swdivad

I hope the forum can help by helping verify an authentic PAM 127 that I am helping a friend purchase...

Could anyone let me know what serial numbers have been used on rep 127s to date?

I know there's an E117... can you guys chime in and maybe fill a complete list of rep serial numbers from EL, Honpo, Cartel, and DSN to date?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Nice watch.... maybe my next watch

Anyone got a pic of the gen caseback?

His description says:

BACK GLASS: Close case back with Detail Engraving, Individual Serial Numbers

Even then, it is only necessary to fast forward to good parts...

Just one more reason to make your own... edit out the boring and dialog parts and save on tissue

What a [censored]

5218-203A on Dirk...

Nice

Don't scratch it!!!

oops... repost, mods please delete

oops... repost, mods please delete

Which Cad are you using ... I would download the trial for that then.

I will be able to help you with the drawings and I will find the cheapest company to produce these things.

umm...

I use SolidWorks, but I am offering to do the drawings for you... there aren't very many.

The process would be:

1. 
   
   
2. You get me a CG and lever, or measurements (don't use an aftermarket CG, you should get everything from a gen)
   
3. Determine what cases these will fit to
   
4. I make the 3d model, then make the drawings
   
5. You find a manufacturer
   
6. I send the data to the manufacturer
   
7. He ships the components to you
   
8. You assemble and put them in little plastic bags
   
9. You ship them to all of us eager Panerai freaks here.
   
   

That's it... simple

Don't want to be a party pooper but designing a lever by itself you're assuming that all of these CGs have the same tolerances which we know not to be the case. Designing and trying to get a complete CG made stateside will be next to impossible due to most precision shops having this part blacklisted already.

Blacklisted?

There's a blacklist of parts not to make in the US??

That's OK, I'm in Oz... they'll make anything here, but expensive

I'm moving to Thailand soon and they will definitely make anything there much cheaper.

In the end, it depends on how much you throw at them.

I'm a mechanical designer with a background in manufacture.... I use 3d software every day for my job and could probably make the geometry for anything you want...

I don't have the time to do a whole project these days, but I would donate my time doing the design and drawings

D I have a few of those screw ends if you need.

:thumbsupsmileyanim:

Thanks Mate! They are surely slippery little suckers, and my eyes are really bad...

I'll give you a call, tomorrow

Are you back now? I thought you were overseas for an extended stay.

While changing a strap, I lost one of the miniature minuscule super secret tiny screws (did i mention small?) for my PreV...

Anyone in Oz with a spare set??

I like it too!! Beautiful combination

I think this job requires a 5 axis machine, not 6, and that is only if you're going to cut the whole case out of a block of steel.

Aren't watch cases first pressed out in a die, machined where needed, and then polished?

If that's the case, a die (possibly progressive, I'm not sure) would have to be made, and that isn't cheap in the West!

Do you have the proper CAD files in order to program the case for a CNC to cut the geometry, or will you have a case digitized so someone can create that geometry that is so much needed?

Not every watch case is machined from a solid block, only the very simple ones.

I'm really curious about the method that you plan to use... This has to be determined first before you start poking down the wrong road, or you may be poking forever, or worse, spend much more money than needed.

I'd say generate a manufacturing plan, investigate info on cases such as this would be manufactured conventionally, and then head down that path.

I would show them the PayPal details, and have your dealer make an invoice for the proper amount in case they want to see both.

When something doesn't match up, that's when they start to get [censored] off.

I've been waiting patiently for a couple of years, but he doesn't respond to any form of contact...

A couple of years??? WTF are you waiting for, pigs to fly?

Do you have a receipt? PayPal, CC, something to show him to jog his memory?

Send him an email; from a different email address, maybe you're in his junk folder somehow.

In the end, I think it's been way too long to start this up again unless you have proof, and with the long time period past, I wouldn't say all the fault lies with him.

Dress to the right!

Well, actually it would be a 'bit' different to leather... you'd have to shave that thing... or maybe wax, depending on your preference

Still on myt wrist :wub:

Great comparison! This is a great rep for sure... you need a microscope to tell the difference

Thanks

Wow!

Really nice pair

How big is the case?

Can I ask how much you paid?