bruce79

Quick question, are the crowns suppose to be perfectly centered on our reps? I seriously don't know and have never checked...

What a special watch D, that's a keeper for sure!

Oh my goodness...it's true...they are Olympic athletes. Bia and Branca Feres There is more of the same here.

I know I sound like a broken record but the most versatile 26mm strap I've ever owned is the Simona Vintage Brown...looked phenomenal on my 127 & 187. You will not be disappointed.

I used to wear mine on Simona Vintage Brown strap...looked amazing.

Hey Alligoat, just curious...did you solve the etched crown @ 6 issue?

Not sure if you already knew this but I do have 501B end links on a 93150. Ok, I'm officially declaring my sub an R series 16610 instead of an 16800... ...seriously though.

Great project! I see what you mean with the shallow reahaut...I guess instead of a 16800, I have an early model 16610...no biggie since there are no engravings on the case anyways... Amazing work though.

Holy Smokes...!!!! That is amazing...one of the best franken pams ever.

those vintage pieces are stunning.

Beautiful piece indeed. L, those are the best pics ever.

I agree

Your subscription probably expired? You'll have to cough up a cnote to retain your platty status... Or you could just go for the regular old supporter status... who on earth would want to do that?

Gen Dial?

Thanks for the comments guys. To remove the AR, you need to remove the crystal. Then just use some green jewelers rouge and a dremel...works like a dream. Usually it takes like 10-15 minutes to remove rep AR, and anywhere from 20-30 minutes to remove Chief's AR or K2222's AR. I got the 036 from a fellow member so I'm not sure where it originally came from but the dial is unlike any tobacco dial I've ever owned or seen. Normally, rep tobacco dials are very brown...not dk brown or tobacco like they should be but sort of a 'bright brown' if there is such a thing. That's why Ti pams with tobacco dials have never grown on me...something about the brown dials. But I feel fortunate to have this 036. The indices are a nice cream color and they look superb against the tobacco dial. Just need to fix the crown guard pin and switch the 'L' to 'T' and I'm set.

probably for the next week or so...

Hmm...the case is Ti... Thanks for the kind comments SubFrog...I just finished the Macs yesterday.

Here are some pics of my 036. Though it's sort of difficult to tell from the pics, the dial is a beautiful dk tobacco brown...much different than the standard dial (ie: Ruby dial) which is just too brown, IMO. I just removed the "AR" coating on the crystal which improves it's looks 1000%. The ar coating took literally 90 seconds to remove...the easiest I've ever done. I've had several brown dial Ti pams and this is the first one that looks the part. The strap is a Simona Vintage Tan.

very off indeed...with an item like that from a seller like that...no friggin way!!!

Hey Laz, This is the exact product I used. I'm sure other stuff will work just as well though. Best of luck to you. J

It looks good to me. The only minor flaw that I can detect out of the ordinary is the subdial hands at 3 & 9 are a bit small...they should be larger than the sub hand at 6. Easy fix though.

Last night, a man shot another man in the face after they got in an altercation out front of a nearby bar. The wounded man died this morning. I found out about the shooting after stopping by a local bike shop near the bar this morning and saw noticed the police cars & tape. What the censored is wrong with people. The particular bar they left is not a rough bar nor is my neighborhood but just like that, someone pulls out a gun and shoots someone in the face...seriously? I'm stunned right now.

what a stunner!!!

I didn't feel it as I was out running errands but it seems like everyone else did. I'm scared to death of earthquakes. I was pretty much traumatized by the Bay Area '89 quake. I was a just a kid but the weeks after the quake were the worst of my life up to this point. I know, I know...

Just checked mine...the smaller of the three is for the 6 position.