lovepanerai

nice

I wonder why case ceramics are so much more difficult or expensive versus the bezel?

In any case it reinforces my satisfaction with the Mellow Yellow. I will be revealing mine with a nice surprise in a couple of weeks when I am back in country and can snap a few pics.

it is my understanding that the tooling and manufacturing of ceramic parts is quite complicated/expensive - Angus told me that the makers would not do it since the case also consists of several parts, unlike let's say the Chanel

I agree on the Mellow Yellow - here is mine :-)

don't get too excited the case on the Ice Bang and the Black Magic is made out of PVD coated SS rather than ceramics like the real one - you can easily tell the difference when you touch it and it also looks quite different - the best versions are still the regular SS HBB, the SS HBB with ceramics bezel and the Mellow Yellow

Having had a good look over the pictures I'm fairly sure the new black case parts are actually made from steel with a glossy PVD type treatment, and not real ceramic like the bezel is. Check out the clasp, it would clearly be made from steel and not ceramic but has the same type of finish.

Am I imagining this? What does everyone else think?

if I am not mistaken I already confirmed this - I know for a fact from one of our dealers

So the black Magic is here. Nice.

They even repped the smooth strap:

But I do not know which model is that. Did they want it to look like Ice Bang with that SS bezel?

Maciek - this is supposed to be the Ice Bang - but the Tantalum bezel on the gen is darker than the SS used on the rep

don't get too excited the case on the Ice Bang and the Black Magic is made out of PVD coated SS rather than ceramics like the real one - you can easily tell the difference when you touch it and it also looks quite different - the best versions are still the regular SS HBB, the SS HBB with ceramics bezel and the Mellow Yellow

So, LP, it would appear as though your hiatus from reps has ended. Good deal. Great watches.

I just can't help myself I have 6 more watches with The Zigmeister right now waiting for fixes upgrades - one of them is my 187 that will have a Swiss movement when it comes back

Maciek: I can only second your experience with TWP - I too have the IWC CD from him and I couldn't be happier

1) Incorrect date font

2) "HUBLOT" text on dial should be sans serif?

1) the date font that Hublot uses varies greatly

2) the "HUBLOT" text on the dial of my 2 HBBs is serif - the genuine is sans serif - but it is very hard to see without looking at photos of the watch

thanks all for your compliments

Whoaaaahhhhhhh

Benchmark in modding work and benchmark in photography..........very very impressive all round

LovePanerai ....love to know how you get your pics sooooo superb......dealers should pay you to photo for them!!!

Can't wait for the postman this week.....The Zigmeister package no.1 on it's way!!!

a lot of it is the equipment - I use a Canon 20D with a Canon EF-s 60mm Macro lens - put it on a tripod and use a lightbox (you could actually use a white plastic trashbin and some cheapo lights :-)

They llook very good! What base did you use for the 111? Is it a Swiss/Asian?

Swiss 6497

just received my 92, 111 and 217 back from The Zigmeister and couldn't be happier thanks Rob as usual awesome work

111H: cannon pin update, Palpatine crown and Superluminova

092H: Jimmy CG, Palpatine crown and Superluminova

217H: DSN AR crystal, cannon pin and Superluminova

here is the happy family

Thanks everyone!

Regarding the IWC: it's really pretty sad how naive I am, but I didn't really know anything about the rep when I bought it... AR coating? Yea -- no clue.. No clue on how much the watch was worth but I remember thinking it was one of the best looking watches I've ever seen... Had to have it... And this is how my collection began

Welcome Matt - I am sure you are going to love the IWC - when I started about 3 years ago I thought I am going to have about 5-10 replicas, over the years I ended up with 30+ at the high point and I started to consolidate my collection a couple of months ago. be careful, since this is really a highly addictive hobby

cheers M8

LP

The winning baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners on Sunday was a young guy named Ryan Feierabend. His first major league victory. We were grateful that he didn't decide to quit working before the game was over.

(If you don't get it, pull out a German dictionary.)

RFLMAO - ausgezeichnet hab' mich kaputt gelacht

And you didn't post what you're wearing today because?

Slacker...

TT

PS: Today's a Hercules Day for me...

made me realize that I haven't worn mine for a while - I will put it on now

Someone metioned that even if you go for the Asian, you can upgrade it with Swiss ETA later on. I guess it's a good thing.

you can't really just swap the movement from Asian to Swiss since the hand post sizes are different - The Zigmeister posted this a while back. It has been my experience that a properly serviced Asian movement is as good as their Swiss counterparts and in some cases the Swiss movements also need servicing/have issues out of the box. Remember they are being assembled in the same environment the Asian ones are, meaning no QC

now the fun is over Dutchy - have you decided what College/University you will go to?

on the PAM196 you should go with the Swiss 7753 - not just because of reliability but mostly because the date has the correct distance to the dial - not like the recessed date you get with the Asian 7750.

here is mine:

Question on the Crown and pusher....Crown is screw type same as Rolies, rt? pusher at 2 & 3 don't screw-in? Thanks!

yes it is screw down crown and both pushers are non-screw down, the one at 4 turns and operated the inner bezel

that pleases you, ferkel !!!!!!!!!!!

rolli

klar doch..und was machst Du hier

Don't you just hate it when people do that !!

why?? - this way he has a chance to send it back to Ruby in case he didn't notice

now this is starting to become one of my favorite threads

Nice Planet Ocean - have you noticed though that the hour marker on the 12 is crooked?

Sorry, but that is not the IWC St Exupery.

I post a photo of it:

I would so love this to come out as one of the new super replicas

To honor the original post title here is what I know to come out within the next couple of months:

Panerai Northpole GMT PAM252 and Big Bang Black Magic

if the post would read: "what do you want to come out as the next super rep" my response would be:

IWC Aquatimer Chrono SS and TI with both rubber and bracelet

IWC Spitfire Chrono (42mm silver dial)

I obviously asked the bad way

I have a Tag SLR with an inside rotating bezel (as the IWC actually has - see my signature)

The problem is that when you set it at a certain position (with the pusher at 9), any small touch to the same pusher will immediately end in the bezel moving.

So my question could be : how hard/loose does the bezel rotate and stay in place ?

Lovepanerai, can you answer that for me ?

now I get it

it actually requires some effort to turn the crown at 4 o'clock and than it clicks for every minute you rotate the bezel, so accidentally moving it is something that is very unlikely

Is the rotating bezel not too loose ?

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