sssurfer

You are right, those catalogues are much sought for items.

And you are right on date mag as well: it is one of the most annoying flaws both because it's so easy to spot on and because it is a defect that affects the very functionality of the watch, not merely an aesthetic one.

Hopely we are heading to see more new correct datewheels and magnifying lenses in the future.

Pugs... I present to you, the perfect companion to your watch...

It's obviously a rep: it declares 'CAZZOMIR' while it clearly is a Luminor model.

PENIRAI, as suggested by Oswald, would have been a much better choice. And a more international one, too, 'cazzo' being an exclusively Italian word...

Exceptional finding, I too want one!

fahfah,

let me plaude to the new Mark Twain on the board!

Estaban,

I have no children and my pets are all my family after my wife.

Exactly one year ago on these days I lost one of them (the first in the pics below) after 12 years together and a 18 months agony.

With all my respect to any others who posted, probably noone can feel your actual feelings more than me.

Have all my understanding and sympathy.

I had this watch. No swiss, no 7750. Asian 21J movement.

Movement shot:

Ok, thanks. Sorry, I missed your post.

Anyway, yes, the outside is very well done.

If TTK's model has a 7750, it's a killer -- unlikely at that price, though.

According to my supplier...it's a 7750.....after all the posts today....I had no enthusiasm to go into great detail about it...that's why I said it was swiss....and that you guys would know what's on offer anyway.....!

It's a pity you are embittered right now, TTK. I feel you have something good there.

@cwai02: how can you tell the movement?

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=9166

As far as I can tell, it seems perfectly repped (provided it is powered with a 7750).

Even the writings on the caseback are consistent. Clous de Paris dial. Nice date mag, too.

A new crown, and we might have a new candidate to the title of most accurate PAM!

Pls correct me if I am wrong.

link to the gen

I don't even know if modding straps belongs to this section.

And since I had lots of pics I posted in the Picture Gallery here.

(Apologies, this is the 2nd time I got this doubt in a few days -- and I resolved it the same way, i.e. posting there and placing a link here).

NM

Wow, a stunner!

Wear it well!

A real beauty! Congrats!

Btw, nice camera too!

OMG, have we come to the point to get a watch to match a strap, not the opposite???

Just kidding. Go for the 029!

Really perfect! Expecially because of the orange accent of the markers on the dial: perfect fit with the strap.

Congrats, wear it well!

Mark, that's gorgeous!

Perhaps just adding a tiny drop of matte black enamel on that CG lever's pin?...

Where did you get that caseback???

That was you! Man that looked awesome. You read so many post here and see so many pictures you forget what and from who yoiu saw. Can you tell the the details on the marker I found the company but would probably have to go mail order for it, but I need to know what green color you used.

Did you use it on white stiching? Is is really permanent? Looked AMAZING

Thanks again, Steve!

I do not want to hijack your thread even more than what I've already done.

So, please have a look at my latest post here (I posted it essentially as an answer to your kind interest).

Cheers,

sss

Some pics about some straps I enjoyed modifying their stitching with a marker. It is an easy job and the result may worth.

This was my first attempt: a bleached strap on which I also tried a luminova-like dying on an originally white stitching:

For that strap I used the marker #1 from this pic:

It was a little too dark green, though, and I had to bleach the stitching only again in order to get the desired accent.

Besides, it did not prove really permanent. When I treated the strap with a leather cream in order to clean some sweat stains that had appeared, the greenish accent fade away -- besides of the strap becoming darker .

Then I found the markers #2 and 3, and I used #2 ("meadow green") to re-dye the stitching on that same strap. Here is the result:

...I know, I know: the strap nuance (even if not the stitching) was better in the 1st version... but I couldn't let those sweat stains stay there...

Ok, let's go on. Here is a second strap where I tried the meadow green Promarker again:

But I think I got even better results with #3, "gold". I used it to dye the white stitching on the 147 I got from Josh (I hope Josh will not get annoyed if I use one of his pics here to show the difference between before and after -- in case lmk, Josh, and I'll remove it):

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Ok, that's all now. Just two last words:

Those markers are declared as permanent, but I don't know at what extent they actually are.

But, even if they fade away, redoing the dying is an easy 10-mins job and I would be disposed towards doing it again even once a month in order to get those effects.

On all the stitching I dyed, the thread absorbed the ink like a sponge. It was enough to gently touch the thread with the marker's tip on one or two points for each small segment to get the segment coloured.

Thanks all for your attention,

sss

P.S.: apologies for my hair. I did not think to shave it before taking pics.

My appologies, I forgot about that.

I bookmarked the page for future reference as I have been as busy as buggery trying to get my little shop open on WT to worry about buying anything for myself at the moment.

Ken

No need for apologies Ken, I was just doing small talk.

Rather, best wishes on your shop!

Which models are using EP?

Zenith EP (Panerai OP IV): 052, 072, 074, 108, 121, 122, 168.

Zenith EP with flyback function added (Panerai OP VI): 060

I think you got the wrong guy, the only Bob I have is the one that came with my 192 and that's a crocodile.

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...91753&st=10

Thanks Ken! (btw, did you get your Bob shark? )

Personally, I am unsure about reserving the chat to supporters only... a chat works well when fairly crowded... I would suggest to leave it free for 2-3 months at least in order to let it take-off.

I subscribe to the idea. A chat room is something missing here!

SSS because we don't open a factory of panerai? Considering that the actual factories involve from idiots with stupid defects ....

Nice idea! But considering workmanship costs and police policy we should also emigrate to China in order to do that...

@kruzer00: thanks, Warren. I was supposing it, but unsure.

Just to confirm that there is no AR on the 28.

Thanks, Mark!

One thing I am curious about is if you have removed the small lens that is on the movt covering the date. Your mag looks huge compared to mine!!

yes I have the same magnification on the date and so he did leave the second lens on it. I have a GMT without the second lens and it looks like you would expect.

Well, actually magnification IS huge! It did not even come to my mind to have the small lens removed. Now I wonder what the result would be if I do it.

Mark, did you remove the small lens? In this case, would you post a pic? (Else, the only reason I can think for the difference in mag is that your 028 and mine have different rehauts between the crystal and the date window -- as you know, even a fraction of mm would be significant... even a different thickness of the teflon gasket on which the crystal sits).

Warren, did you post pics of your GMT? (Or was it the watch in The Zigmeister's pics?)

you may want to try an oxblood from Europelli, I think that would go beautifully!!

Looks great. Crown will make it complete. I would look into a black stingray with white pearls. A titanium colored carbon broadband (or black) from Europelli would look very nice as well.

I had a look on Europelli's site on both those straps, but I got soon lost and was unable to locate them.

Pls, do you have a direct link to the straps you were referring to?

@all: Thanks all again for your suggestions, appreciation and comments!

Here is one that was dry enough to put together. (yes this is how I spent my lunch hour today)

here it is....

this forum member wanted it to be a bit more "worn looking" and wanted it to look used sooooo...

Beautiful!!

Now I saw a thread where someone used a certain permanent maker to do just the stitching a greenish color to match. That look real nice.

That was me. Thanks for the appreciation.

After the greenish (luminova-like) accent on that strap's stitching, I also tried an orange yellow (rose gold-like) on the stitching of a rose gold watch strap, and it came out even better. I plan to post pics soon.