ravishingrick

Wow... That is going to be one sweet watch!

Bought them off an eBay seller but, but they did not come cheap.

Hi Guys,

Just finished installing some OEM hands on my PAM27A, must say I am thrilled with the upgrade. The hands have an absolute perfect finish, a really lovely sight when the sun light hits then from an angle.

Put on my favorite strap of the moment, the Kaktus drifter with custom black stitch.

Enjoy,

Regards.

All though i like the 63 over the 29, the gen 63 in LNIB condition sells between 4K an 5K US$ on the second hand market. Why would you build a 1200$ rep of a ~4500$ watch?

Some OEM dials for sale for the franken builders.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/***watchman*...QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

Rgds,

RR

It is the best, closest and most beautiful PAM23 franken in the world, a true gem.

Wear it well.

Look for a Europe based dealer or if you have a friend based in the U.K., have the China based dealer send the watch to your U.K.based friend, from the U.K. it should be no problem shipping to N.L.

They did the strap changing system but not the crown guard lever roller system...

They are Davidsens stock dials.

Thanks

Some of the dials look a bit crappy yet others look to be quite well made, not an expert on fonts etc, but this PAM002A dial at least has recessed numerals and indexes like the genuine dial.

Personally I think this PAM002 dial has some potential, maybe stain the dial to cream up the fonts, have the dial sent for a aged tritium relume and we might have something half decent.

Here is there website: http://www.jewelryandwatch.com/index1.html

The rep makers have seemed to have completely dropped there interest in producing Panerai reps all together.

Same here, owned a highly modded PAM 118 for 2 1/2 years and loved it very dearly, but after a while I could not live with the flaws and lower overall quality compared to the gen. Sold my rep 118 and bought a genuine PAM 116 just recently. Since then I never looked back as I love my gen 10 times more then the rep. The dial, movement, crown guard and so on are just so much nicer then the rep version.

I still enjoy my four reps, althogh since I got my 116 they are getting almost no wrist time.

How about your own prices Ajoe?

- PAM27 original price 650$ + a few parts and mods worth ~400$(extra dial and hands + a relume) -> Your initial asking price ~1400$

- Pam 29 original price ~600$ + a few parts worth ~200$ (gen crown + cyclops) -> Your initial asking price 1200$

- Pam 63 original price ~ 600$ + a few parts worth ~200$ (gen crown + cyclops) -> Your initial asking price 1200$

Seems to be very hypocritical of you flaming the dealers for asking high prices for there pieces, while you are taking advantage of these piece being rare and selling them at astronomical prices.

I think it's a catch 22 situation. On the one hand we all want 'superreps' that are cosmetically 99,99% accurate. On the other hand we don't wanna spend more money, which is needed to invest in a gen to make the rep 99,99% accurate... And in the case of the new AP the factory even had to invest in developing a 7750 secs @12 movement.

It's simple economics.... Do we really wanna go back to reps with standard movements copied from pictures??

It is not like the genuinhe they used for replication afterwards can be tossed in th trash? After replication they reassemble the genuine piece and sell it. The investment is not that high, maybe the time and effort it takes to source the genuine.

I am not usually a fan of engraved movements but this movement looks awsome. Are you going to mount the movement in watch? If so what kind of watch?

Man you have allot of projects going on PAM28, PAM29 and now this. Lovely watch btw, also like the strap combo very much. Good luck with the projects.

A note on your parts selection: A V CG would be wrong for this model. You need an contemporary CG (often rerefed to as an E-series CG), not a Historic CG (oftern refered to as an H-Series CG). V VG's are good for the historic handwind models, H series and above or the Pre Vendome models. Unlike the Comtemporary CG's, historic CG's have a differen profile. They tapper from thick (outer side) to thinner (case side).

The strap combines nice with your lovely 63!

How do you say , "butt ugly" in German?

You mean Dutch? The equivalent to butt ugly would be something like "Uber lelijk" in Dutch.

15K euro for this piece is insane, I mean it has no appeal at all to it and looks to be using a 200-300$ modified ETA-289X-2 movement.

Looks like cheap crap to me, Panera. Judging from the pics alone, the fit and finish appears to be WELL below any genuine RXW watches. Below Davidsen's standards, too, for that matter.

It looks like a $250 Asian powered rep to me.

Agreed except to me it looks like 50$ rep, the quality and finish look awful.

This has been glued to wrist the last 3 weeks and shall probably remain there until I receive my gen Luminor base...

Looks like this one

Wow my dream white dial PAM.

Not to fond off the white dial Luminor Base's or Luminor Marina's, but love the white dial Luminor Daylight's.

Congrats here too!

Hi,

I am going to visit Zurich for a few day's. If anyone here has some recommendation's of special sites to see or some interesting things to do while in Zurich, please share.

BTW How hot is the watch seen in Zurich, any watch store recommendations?

Thx,

RR