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they are nice indeed. I wonder how is the sub second dial ? It looks shiny compare to the rest of the dial

Hello everyone,

I am not a Panerai expert and I am looking for some advices here.

I already own a 177H but the clic clic annoy my entourage (my wife cannot bear it to be clear ).

So I am looking for an automatic Panerai but I am not aware of the whole Panerai range.

The ideal model would be an automatic movement with a date window and no chrono.

I looked around and found that there is the 312 that is out but the rep is not that good and

it seems to be super thick.

So I am turning to the rep community to get some clever advices. Thanks in advance !

nice tutorial thanks

everyone in Switzerland is armed to the teeth.

Apparently you've never been to Switzerland The guns stay at home and are here because every swiss is a soldier of the Swiss Army for all is life. So every soldier must be ready to fight and it is why they have guns at home (with their uniform and all the military stuffs that go with it). And they only use guns for the army practices (every year I guess).

"Paragraph 18 declared the obligation of every Swiss citizen to serve in the federal army if conscripted (Wehrpflicht), setting its size at 3% of the population plus a reserve of one and one half that number, amounting to a total force of some 80,000."

I am not sure 3% of the US citizen, only, have guns at home !!!

"Weapons marked in bold are considered personal equipment of the soldier, who is responsible for their well-functioning and must keep them at home until the end of the military service (unless living near an external border of Switzerland).[26] Between brackets is the number of such weapons in personal equipment as of 31 January 2009.[27] Swiss army knives are also issued, but are not considered weapons."

More here

common sight in Swiss grocery stores

I have lived all my childhood by the swiss Border and go there very often and I have never ever witness this !

hum

Marty what kind of drill do you use to enlarge the spring bars holes ?

disable the quick set function so that it behaves like gen

Next question is how do you do this mod ?

Thans for this nice and detailed review of this 1655

Wish some dealers have one available the back seems to look very nice (and bubbles !).

that is what I thought… The crown + the dial smell chinese

Looked around but no chance yet so I am turning to the experts

Lower prices for tool watches? What ever happened to that?

And let have in mind that $1 in 1959 = $7.465 today ! Meaning you could have a gen for the price of a high quality rep (almost) today

Is it his last Explorer II supposedly made from genuine ?

All this pics are starting to convince me to give up the flaws and go for the mastercard

Nanuq, what is yours from ? Your bezel looks gen (and the rest of it, also), no ?

I tought of replacing the dial with a gen one from the bay.

I guess the bezel is the big issue. Does the GMT ever exist with this kind of bezel ? I check here but it does not seem so…

Could anyone enlight me about watcheden's GMT 1675 ? Is it any good (apart from the dial) ? What about the bezel ? It looks wrong compare to gen I saw on the web ? Well, any advice would be much welcome.

Thanks, a little bit clearer, now. Need to find my black spray can

I have read that the rehault of the moonwatch is supposed to be black. But I don't get it and I cannot find a good picture. Anyone may have a picture of this part ? thanks.

Trevor doesn't always send you pics of the watch he will send you. I ordered the same watch, received complete different pics and get another complete different watch

Hum

Hello,

I wonder if somewhere that I still not ahve found there will be a decent rep of the 5512 available. I have search on all the trusted dealer site but can only find the not very nice yellowish dial

I saw the review on the "other forum". Look nice but don't know what to think about the glass. I'll wait for the gen release to see how it really looks and for the V2 rep

Hi everybody,

The new 2010 Explorer 1 is out and I was wondering if anybody already received it. If so, could you share your feelings about this model (Even if the gen has still not been released).

Thanks

The bezel has all the markers. I didn't even notice it on the QC pics. So what I suspect turn to be right. The watch that has been sent is not the same than the one on the pics.

Sounds horrible! I don't know If i'd be able to live with those flaws. Next time, you should ask for QC photos BEFORE he sends the watch.

Guess what I did ask for QC shots. But you can not see your future watch in details. There was no way I could have know about the caseback and the bezel and the claps looking at the photos Trevor send me. And the caseback looks fine on the pics…

Or another possibility is that he didn't send me the watch that is on the pics…