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If you decide to countersink the hole and live with the overhang, you neet to apply water resistant glue (G-S Hypo cement is a good choice). vaccum

You need to contact Palpatine. Cheers, vaccum

Look here...a bit of info about the cannon pin on 6497 movements. http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=17002&hl= Cheers, vaccum

Happy Birthday Arthur! vacuum

As you may now there is a problem with the pannies cannon pin. Most reps come with a short cannon pin and you see the hands on an angle. This is done with a pourpose....to provide the clearance for the hour hand to pass over the sub seconds hand without jamming, also the minute hand needs to be taller (more than.45mm, from the top of the hand to bottom of the tube) or installed on an angle to pass over the hour hand. To fix it you need two things 1. A minute hand that is .45mm from top to bottom. 2. A taller cannon pin that will provide the height needed to install the hands perpendicular to the cannon pin. After getting this fixed, there is another issue with the cannon pin itself.......it is not flat at the top like the Gen cannon pin Here are some pics of what I did to get the cannon pin closer to the Gen Let's see the ETA canon pin out of the box...the top is not flat. Then I took the swiss file and slowly made it flat but rough Then I took it to my buffing/polishing station and made it look smooth and shiny ETA out of box vs. vaccum'd cannon pin I hope this answers some of the questions about the "Cannon Pin Fix" Cheers, vaccum

I talked to the watch owner...waiting for his input. vaccum

What do you guys think of the crown position .3mm gap between crown and case Take a look at the black sub vaccum

There is no difference if a size 10 or 11/64 is used the situation still the same....1/4 of the crown tube chamfer will be out of the case. vaccum

I was aware of that exellent post. The issue is with the NON centered hole case. If you look at the pics you will see the big difference. Thanks, vaccum

Hi guys. I received a couple of subs (black and LV) for the crown tube and Gen Crown mod. After removing the rep crown I noticed that the crown tube was over the edge of the case Here is the pic Then I removed the old Crown Tube to run the tap and countersink the hole and I saw this The hole is not centered on the case....so it is impossible to countersink the hole to fit the new crown tube chamfer Here is a pic with 3 different sub cases. The one on top is centered and the countersink was done no problem here...the next two are the ones with the "crown tube hole issue" I installed the new OEM crown tube and Gen crown on the black sub at the left and the LV is fitted with the rep crown and crown tube Now to the Rolex Experts here...there is a way to get the Gen Crown closer to the case? Thanks in advance for your comments and ideas! Cheers, vaccum

Very nice watches sir. vaccum

Very interesting info. Thanks for sharing! vaccum

Crowns are gen and the crown tube are aftermarket. Gen CT are a bit longer as you mentioned. I got this crown tubes from a local supplier. vaccum

Nothing like Gen vaccum

Here are some pics. Please note how they look after polished....nice! This pic is before it was polished New and Old Old and New Here is the tap lubed an ready to do its job Now look why you need to run the tap before installing the new CT Thanks for looking, vaccum

@ pannylovernr1 I will work on the pin to make it flat.....the one on your watch looks awsome, Finepics is an artist. vaccum

Another excellent watch! Your pics are awsome!! Cheers, vaccum

WoW it seems that the pam177h is on of the most wanted pannies. Enjoy your beautifull watch! Cheers, vaccum

Here is my Pam 177h with the following mods 1. Relumed Dial C-3 2. Davidsen Hands lumed with c-3 3. Palp Ti "look" 2.1mm crown 4. BOB vertigo buffalo black strap with brushed buckle 5. Swiss 6497-1 full serviced and adjusted Here are some pics.....enjoy! Pics with stock crown Cheers, vaccum

Don't worry...you will get your watch. Waiting is part of the experience... vaccum

Whatever gets the job done!

Go with the Ofrei taps for Polex 6mm. No problems so far. Cheers, vaccum

Now looks much better! Merry Christmas! vaccum

Thread pitch is special to Polex crown tubes. The best option is to get a tap designed for the polex CT. vaccum

I just didn't saw your reply. vaccum