PeteM

Wouldnt you still get a contrast given your going over another paint even if the colour matched, that slight raise would catch the light, wouldnt it?

Lovely watch very tempting just not sure how close they are to the gen?

Spits not swallows

This from a guy that hangs around in toilets pretending he is there just to take pics of his watch!!

No expert but arent there a few look a likes on there I think I see some IWC and B&R's

R..R..R..R..R..R....... no cant do it!!!

Thanks for sharing mate. Great pics some lovely watches.

Green eyes mate

libido

Hi Pete,

Thanks very much but I've found a service by Fine DD on RWI that will remove the AR and likely put his own AR on.

So happy days!

If your in EU dont forget Domi

Fives!! the Queens!!! Oh the memories!! Think I will go and put me dessies on!!

I want to know why that BS detector keeps going up everytime I look at it does it go down when I am not looking at it??

Mate those pics are fantastic I am in awe of the quality of the whole pic, the sharpness the tone and the setting = really nice

Thats a great link Lani.

Can you sticky this in the how to's

Thanks

I chose the DSN dial over the ultimate dial because the flaws of the DSN dial are marginal compared to its pros over the cartel dial.

The dark subdial on the cartel 088 is a give away from 10ft distance. Other than its wrong colour the print quality of all three ultimate dials I have seen so far was more than bad. Chipped paint around the sub dial and crooked lume markers on the 24h ring is something I don't expect from a watch in this price range.

Colour and fonts are a very good to perfect match on DSNs dial. The only visible flaw IMO is the beveled date window on DSNs dial, but that is not very obvious.

I must of had a different ultimate to the one you refer to above because I really cant agree with your comments on the subdial, as I say I had them both next to each other. By the same arguement I would say the same about the DSN sub dial at ten feet.

Thinking about it what I am trying say is, forget the photos. when the Ultimate is on your wrist that darkness isnt as obvious compared to the gen as the side by side photos would make you believe. Looking in a mirror at the watches on your wrist what you really notice as you move your arm about is the blue tint of the ultimate crystal. The colour of the sub is a matter of the light so if your looking at it from a distance your sort of saying 'is it or isnt it a gen' when the blue catches the light your saying no its not. Assuming you know about that in the first place and generally few do.

The chip paint and crooked markers would be a QC consistency matter as I said this wasnt the case with the ultimate I had.

@Pete...thanks! Check your PM!

Cheers mate all received

Had this on today

man this one is sick!!!

i love this pic!! and the watch.. what are the flaws on this one?? any comparsion pics :whistling:

+1 Thats the first HB I really like!!

That watch brings back some memories my great uncle had an Elgin from WW1 he wore it till the day he died, I never found out what happened to it though.

Thanks for posting

Lovely pics and that is some packaging !!!!

I do like that Oris the Ebel is too dressy for me.

Now I have to go and find out what you guys mean by regulator model

I am really starting to like the DSN 088 dial. Looks much better with the correct sub-dial silver color. I think I will just go with DSN rather than ultimate dial. After the relume should look great.

Personally I think the subdial issue is six of one and half dozen of the other, having had the ultimate in my hand and comparing with my gen the sub is definitely too dark but with most hand movements doesnt notice whereas the DSN looks too silver to me from the pics I have seen. To me the biggest tell from a distance is the way the blue from the AR on the cyclops reflects the light. Not so much the sub dial.

@drulee, thanks I will check out when RG is back up

Hike great pics I love the montage or is it collage one.

Thats the first time I have seen that strap on the PAM, seen that style on the makers sites and never really thought much of it but must say it looks good mate.

I dont have any office software on my laptop only on my desktop which unfortunately I cant use at the moment. As the MS office came with the desktop I cant use the disc to load on the laptop something about licensing according to Dell, wish they had told me that when I bought it I just assumed it would be the same if I had bought software seperately I think thats 3 computers you can load on then.

Very nice and unusuall. What size are these watches?

Thanks for sharing

No, this is one of the initial Eddie Lee batch - The Zigmeister relume and DSN crystal swap are the only mods done...

Thanks for reply.

Is the EL CG the better one for these in terms of accuracy? Why did you do the relume was it because of the accuracy of the colouring in daylight, I ask because DSN's lume is good as a lume at night for me anyway.

Is Eddie Lee still about as I dont see anything in dealer mods forum

And a Panerai new year mate!

Here you go.

Probably the angle on the crystal. I replaced my shattered orriginal crystal (shattered right after I had it coated by Chief) with a DSN AR sapphire crystal.

Thanks that looks nice the pin looks good, thats not a DSN CG though is it?