sicknote

Nice display!

What strap is that on the PVD 111?

Nice! How much were the parts total?

Why is that? You already have a dial that you want to use, or......?

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

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=50174

(BTW: welcome to the forum, on this occasion of your 1st post).

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 )

Who are you pricing unbranded 111 clones from?

I don't think you'll find a superlumed and Swiss powered rep for $200-250...

I DSN charging that much for his A6497 powered sterile watches?

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?