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it would probably be the best if some physician could comment on that... all i have seen until now is just stuff you guys "think" and nothing you can prove with facts or you would bet your wife on!

Oh, what a coincidence, I actually happen to be a physician.

Total body radiation amount taken is not a reliable index of rad damage risk in a single given point.

When one sleeps while wearing his watch, he has no control on where the dial goes and rests on his body.

If he stays some hours with the crystal at contact with a sensible part like thyroid region, cancer induction is a (small) possibility.

If he stays some hours with the crystal at contact with testicles, mutagenicity can occur (and it will affect the offsprings).

This possibilities enhance by repeating over nights and nights along.

With apologies for my English.

I broke it. yeah, don't ask why.

Nothing is easier than breaking a stem while trying to unscrew it from the crown tube. Too late I discovered that it is sort of soldered to the stem with a small drop of some metal glue.

On the other hand, if you broke it because of a too tight CG+lever, so that you now want to re-use your crown, take into account that removing the broken piece from the crown tube is a nasty task for that same reason.

Self-reference (with apologies to Goedel):

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...5&hl=dlc&st=19#

To anyone interested:

you can't go wrong with finepics. His talent is second only to his seek for perfection.

Thanks all for the infos.

Enzo, I seem to remember that also some more recent models have the centred version.

Ok, good subject for my next searches.

I'm a little confused over the 217 though, on the panerai website,

"Officine Panerai" writing isn't upside down, I'm not sure why everyone says it should be upside down!

http://www.panerai.com/s_special_editions...._categoria=4724

Absolutely correct. In the gen on OP site that writing is NOT upside down.

Anyone able to explain it?

Lello seems to have greatly decreased his frequentation of the forums some time ago.

As far as i know, he did not even subscribe to this new RWG, and the last time he connected to the 'old' RWG has been about 15 days ago.

The metal of the movement and case should definitely protect your wrist.

Just don't sleep with the watch on you, or near you, and keep the dial away from your thyroid and your balls.

Great but painfully slow.

Page downloading would speed up a lot by using thumbnails instead of resized full-size pictures in all pages but the 'final' page of any single watch.

Obviously preparing thumbnails for hundreds watches will require additional time, but I strongly suggest this as the first improvement to go with.

On a second thought, site slowness could reveal as the only thing preventing me from bankrupt. I already have been strongly tempted to pull the trigger on several watches by just looking at a few pages. To my surprise, I discovered that on several pieces Joshua is much less expensive than I thought. And the ability to read and compare prices, and to buy with a single click without bothering the dealer with enquires on 10 watches just to end up with buying 1, is easily going to drain wallet at light speed.

River's 090 is very close to the gen. Its only minor flaw is a power reserve gauge slightly larger than in the genuine -- almost unnoticeable if one is not precisely looking for it.

Amazing relume from finepics!

I can't wait to have my 028 dial back after his relume (it already is on its way to me... come to me, baby, come to me...)

And great work on your brushed CG too... If I only could find my screen magnifier, I would be more specific.

Thanks RBJ.

My watchsmith just pointed out that such a lever arrangement means that the watch movement and dial are closer to the crystal.

Still, it does not seem related with lacking any need for additional clearance between the dial and the crystal, since it can also be found on models that have a date window and therefore a cyclops.

Unsure on whether it can also be found on models with a long central seconds hand instead of small seconds.

Quite an obscure topic so far, IMO...

Thanks, avitt, this makes sense.

I wonder if there is a way to know on which models the CG is that way.

It seems a very noticeable rep-vs-gen feature, even more than recessed pin or crown thickness.

Hi, I just noticed that on several genuine PAMs the CG lever is not placed at the center of the main axis of the CG, but quite asimmetrically, so that one of the two tracks (unsure how they are called in English) that the lever moves between is noticeably thinner than the other one. The thinner track is always the one on the dial side.

I'm posting two CG closeups from gens, a 090 and a 180, that (I hope) will make easier to understand what I am saying. Apologies for low quality, I had to blowup them, but they should be enough to get the essentials.

Does anyone know if this feature is based on models, which models have this kind of CG, or anything else that can make any sense of it? On my searches I was unable to find it.

Thanks,

:sss:

Just for the sake of precision: 028 dial is hobnail rather than carbon fibre like 180.

If you are EU located, finepics really does great works on reluming.

The best way to get a PVD-like look on a case is getting it really [beadblasted and] PVD coated.

Palpatine can do it, but he is taking a rest after suffering a familiar loss.

You can also try asking finepics.

Just consider that, as sennsi said, this would not bring you to a closer-with-genuine rep.

Just got 45mm PO and scratched the glass already, any tips on tidying it up?

I hope you just were not a member of RWG I.

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...showtopic=30804

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...showtopic=26441

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...showtopic=19502

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...?showtopic=8440

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...showtopic=29778

http://www.replica-watches-guide.com/forum...showtopic=31046

Shall we create one now for the future?

Brilliant idea!

Then it should be something really special.

Suggestions for a most pointless topic needed.

...is that here we aren't given the chance to get back to life a 2-years-old poll

Congrats for your first work as a watchsmith!

And for those beautiful timepieces as well!

May I ask you who is the dealer of the blue one?

In words for those that don't have speakers (like me), or those too lazy to download and listen!

Officine:

Off-ee-chee-neh

Off - like switch off

ee - like the letter "E"

chee - as it is spelled, rhyming with fee

neh - similar to militare (see below). Like in the spanish phrase "No Se" (I don't know) ... like the Se without the S and using a N. If you speak Greek it's like saying Yes (Ne)

Panerai:

Pan-Err-Eye

Pan - like pots and pans

Err - like "to err" (make an error)

Eye - like what you see with

Last part is the same pronunciation as the Italian TV channel Rai Uno (obviously without the Uno) or the Brasilian footballer Rai (younger brother of Brasilian great Socrates).

Radiomir:

Rad-ee-oh-meer

Rad - like "that's totally rad" (does anyone actually say that?)

ee - like the letter "E"

Oh - like the letter "O"

Meer - pronounced like the Mir space station or Meer from Ajax's former football stadium Van Meer.

Luminor:

Loom-in-ore

Loom - as in Fruit of the Loom.

In - like the word ... like "walk in to the room"

Ore - like iron ore.

Marina:

Mar-ee-nah

Mar - like in "marry"

ee - like the letter "E"

nah - like the british slang for "no"

Militare:

Mil-ee-tar-eh

Mil - like saying "Half a mil" (as in million)

ee - like the letter "E"

tar - like the substance tar used in roads, or like the words star without the S

eh - not as pronounced as the Canadian "Eh", more like in the spanish phrase "No Se" (I don't know) ... like the Se without the S.

Hope that helps! And that I didn't get any of them wrong!

Wow, impressive!

Thanks for the cooperation.

I've been in touch with her every day for the last several regarding having a faulty crown assembly shipped to me in order to send my watch for repair. I'm surprised she hasn't been in touch with you.

Same here. Just got a DJ with changed band for a friend of mine. Almost daily email exchanging without a problem.

You did say "PAN-ER-EYE" correct.? that is how it sounded to me.

Correct.

Ok, I found myself giving links to those old posts of mine on the 'old' RWG, so I thought I could post them here as well. Apologies for repeating myself, and to anyone not interested.

PAM reference spreadsheet:

In this version 1.4 I decided to remove all references to dealers. They outdate too quickly.

Most models with numbers > 200 are still missing.

EDIT: this PAM table is by far obsolete. You may find the latest release in my signature.

Here is genuine Italian pronunciation from a genuine Italian member.

In the attached mp3 I say:

OFFICINE PANERAI RADIOMIR LUMINOR MARINA MILITARE

(Apologies for not-so-good quality. I couldn't find my microphone, so I had to record it in my mobile phone and convert it afterwards.)

Edit Dec 6th 2007: Files removed due to this thread.

My apologies to anyone (especially newbies) who might have needed them.

PAM_Table_v1.4.zip

PAM_mp3.zip

You may also want to have a look at this:

PAM reference spreadsheet