hiker01
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We're getting close! Another RWG Milestone coming up.............the 9th person to join will be IT!
Ok! Here's the watch I'm offering to sell to pay (2 years worth???) for the 25000 member who joins:
If nobody buys this, he could have the watch if he pays 2 years worth of membership! Common people, let's
make this person HAPPY
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Great job!
Congrats!Still waiting to do a lume job on my 205/A dial!
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WTF E! Are you a smuggler now??? LOL! Just kiddin, but $hit, where the hell were you taking those watches? Wow! I would be devastated if I was in your place and they caught those beauties! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh~! Man-O-Man! I'm so glad for you that they did not check your hand carry!
Sorry to hear your bad trip/experience! We should Ban France as a lay-over or destination in RWG!
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how much was case? can he do others.....??
Please inquire thru PM!
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Yardwork this weekend....beater time......Red Sub:
Have a nice weekend everyone!
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More thanks to you guys! Which I did by the way before the crash! I guess I lost that!
Who's the artisan that did the hands on this beauty? Or is it a closely guarded secret?
Yup! PM me if you need them!
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Yeeeeeee! We're back! Kudos to the Admin Team....or whoever is the IT guy!
Great Job! I was starting to have withdrawal symtoms! -
Thanks, Gents! Coming from all of you......it was worth the effort!
@yisus...I plan to get to that next! I think that would be the final Mod!
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Sweet labor of Love....reflected on the end product! That's a MasterPiece my friend! Great job!!!
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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!
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Do you know how long is this gonna be? I'll be in DC next week!
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2nd Vintage Panerai in a Series of Vintage projects:
Panerai 3646:
The Gen:
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Wearing My New Omega 50th Anniv Moonwalk for Tues.
Taken with a crappy CrackleBerry:
Thanks k-!
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PAM 207a for Monday:
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Happy Birthday F. Sounds like a good one - they get harder to recover from as you go mate
Happy Belated birthday wishes. I hope that you enjoyed your day, and have many more happy birthdays.
Thank you both! Still recovering...........
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BT.......I think mine is the long lost Twin Brother!
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Now my one and only Breitling, SA grey dial on Honey:
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Thanks all! It was a good one! Too much booze and food, but I think I got more of a food buzzz than the booze......
Getting old!!! 
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Wearing this for SunCloudyDay:
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Well, today ain't Feb 29th so I must be missing something...
You owe me one, J-!
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Looks good, those Nylons work surprisingly well on the 3646 case:
If you ever want to change: here is a good solution for fixed lug (invisible rivet strap):
http://i753.photobucket.com/albums/xx173/postrrboy/Picture031-3.jpg
http://i753.photobucket.com/albums/xx173/postrrboy/Picture025-2.jpg
taken from postrrboy's post on RG
Thanks, E-! Your my Idol and inspiration when it comes to Vintage PAMs! I just have to build them myself! Could you PM me the source? I've got one given to me by a friend and I need more! I used that one on my almost finished 3646!
Very nice work mate as always, great pics too
I wonder if you used a Brushed steel Finish polish on the case would it help age that polished look??
Thanks, Pete! I will try your suggestion!
Nice work Hike! It's inspiring...there's just something about vintage pieces, I'm really starting to fall for these!
Cheers
Thanks, Eton! Trust me, once you start, you can't go back!
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LOL!
Priceless thanks to all!!!!! Ya' ol are the best!
Cheers
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Finally finished one of a few Vintage Panerais I always wanted to have, thanks to the Burnz and Donerix for
introducing me to these rare beauties. I bought the first one I have from Donerix, which was an amazing 6154,
but I did not feel the connection! I have to build these beauties for my self.....so here's the first one!
Panerai 2533:
These pictures were taken after the Vintagizing process, I think you all know how they look like brand new.
The Dial:
The Movement.....Molinja:
The Crown and Case:
and the Finished product:
and on the wrist:
Thanks for looking!
Who would be the lucky 25000 member!
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by HikeUSA
OK! Somebody from Admin help me out here.....deniz is right! How could he be number 25819, but our top Banner says "24992 Members"? Maybe I should logout and login again.....uhmmmmmm!
OK...I just re-login and it still says "24992 Members"? What gives? ADMIN, please clarify!