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subbiesrock

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  1. New PAM for end of August

    in The Panerai Area

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    It is safe to assume that it will not be that brown composite case color......it will just be the standard PVD stainless case like the 26K?

    Those makers have a way of replicating finishes, I'm sure they'll throw in a bit of brown powder into the PVD machine while cooking... :)

    The process to create the finish on the 386 had nothing whatsoever to do with PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition). The watchcase is aluminium, and undergoes a chemical reaction (I'm going with electroplating, although it's not clear) to form Al2O3 on the surface, which is the nerdy name for ceramic. The brown colour comes from the unique chemistry, so no, PVD will not give you that colour. But I'm sure they will mock something up... These makers have a way of getting around such things :)

  7. New PAM for end of August

    in The Panerai Area

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    Here you go:

    http://www.kuvarsitwatch.com/

    My question is the seller reputable? Feel free to comment Is that the picture of the Gen movement?

    The pics on te website are not of the Gen. The two big gears and the incabloc shock protection are clearly Asian, but the finish and CDG on this are very very good. What do they charge for shipping? Might be worth getting hands on one, or getting Sead to put one in a 177 for us? :)

  11. Popolo anyone?

    in The looney bin

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    An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] responded "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."

    While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles of lights with numbers above the walls light up. They continued to watch the circles light up in the reverse direction.

    The walls opened up again and a beautiful 24-year-old woman stepped out. The father said to his son, "Go get your mother."

  12. Waiting by the mailbox...

    in The Rolex Area

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    Wheaton's famous 328 (as used in the rep/gen comparison is on it's way, should arrive in the next couple of days... Hitting refresh on the tracking site hourly, To warrant starting a post called 'waiting by the mailbox', you must be seriously excited... :)

  22. Fiddy with Orloff JV

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    Nice!

    This one is gator grain embossed calf leather, right?

    His JV style gen croc hasn't got the same pattern...

    Orloff can supply different parts of the leather, you need only ask which type of pattern you like. I don't believe it is possible to emboss and then treat the leather, although if it is, the process results in an outstanding finish.

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