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Mate thats no problem Its always dificult to tell with the writen word.... but hopefully you guys know me well enough to know that if something I said comes across wrong or insensitive... its not meant... its just my black humour.. And yes I do get beaten senseless everytime for buying rep watches.... By the dealers !!!

I personally think thats a great thing to do.... I love the polished CG with the sausage dial and polished case..... I always preferred my polished fat CG on my autos so I think it looks great.. Indeed many gen owners do just that either by accident using the CC cloth or intentionally either way looks good to me... Plus that polishing kit is brilliant for that money... you couldnt go wrong mate... Thanks for sharing.... I really like seeing PAMs that are being treated as if they were just owners gens wanting to put their own touch to them.... whereas we all seem to want ours to look like it just walked out the OP factory... even the older models ...

Great pics.... I take the dog is a PAM sniffer..... like the pigs for truffles

I think all you guys are missing the point.... I mean we are talking copyright theft here..... a hienous crime indeed....

Blasphemer !! Have you learnt nothing of the code.... clearly not..... A pox upon yee...

Yum Yum

Dont trust him.... he is mad I tell you.... mad....

I hope you dont remember it mate... Have a good one

This rep buckle came from the Noob factory already polished.... but when I have polished my deployants or buckles.... I have never had a problem.... if the engraving is poor then use CC if its decent then put a dremel on it

Same for me since this morning... I sent admin a PM earlier... hopefully be sorted soon

Simply stunning... And you a Sub man..... its an outrage.... I always aspired to own one of your Sub's but this is another level... Very jealous mate... but also very pleased for you... Mike really made the difference for those gen parts.... Congrats

Oh D..... your a star mate.... Thank you so much... I really appreciate you taking the time to help... Blimey I had no idea they were so comparable.... I always envisaged them sitting much smaller on the wrist... I must say its a model that has gone way up in my estimation.... I love that tank look to it.... Thanks so much mate

I tried contacting Admin... I still cant edit my posts so here are some PB pics...

Seems to be a problem with my dowloaded images... and I cant edit... I guess there is a glitch in the system at the moment, Apologies

Given the amount of new PAMs coming out from the factories, I thought I would do a quick pictorial of the buckles provided with the watches against that of the gen. From my own point of view, when you hold the rep and gen together... the difference is night and day... However put these on a strap and on your wrist.... and I doubt anyone or certainly very very few people would spot it as a rep... unless they were holding your hand or mugging you There are differences in the quality, size, shape and engraving but from a distance its pretty hard to spot. In basic terms the gen ; Bigger in overall size More curved along the broader area The engraving is deeper and the typeface correct... notably the A and E The PANERAI is also slightly longer than the rep The toungue fits tightly into the groove of the buckle (The rep has a gap) The machining and finish of the screw is better by far Overall finishing to the outer edges and internal edges is way better Generally overall the quality is far superior, but that is what you would expect from OP even though the price they charge far exceeds their costs! but hey its a designer world with designer prices ! Overall, if you wear the rep buckle you can feel pretty comfortable in its closeness to the gen whilst its on your wrist I think the pics highlight this better than I can

I remember buying thier earlier albums as they came out... the first one I bought had a star on it as I recall.... had them a few years... didnt really play them much ...... then gave them all away to friends.... I did the same with UFO albums as well as many others!! The foolishness of youth..

Much prefer the 29B dial to the 29M.....

So finally !!! You admit it..... !! We been telling you that for years

So Dave, I take it you try and fit that in with your wash days...

Thanks for all the input guys..... Chief's is certainly a beauty.... I really appreciate all the advice.... Thank you

Thanks Mike.... so no change in lume dots

461 dials 12 x 243 19 x 183 16 x 119 12 x 202 06 x 199 33 x 050 14 x 170 4 x 025 5 x 162 34 x 074 11 x 87 2 x 242 8 x 184 15 x 214 12 x 126 23 x 090 18 x 093 24 x 123 15 x 070 17 x 164 29 x 104 26 x 086 6 x 140 8 x 221 37 x 216 14 x 246 23 x 232 18 x 252

In which case you should take a p*ss on that so called artwork !!! What am I saying...!!

Chief.... Thanks mate I have popped you a PM mate.... P..I am good mate..Thanks... Cheers for reply mate... I have enough probs with PAMs without getting into a franken build myself unless it done already and I know how much you enjoy the B-lings.. M... Thanks too mate... I appreciate the advice... I think that rules out the blue then for me So are the Arabic dials better now then in terms of the lume dots? Thanks again guys I am also confused by the references to the years now...Do I still need to avoid the ones based on the BS SA?

You got me mate I even went and checked your content then after a few pages remembered my crack with the franken 217 !