joshmv

Looking for 22mm,

A few years ago I ordered a rep Breitling band with deployment clasp for my SFSO from Time4Direct (not sure if he's still around.) It was $30 and surprisingly good quality. I've tried contacting him to see if I can get another but he hasn't responded. Can anybody point me towards a good source? I'd consider buying a gen band but I'd rather buy a good quality rep to save some cash.

Thanks!

Josh

If you are into the white face'd PAM's you are in luck.

Why for the life of us, they stopped/don't rep the 048 is beyond me.

Good luck, and should you encounter any 40mm black faced PAM's let us know.

Ya, someone was kind enough to PM me a source for a white faced PAM00051 which looks really nice and is cheap, but I'd rather have a black face if I had the choice.

I wonder if anyone has experience with those 241's that watcheden has? I've seen them a couple places but for some reason it looks kind of cheap to me. I know it's not a real expensive rep, and maybe it just looks that way in the pictures.

Here is the link to the one at Replica-Time. It looks like a beautiful watch, but it's pretty expensive to take a shot on a new vendor.

http://www.replica-time.com/panerai-pam-05...7750-p-416.html

Thanks again for everybody's help!

I think I asked this a long time ago when I was looking for a PAM and didn't have much luck so I'll try again.

I have a 6.5" wrist and a 44mm is just too big in my opinion so I'd love to get a 40mm with a SS bracelet. Does anybody know where I can get one from a reputable vendor.

I found a PAM050 at a site called replica-time.com but I'm really not sure if they are very trustworthy even after searching for reviews.

Any help would be much appreciated!

I'm looking at getting either the SFSO or the Colt from Trusty's, and here are the two links:

http://www.tt88time.com/index.php?main_pag...roducts_id=1350

http://www.tt88time.com/index.php?main_pag...roducts_id=1253

I'm looking for a cheaper rep to start with, and I've always heard the SFSO is one of the best reps if you don't want to spend alot and don't mind not having a swiss. I think the Colt looks great though and since I have a little smaller wrists (around 6.5) I thought the Colt might fit better too, but if it's a bad knock-off I'd probably just go with the SFSO. So what do you guys think, is there a quality jump between the two watches?

Thanks!

Josh

Yes, wrong section, but what a beautiful piece

Amazing info guys! That really helps out.

The only question now is where to order it from. Anybody have any tips specifically as far as the best quality/price?

Thanks again, you've really helped make the decision for my first rep.

This would be my first PAM

I was seeing that at Josh's. I agree with you though that a lot of that is probably taking into account the domed crystal.

The 18.5 might not be accurate though, I'd love to hear from someone that has seen, or has one.

What size wrists do you have?

I'm really interested in purchasing the Pam 253 Regetta Flyback since I finally decided that I wanted to go with a 44mm, but I'm not wondering how much of a difference there is in the look of a 12.5mm thick panerai and a 18.5 which is what they list the 253 at.

My wrists are not huge, about 6.5-6.75. What do you guys think about how much difference it actually makes in the look and wearability of the watch? I wish I could just go try one on but the nearest AD is quite a ways away.

Thanks!

Josh

I've been searching through some of the dealers listed here on RWG, but I haven't been able to track down many 40mm PAM's.

I talked to Joshua and he said they weren't made anymore, but does anybody know a dealer that still has some in stock?

Thanks!

Josh

you might have seen the pix i posted of the grand carrera!

it is a monster but i've gotten used to it. i even bought a hublot which is very big but again

doesn't wear quite as large. i have the same problem with the omega po- i wanted the 42mm not the 45mm.

i ended up ordering a gen because the rep of the smaller one is not as good as the large size.

That's exactly the picture I saw actually

I went and tried on a couple big watches at a local store and started feeling a little more comfortable with the larger watches. I still think I might go for the 40mm Panerai, but I tried on a watch the exact same size and style as the Tag Link and thought it looked really good.

Here's a good stupid question for you guys though. Should I really spend the extra coin on a swiss made movement for a PAM, or just stick with the Asian. I'm guessing the swiss is just smoother, and maybe more accurate? Any pro/con lists on whether it's worth an extra ~$80, or should I just put that towards my next rep?

Thanks again,

josh

for example- i got the new Tag Grand Carrera and its 43mm but seems like 50!

It's funny you say that because one of the reasons the size started to scare me so much was after seeing a picture of a TAG Grand Carrera that was supposed to be about the same size as the Link TAG I linked above, but it looked HUGE on the guys arm.

I was planning to go through Josh for my PAM, but as far as I can see he only has 1 40mm listed, and it's not one I'm interested in. I messaged him to see if he would have any coming in soon, but if not, does anybody have a helpful hint on a reputable dealer to go through that has a good selection of them I could take a look at?

Thanks for the suggestions Noel, I will check those out. I'm not a big Rolex fan but I definitely want to see the 40mm pam and the omega.

The only problem with going to the nearest PAM AD is that it's about 2 hours away I guess I can always just go try on a 40-44mm watch with some other brand, but I dont know if it would be the same. Maybe I'll just have to make the trip one of these days.

You guys are a ton of help. I will hopefully be able to make it down to an AD either today or tomorrow.

Toadtorrent, I agree with you that I could probably pull off a large watch under a shirt cuff much easier, which would be about 50% of the time for me.

Out of curiosity, what are some of the most popular watches under 40mm that I might look at for my time in short sleeves?

Thanks again everybody,

Josh

My eyes are about toast from reading so much the last couple days, but I'm feeling much more comfortable picking out the finalists for my first rep.

My biggest worry though is that I feel like I have small wrists, and I know I have fairly small hands even though I'm about 5'11, 190lbs. I put a string around my wrist fairly tight and it measured out to be about ~6.5-6.75", which I know isn't terribly small, but I'd hate to get something that just looks silly.

I'm really looking for one watch with a bracelet, and then another watch which I can use straps on. For the bracelet watch, I'm thinking about this Tag, or one similar:

http://www.joshwatch.com/tg10013-link-chro...aph-p-1075.html

I would probably order that one first just to see what I think of a 42mm, and then if it was ok I really love the 44mm PAM's. Any of them to be honest, I just love the classy, simple look, so I'm REALLY hoping I can pull it off. Maybe a stupid question, but is there smaller versions of the PAM's?

The picture that really inspired me to look into them was the Davidsen PAM without any markings, and then the Red12 strap. Beautiful.

Anyways, what do you guys think, are these good choices? Should I start off with something smaller like a Franck Muller?

I may go to a shop and try on some different sizes, but from reading it really seems like different watches "wear" differently. I could be wrong though

Thanks so much for the help in advance!

Josh

Thanks for all the welcomes guys.

I've already been learning a lot, and plan to start with a couple questions here in the next day or so.

This looks like a very slippery slope...

Now that I've got a REAL job and actually have to dress up daily, I figured I can finally justify buying a couple nice watches.

Up until now I've searched for rep's but never went through with it because I didn't spend the time to find a place like this to make me feel safer in my purchase. I also knew once I bought one, I was going to want more....and then probably some more.

Oh well, a couple watches won't hurt.. right?

I look forward to reading through the forums, and making a purchase or two from the reputable dealers advertised here. If anybody has a good deal for a noob feel free to pm me, I'm always up for 1 to 1 deals.

Thanks,

Josh