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BTW, I placed a 2892 into a manual case, and it was a nightmare to get the central second hand running without touching the cyclops.

I'm afraid so. The added height from the GMT hand lets me suspect that the minute hand might be placed even higher than on non-GMT models, so that touching the cyclops might be even more likely. Sorry.

I think it is not possible, as the manual case is made for the 6497 movement which is one of the thinnest movements around (4.5mm), while the 7750 is one of the thickest (7.9mm). Besides of that, you would also encounter stem alignement problems as already foreseen by Drulee. Finally, and especially about your crystal idea, the rehaut of manual case is much shorter than that of auto case. So you might also encounter problems to have the cyclops fit without touching the minute hand.

Merry Christmas and a very happy new year, full of good reps, to everybody!

This is a translation (reworked a bit) from Italian for the cigar method: Ingredients: a cigar, a lighter, a glass, a piece of soft transparent plastic like those used to protect glass crystals, two white paper handkerchief (or one white paper handkerchief and a piece of Rodico), a little patience. Procedure: 1. Cover the dial parts that you do not want to re-color (e.g. text) with the soft plastic. Do NOT use adhesive tape! 2. Place the dial and hands on the white paper handkerchief (its white color will help to evaluate the color change). Place the glass upside-down on the dial and hands. 3. Light the cigar, inspire a large blow of smoke, slightly lift a side of the glass, blow the smoke into the glass. (Don't place the cigar under the glass as someone said, this is completely unuseful as the cigar rapidly estinguishes its light due to air shortenage). 4. Repeat step 3 every 10 mins or so until you get the desired color. 5. Once done, remove the plastic, then remove any possible nicotine residuals off the dial by gently using a soft, clean paper handkerchief or the Rodico. 6. Enjoy the results.

Oh. Thanks! I think that I'll go and live with it. Actually, there are many more evident flaws to live with in this watch... It is a rep of the 341, that is not an exact copy of the Egiziano as per se. So I won't go for 100% accuracy. Well, not even 60% I suppose.

Please? What is the arched R on the dial?

Thanks MG! If it will ever see the light, I promise I'll post a lot of pics.

Good to be here, R, and it's a honour to me to post my 147 close to your awesome 204. Wow R, you have good memory! Actually, I just oiled the strap and coloured the original white stitching in rose gold with a Letraset magic marker. I would encourage everyone to use this method, it is easy and absolutely inexpensive and it gives good results. A couple of pics to better show my point. The original watch & strap from Josh. Besides the unlikely rose gold, I could not really stand the terrible white stitching: Wristhot after the treatment -- side: and back: You teaser! You know I cannot stay indifferent to such a call! It's my 090 -- and even if the font is not really perfect, still it is a decent improvement over the standard font: Be Well You too R! And congrats to you and Drulee!

Not only a nice size, but an awesome watch you have there Lani! Correct Lani. Just, mine is the "other" 42mm radiomir, the 147. Please let me submit a couple of pics of it once again. I had it re-plated in true rose gold, 7 micron thick, and the first pusher fixed. And I still am quite proud of it.

A cheap and fast way to go is the cigar smoke method. In the following post of an Italian member of RepGeek you can see the effect on a 201A dial (NOT the hands): http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=82055 It is a bit more rose than yellow tone, but maybe that using a cigarette instead of a cigar it will come out more yellowish...

I got some success on reshaping a DSN CG. It was Ti, softer than SS, but I bet that with patience and elbow oil you can make it on a SS CG too.

I just got mine a few days ago: Sorry, no wristshot -- just two hours after it arrived I had it disassembled already. A good starting point for a vintage Egiziano project. A gen for comparison: (BTW, the latter pic is exactly the one that got me hooked to the rep world and forums. At that time I knew absolutely nothing about PAMs, but I casually found it on a book and it made me google for Panerai...)

Thanks Richard!

No problem, I was going to disassemble it in any case for a good vintagizing.

Great! The 028 is my favourite PAM, and the one you have there is absolutely sexy. Also thanks for the great idea about the strap. As for the 057, may I ask which crown you used?

Absolutely wonderful! 100% on the front side. Congrats! Which crown did you use on it?

My Egiziano has arrived and I can confirm that its hands are exactly the same length as fiddy hands, i.e. 13mm hours and 17.5mm minutes. I took those measurements directly on the hands, disassembled out of the watch.

Thanks Lani, nice to meet you!

If it not were for the crappy date, also the $108 104 from Josh, and the $55 104, $80 090 ($110 w/bracelet), and $80 027 from Silix, are good buys. With the remaining money you can add a T crown.

If all goes well I should receive my Egiziano this week then I'll be able to tell you.

True croco, hand-made from a belt I brought from Madagascar:

Well, Ti case + brown dial absolutely require a swede brown strap. And, personally, I think that a black dial w/ black strap is surely more versatile than a brown dial w/ swede brown strap. Much less sexy too, though. But why this problem? Do you really think you will stay with only one PAM once you will have one?

If you had the same air temperature and humidity we have here these days, you too would take a shower three or four times a day... and, after a good shower, what better than drying while having a look over at RWG?...