in a milisecond and destroy the movement, and probably destroy the dial and hands as well. It goes to show once again how important servicing is, and how important it is to look at everything under a 10X loupe, nothing should be taken for granted, even on a new movement. Cracked jewels are very rare, I suspect that whoever cut off the seconds post, didn't remove the escape wheel, and with the seconds post wheel sitting under the escape wheel, you have to force it out of the movement, which put pressure on the escape wheel, and it's pivot, cracking the jewel.... Watch is being tested and monitored and working perfectly so far.

Just to put things in perspective. Buyers of Genuine Panerais, especially the Gmt 3xx series had the movements die within weeks... then they had to wait 5-6 months to get their watches back. And in many cases see them die again. That's a $12K watch. Many Gen buyers had their base models being 40-50 seconds off a day, waited 2-3 months to get them back just to see they are going over a minute fast every day. How much does that suck? So the service we get with reps and exchanges is really quite good. And for the noobs on the forum, don't worry, trusted dealers will not scam you, they run a business with a goal to make us come back and buy more watches.

Either a gen or one of the few reproduction Panerai Assolutamente straps would be brilliant, I think. Deep honey crocodile with a polished finish also looks like a million dollars on this style watch as well in my opinion.

i got into these a few months ago and started researching the 01-92 on the gen forums then relating the gens back to the reps on the rep forums and dealer sites. The first thing I decided to avoid was the 01-94 mainly because the sunken DW and because the secs are at three the mod I would normally do couldnt be done. So I then concentrated on the 01-92, I looked at PVD but this is hit and miss. In terms of durability and finish to gen PVD. So I dismissed that, though I have bought one with aftermarket PVD. I then started looking at the SS 01-92s there are 3 options in terms of movement and gen ness. the 4813, 2892/4 and 2836. The latter is a smoother sweep at 25J unlike the 21J of the 2892. The 4813 can be noisy and judderey. I looked and studied the gen sweep and knowing the 2836 sweep I decided on that, it is without doubt the closest, (though if you go 94 the subdial sweep is more jerky on the gen so the 2894 would work OK from a visual point of view) it turns out only one factory makes the 01-92 with 2836 this same factory only does the 1:1 case with real hex screws in the CB and the correct 1.3mm hex lug bars the other reps are not correctly sized. Then I looked at dials of course the biggest issue with a black dial is it highlights the blue AR on the rep crystal which is very un genlike also the lume is not as good as gen in terms of colour though strength wise it can be.(B&R lume is very poor from a QC POV) If I could of got Chiefs AR and a relume I would of gone with one of these as it would be very obvious unless you didnt. So this left the white dial 2836-2 which I bought, I removed the outside AR which means I have a gen look AR without blue. The lume is very good and correct colour to gen, its only small marker lume and hands. I then rebrushed the case as the finish looks nothing like the gen, its more obvious when you see the gens in your hand. I polished the edges and other areas and gave a brush sheen to all other places. I then resanded the screws on the face and polished them as much as I could with a dremel and rouge. These screws are highly polished on the gen but rouge isnt great at getting a high polish on SS you really need D9000 as its more for the harder metals the rouge is really for soft metals. I ended up with what I think is the closest I can get to gen without going franken. IMHO. I am thinking of painting the frame of the hands as these are matt but the gen has a slight sheen close up and in strong sunlight. But next to each other they are indistinguishable unless your really anal I also fitted gen lug bars so I am not worried so much about threading as the reps do!!! Generally the font is slightly off (negligible) and the curve on the second hand is not the same size as gen again its very hard to spot without having the 2 side by side. Also the crown can not close properly on some so mae your QC pics show ful closure. So in conclusion IMHO If your prepared to recoat PVD and lume and AR go PVD with dark dial of your choice and 2836-2.Though PVD might not be necessary if you wear it in rotation and not in a knock about way. If you want minimal mods go SS 2836-2 with white dial then just need to do simple mods I mentioned. That in my HO gives you the closest to gen