801run

I'm not familiar with Gunny, but I agree it is super nice! Is it the same 24mm width straps for Fiddy as for base PAMs?

Thanks for the comparison! My wrist is about the same size, I think I will give the fiddy a shot What did you think about the (brown?) REP strap coming with the watch, is it crap or ok? Thanks!

Very, very nice. Congrats! I'm really into this one, but I'm a bit concerned about the size. Does it wear much bigger than a 44mm PAM? I have no problem wearing the 44mm, I find it more "forgiving" than many other 44mm watches. If this 47mm is also forgiving, then I might get away with it ..

Just starting to get into PAMs, sorry for a noob question =( .. I'm starting to like this model http://www.1-pc8838.com/pn292m02-292m-cerle-a6497-p-11422.html I'm trying to find out if it's from the H or the N factory. I'm guessing the H-factory. The reason I'm interested is due to the posts about the new "colorless" AR from Noob factory being double-sided. Is there any special sign to look for regarding factory origin? Anyone else interested in this rep? Radiomirs haven't really "talked to me" before, but they're starting to now .. =)

Thanx, I'm beginning to think the same. When I first started looking at the 196, i found the polished bezel and mid links nice, but the dial is not as nice I think.

It can also be the rotor is stuck on some dirt, it can help to remove it and try to blow it clean. Hi Mickey! You bought the 236-K if my memory serves me right? I'm considering the 236-K and the 196-H and I keep changing my mind about which to get all the time. Are you happy with the 236-K? If you were offered to change it for the 196-H, would you change or would you stick with the 236-K? =)

Thanx for the pics and vid guys! It looks great .. =)

I'm trying to find decent wrist shots of any of these PAMs (older rep versions or gens or whatever) to see how big they wear but I'm unable to find any =/ .. any hints?

Regarding this new QC test procedure by Josh which is indeed great. Why didn't he supply pictures from the waterproof testing? According to his QC examples there will also be pics of your watch from w/p testing. Does this indicate that this REP in fact did not pass that test since he left these pictures out? ... =(

crap! typical .. you get all too excited for nothing. found it a bit strange with the chrono parts missing on the back of the movement. that also explains the thinner movement.

I saw the pictures on Josh'es site and had to go to RWG immediately to follow the discussion =) This movement is very interesting, it does not look very much alike the 7750 from the back side. The first thing to notice is ofcourse the datewheel which is more flush, but I noticed another interesting thing .. when looking at the new Timewalker rep (featuring the same new movement), it looks like they have managed to make the movement thinner! There is a gap between the see-through case back crystal and the rotor which seems to be bigger than on the old A7750 tri-compax Timewalker rep! If this is the case, it is really good news .. this means the factories can produce a new thinner case set for navitimers, timewalkers and other 7753-based watches which better matches the original 7753 movement since the tri-compax module ontop of the A7750 makes the movement, and thus the case, thicker than original. If this is the case, we will hopefully see new reps with new case sets for these watches

It is not the actual tube where the hour or minute hands is fitted, but it is the tube that is directly "inside" the free cannon pinion which in turn is inside the tube of the hour wheel. The thing is, I was refitting the hands after a repair, when fitting the chrono seconds hand I got it slightly misaligned so I was going to remove and refit it. The quality of the hand was pretty poor and when trying to remove it I broke the "tube" of the hand (I was using the "remove chrono seconds hand ONLY approach", I should've removed all hands using the hand removal tool instead, stupid lazy me). So, I'm left with a chrono seconds hand tube that is stuck on the pin of the chronograph wheel. Ok, I can't remove the broken tube off the pin from the dial side since the tubes of the hour and minute hands are blocking the access to the pin of the chronograph wheel. So instead I go from behind, remove the auto device bridge and then remove the chronograph wheel, effectively making the broken tube come off of the chronograph wheel pin and get stuck inside of the center tube instead! Ok, at least the chrono wheel is clean, now I only have to get the broken seconds hand tube out of the center tube. I used a broach and tried to push it out of the center tube, it succeeded, but at the same time I actually pushed the whole center tube out through the tubes of the minute and hour hands! Well, not completely out, since I stopped pushing as soon as I saw that I was moving the center tube =) tried to push it back in place and it seemed ok. But when I've completely assembled the movement now I can see that when setting the time, the tubes around the chrono wheel can actually move a bit, they are not completely fixed, there is some slack in there, so to say. Maybe this is due to the center tube not being pushed down all the way, so it can be fixed just by pusing it further down, or maybe I will need a new tube if it has come loose from its bottom plate. I will know when I disassemble the movement again, but I have to disassemble a lot before being able to replace the center tube, so I will prepare with a spare center tube in case it will be needed.

Have a broken centre tube (part. no. 161, CS no 80.400.00) in an A7750 (please don't ask me how I broke it =) ), thinking of replacing it with a gen ETA centre tube from cousins. Anyone have an idea whether the gen part will fit an A7750? Since it is not a very complex part, I'm thinking the chances are good it will work.

Have u been practising Turkish Hamam bath lately? Supposedly such activities can cause the lume on the dial to go grey.

I'm also thinking about the gen By-Tor! The blue dial version with AR and display case back, it's soo nice! Even though the blue dial rep version is nice, the color of the dial is not directly true to the gen, the gen has an increadibly metallic and shiny clear blue color. Tried it on at the AD and it is such a looker