guesswho

Does anyone have any experience with these straps?? I was going to pick one up for my 127 PAM off the bay. But they're £85 which is quite a lot of cash if it turns out to be not that great.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MARIO-PACI-26mm-WATC...1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks

Meh, i don't begrudge them making a few quid.

But like someone said, you could live like a king in China on $75,000. Actually that's pretty much what I earn at 23, but it affords no lavish lifestyle in England let me tell you lol.

i'd definitely be interested

i hope not,

i mean, how hard can it really be to look at the positioning of the numbers of the dial and see they are not correct... i know the guys who build these probably don't earn a fortune, but come on, surely they have a pair of eyes

it would cost no more money to make a near perfect rep of this watch than what it currently costs, one can only wonder at the motives of those in a factory. if they fixed the problems i'd buy one in a shot, but instead there is no way i'm buying what they are currently trying to pass off.

I have been thinking about getting the D40 for my son for Christmas. Did you get it with the kit lens (18 - 55mm)? Did you use this lens for the shot?

Usil

yeah i got the camera with a 1gb sandisk extreme 3 card for only £403 from jessops in the uk all together. I got a price match from some obscure website lol and then the guy behind the till screwed it up giving me a further £25 off, sweet!

Yeah i did use the 18-55 lens for this shot, its the only lens i have whilst i'm still very much an amatuer.

Thanks for the settings rolli, i'll give it a go this weekend (working long days means i see very little daylight in the week lol)

Just testing out my new Nikon D40 SLR.

I've still got a lot to learn lol.

Call me a philistine but i really dont see how people like these watches.

give me a nice new watch any day.

Angus ..... I think said .... that this project was cancelled.

I hope was onlly with the facrtory he is dealing with.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Eversince I got to know Panerai, I wasn't into it at all, initially. Somehow, I was bitten by PAM bug and bought 063 GMT( which I'm trying to change hands set and relume). I've been reading threads about PAM111h and many were waitiing for Davidsen's ultimo 111h. I'm stilll new to PAM but according to spec, he took care of canon pinion issue, crown guard, sapphire w/ AR. He confirmed that it is indeed swiss movement w/ mod. Not a chinese copy. SInce, I have GMT, I want to get simple and classic PAM, which to me , it is 111h. I would like to get PAM experts' opinion about plunging on this one. Thanks in advance.

It looks like a great watch and Davidsen is a pleasure to deal with from experience.

Suffers from the age old font problems which still give it away on inspection though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/W-Gold-GP-Created-Diam...1QQcmdZViewItem

You owe me a new keyboard, this one is now covered in sick.

Some of you may have read my first post about this watch. After first recieving it, it appeared to die after only a couple of hours... But, miraculously the rep gods were looking down on me and she sprung back to life and has been working great ever since

Davidsen was a pleasure to deal with and offered to have it sent back for a replacement, top notch!

The good man even threw in a free LW Suisse tan strap too. Major thumbs up

Here are a few pics.

And finally the obligatory wristshot:

I've got my eye on a Daytona 6263 and people on the forum talk about DW being a good starting block for a mod project.

Where can i source such a watch??

Or does anyone have one they want to sell me?

I've just recieved my PAM fidddy which I've been looking forward to for ages.

After only 2 hours it wont work any more. It stopped and I can't wind the crown and more, it moves for like a millimeter then i feel some resistance which pushes it back.

Has anyone else had a similar problem? If so, what was the cure?

Thanks

^^ Not sure, the quality looks really good. Just the 'a' in panerai doesn't look quite right.

Wow, it seems you go through a hell of a lot of effort to keep your customers happy, for that you should definately be congratulated.

After reading all of that, you are definately my dealer of choice for my next rep, which hopefully will be brought sometime in the very near future, once I get some more disposable cash lol.

OT, you seem to quote some prices in GBP. Are you actually located in the UK or just an ex-pat?

ah mum jokes

gotta love 'em

On another forum i frequent, the is a system called 'trust' which i presume is an add-on to the forum code.

It essentially allows a feedback system to be put in place, so when a seller completes a transaction, they report on the buyer, be it positive, negative or neutral.

Something like that would be a good system to have here i think.

The sellers could then say they will only take WU payment until the user has a feedback or 2 or 3 positives or something like that.

im a n00b here tho,

real world friend = lots and lots, which is far more important

I'm sure the feds would too

a ha

good point

I know it maybe sounds a little odd but i'd really like to see photographs of some of the rep factories just to see how they are made.

True, and yet that is the inherent problem with ebay. If someone says its a replica the auction gets cancelled right away, while the seller that insists its genuine (despite photos that show otherwise) will usually be left alone. Ultimately its buyer beware, if it seems to good to be true - it probably is.

Very true.

If the price is circa $200-300 then you've got to be a fool to think that you are buying a gen for that amount of money.

But then again, as the saying goes. "a fool and his money are easily parted"

I have no problem with people selling reps on ebay, as long as it is clear that is what they are. People selling reps as gens on the other hand....

You say bland and boring, I say sharp and classy. $4900 at local dealer after tax, too. So this is a nice savings.

Hey, you were the one who wanted disuading

A GST Chrono class of rep for this would be amazing, i'd buy one without a doubt.

somebody had to go and jinx it....