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You, w0lf, babola & projectologist are rockstars of grail Panerai builds. This is such a special build, it helps to have friends in the right places ; ) Wear this beauty in good health!

Nice, the white base titanium is an interesting combo!

I would try to email Pornthip, who owns Pantast aka Strapslover straps. Pretty phenomenal craftsmanship, great leather & originality too! Oh, and his prices are cheap!!! I'll get you his email if I can find it.

Regardless of make or model, auto or manual, Swiss or Asian- I have never experienced a watch movement in which you would wind counter-clockwise to power up.

You are correct, Babola has explained that the H factory just used the same font type from its previous endeavors to print the 26 dial. But unless you wear a loupe for eyeglasses- that's just splitting hairs on a rep that is less than the sales tax of a gen.

In the picture, you are correct, the new 005 does have a flat gasket and not the tubular type. You are also correct that the 005 lever closes a bit too tight, but there's room for the gasket nonetheless as it sits in a recess and the force of the lever will compress the rubber regardless.

Mickey, while OP was just doing this to experiment, a cannibalization of certain parts of these 2 models would make the 005 uber indistinguishable from gen. They are from 2 different factories and hence have slight variances. What I would do and why to build the perfect 005K: - use the movt. from the 111J- this J factory uses a higher grade Seagull 6497, it's high vs. low beat and has an accurately shaped swan neck vs. needle regulator, the OP markings are also engraved vs. printed onto the movt. plates. - use the crown from the 111J- it has a more pronounced bevel to the teeth, which makes it appear a tad thinner per gen. - caveat to the above, the crown tubes & crowns are machined differently b/w the 2 factories, so I think each crown must be used w/it's respective case, so you would have to use the 111J case, which has slightly more pronounced strap notches, but unless your strap is invisible, who cares? The biggest benefit would be that the crown & case combo of the J factory gives you perfect space, allowing a peek of the hexagonal crown tube, per gen- whereas the H factory is both crown is both a hair too thick/ squarish and pressed too close to the case. - use the CG from the 111J, it's roller ball tip is more accurate, the H factory's tip is too thick & bulbous. The V CG w/ standard tip is generally inaccurate for a K-series, although I believe some of the early K serials had a non roller tip.

Never been a fan of vintage Rad-style PAMs, but, this one has changed my opinion! Milesd, you should change your name to Midas!

DSN's have incorrectly shaped screw caps- they are larger in diameter and not flat. I have bought mine from WSO and have not had strippage yet.

It's all subjective and the debate could go on forever. But judging by the comments made by some esteemed members who own both the ultimate Daylights series & the new Rad 288- it's pretty unanimous that the 288 currently reigns as the most accurate hands down. The 111J is nice, but doesn't look like they have made any changes to the movt. decoration (cotes de geneve & engraving).

Very clean, love it. Two cheap things you can do that would almost make it perfect would be a set of pre-v hands and a pair of oem looking pre-v style double screw bars. Both of these items are cheap & readily attainable off ebay (helenarou & wholesaleoutlet, respectively). Of course, an FGD 201/A dial would just take it over the top, but the DSN dial looks good (looks texturized/matted?)

Congrats Marty. You have re-inspired to have another go at it! Picked up a Jakob CB this AM, reserved a FGD dial tonite!

Marty speechless and envious of your mad skillz! Congrats to another beauty in the making!

Sweetness Marty! What's next to do?

Well, after 2 years, I should have known better than to say never sell, I sold the 201A in moment of stupidity! But quickly added a modded 113 E and 001BT: DSN w/ superlume, crisp engraved bridges, T-48, modded TB CG: Old school caseset, Ziggified T-lume dial & hands, Palp v.2, ultimate CG, thick "shadow" CB: