sicknote

Nice display! What strap is that on the PVD 111?

Nice! How much were the parts total?

The numerals on the sandwich dials are too fat and the lugs on the cases too short for my OCD tendencies.

I remember someone casually mentioning that they removed text from a dial a while ago. Need to find that post. (Thanks, I've been lurking for a couple of months now, there's a lot to read )

I've got the impression that discussing who and how much is a bit of a no-no around here but I think I've tried most of the modders providing these, and they're all around the $400 mark with Asian movement and superlume. Swiss is a bit more, basic lume a bit less. It seems that none of the "collectors" can supply unbranded watches. Puretime has a superlumed 111h with Asian mvmt (which I'm perfectly OK with) for $228, although it's currently out of stock. DSN is out for me because of the dials and cases.

I've been looking for an affordable unbranded PAM for a while now (a 111H clone, specifically) with no reasonable results. Most of the unbranded ones are $400+ while a decent rep is $200-250. So I was thinking maybe I should just buy a standard rep and try to sterilize it myself. I could just change the caseback and use a solvent to remove the markings from the dial. Do they still use stickers for the "Officine Panerai" markings on the movement bridges or are they engraved now? I don't think it's going to be worth it if I have to swap the whole movement. Anyone done this before? Thoughts?