If you LOVE PAMS, and who doesn't (you know who you are!); and you LOVE the PVD models, you gotta have the PAM202a! My LOVE and quest started when I saw Martin Wilmsen's Blog and Pictorials here, I mean after looking at these pictures he took of the originals, who wouldn't fall in-love with this baby:
So, that's how my quest started....
- got the dial from a Member here
- got the PVD case (good, but old) from another Member
- PM'ed Spin for the caseback and the first set of hands (luckily, he's got them)
- got the Swiss6497 from DSN
The following are pictures of the stages of of builds that it went thru.....
Parts being assembled:
1st completed build, wrong hands and without H3 Cannon Pin upgrade:
2nd mod, tried another pair of hands....still wrong:
3rd mod, upgraded the Cannon Pin to H3, but still wrong hands (driving me crazy!)
I finally got introduced to someone who could make me the right pair of 202a hands, and
God Bless his talented hands, he made the right one. I also decided to have him build me a
new PVD case and now, here's the final..........
TADA, Perfection.....Panerai 202a....can't get any better than this:
Correct hands setting on a tall H3 Cannon Pin:
Beautifull new PVD case:
Correct Caseback:
and nice Personally Vintagized Strap:
and side-by-side with the Gen:
Heavenly!
Thanks for looking!