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Specs?

Great results... Now if you'd update the crown to T48 PVD, the CG to a dlc'ed historic CG, and update the hands with DSN PreV hands, you'll be golden!!!

Looks like the dial is applied with light matte spray and then light clear coat???

Yes, can we please have specs? And what badass strap is that?

T's crowns work with DSN cases without changing the crown tube. Ultimate cartels need change of tube.

Lemme give this a shot:

LH dial & hands.

Torobravo/Wholesaleoutlet CG refinished and rebrushed.

DSN Case.

AR removed.

T48 SL crown.

It's actually not brushed... Dirk uses the term on his buckle... "coinage" same finishing technique for creating coins. If I'm not mistaken it's micro-bead blasted to achieve the finish.

You need to have it built. I believe Vac may have one for sale at his section.

Some recipe:

- Cartel Case

- DSN Dial & Hands

- After market lume

- Shortened and polished crown tube

- Polished & flush Canon Pinion

- After market AR single side (Chief, Taka, etc.)

- I'd go and get an OEM strap and ditch the rep strap. With a Rad, this makes or breaks the watch.

Nice camera!!! Now... If you're selling that old school 063...

Reps use stamped calf to mimic a gator/croco grain.

The one you've purchased through eBay seems to be Croco leather, which is nice, but is still inaccurate for PAMs since they use Gator, which is smoother and more expensive. I'd raid Paneristi trade forum and pick up an OEM gator for less than $200 instead for these new daylights, or just use the rubber strat that they came with which I think is excellent.

My Question, are the new A7753 PAMs coming with Straps made of genuine alligator leather, or is it just some imitation looking like alligator leather?

I am asking because I am waiting for my A7753 PAM and I just ordered a "genuine croco leather aftermarket strap" from eBay (Seller: pstrapusa).

Any input on this? Are these straps good?

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400142913629&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Looking forward to hearing from you guys

Dan

Exactly how I would do it. Except that DSN is now shipping them with the correct 6mm cyclops.

Be careful not to transplant the crystal from a cartel ultimate PAM 199 because the magnification is just too much it blows up the date fonts out of proportion, esp. when you install Taka's DW.

Spot on again on A CG, but HiJack at RG apparently have successfully modded a few ToroBravo/WholesaleOutlet Historic CGs into a good looking enough A CG.

I have ordered both 24A and 25D

I think I will mod them like this:

-change date wheel for the new 2Geek one

-change crown for T48 spring loaded

-and change crystal as soon as I will be able to get a good one with the right size cyclop...

I don't think I will change the CG as it is pretty difficult to find a good A-Serie CG...

What do you think?

There's a gen with exactly that dark brown tone and off-white stitching, I used to have one. But that strap came in 24X22 size, the one pictured looks like a 24X24 and I know only one guy does a gator belly strap with that rich dark tone, thickness, cutting, and similarly cut holes. Lookup HKTan.

The silver sub-dial does bother some people and with gen sub-dial color being anywhere between DSN's and cartel's it's not a straightforward pick for some people.

The problem with 089 is the CG, without any viable option out there that's close enough to gen except by going gen (DSN's cg is closest in thickness but shape still falls short).

I'd pick a 088 based on the ultimate from van. It's damn classy as hell for a GMT watch and is more formal looking than the 089. I had my 088 from vac and my friend literally begged me to sell it to him, so I did and am raising fund again to have vac rebuild another one for me

If you need an 089, get both

Get an LH 111I :-)

Here's your recipe of success:

1. Contact vaccum.

2. Cartel case (normally available for H series).

3. A6497 H movement with swan neck.

4. DSN Dials & Hands --> vaclume.

5. Tall H3 canon pinion mod.

6. Shortened crown tube.

7. Chief AR.

I have exactly that except with a G series movement and never regret anything.

Little Hero --> RG

Vac-Built --> RG/RWI

Sead --> RG

Others --> Scroll down the main page here

Confused? Use the search function and read some more...

His 24A has unidirectional bezel with 12 clicks.

His 25D has unidirectional bezel with 60 clicks.

So, which one is true to gen? Or is it that both are true to gen and I'm just an idiot sub newbie?

That's an old DSN dial. I have one in my vac-built 111h and the "3" in the new dial is less accurate than this one. That's a better dial he's got.

Very nice looking Slytech PAM. One input: you might wanna work a little bit more on the the tip of the CG lever since it looks squared instead of rounded, probably just a few minutes job with a sand paper and it'll be perfect.

In for 2...

Yay beibeh!!! More PreVs are good for my watch box....

Just like the 212, it's a modified A7750.

You would probably want to check with The Zigmeister if modifying an ETA 7750 into that config is doable or if using 7753 is more viable.

I had his ultimate 111H and I changed the crown there with a normal rep crown (from the cartel I think) which are similar in build to T's crowns, with no issue. I know others have done so for DSN's auto PAMs with no issue as well. Unless he has different tube builds for his PreV offerring...

Yes, it would fit just fine. The problem would be if you get a gen crown, you need to fabricate a different tube for it. But if it's T's crown, it's plug and play. You will find that the stem screws in further with a T crown though, so you would probably need a new longer stem.

T48 PVD. Get it while there's still some available.