Bodo

I have some Crown and Tube sets with gaskets I could sell.

It´s the OEM-Quality long shaft tube in stainless steel + OEM-Quality crown.

Top quality but not Rolex-wrapped.

Look into the sales section or mail me bllooo@yahoo.de

The best was the inside of a back lid saying

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It´s great ´cause it´s inside and only you know.

When you open a Roll-Rep it´s laugh or cry anyway

A genuine 16610 marker up close. The lume looks like snow packed into the marker...

However, I have seen a few genuine (modern) markers done a bit sloppily from Rolex SA. Seems that every now and then, a less than perfect ne will slip out of QC...

That´s what I mean.

Even, matte and recessed from the frame.

I´m curious how these markers are produced at the factory.

BTW I didn´t mean the old non frame markers. These are different from the modern type.

Some of my Reps have bad Lume in the markers, but they look like genuine because they´re lumed flatly, even and with matt-white finish

Others ahve rather great lume which glows green in the dark but: In the light you can tell it´s a fake from the hi gloss finish and uneven application.

I have a genuine Yachtmaster and TT Sub so I can compare them.

Genuine Rolex never has hi gloss finish on the luminova.

It´s always matt, always even, always recessed from the edges.

So how can I relume the markers with matt finish Super-Luminova to give my reps the genuine look?

Is there anyone in Europe, better Germany, who does that job?

If someone had already done it I´d appreciate a how-to.

Thank you The Zigmeister for the review and the info. Very interesting!

In the follwup postings I read about 2,0 2,1 and 2,2 mm crowns.

From the pix of original Pams I know that Panerai installs crowns of different thickness on different models.

I think that the classic models as 111 or 0005 Logo have the thickest crowns. Must be 2.2 mm.

Can anyone determine the thickness of the different crowns?

This would help to decide for the right crown for the individual model.

The second thing is the crown guard problem.

If you compare the original on genuine classic PAMs to replicas you´ll find it´s much thicker but you can´t really tell the difference.

If someone could determine the exact measurements of the different styles it should be possible to make a hi-quality crown-CG-Combo, especially for the classic models.

David Sen is on the right way but his CG still doesen´t look like genuine. The gap between Crown and CG is too wide.

The whole thing is in the 0.1 mm range but it can be seen with naked eyes.

Hi there.

One of the last bean couters has finally found his way to this board.

Hope you´re all fine.

And my favourite smilie is here: Could it be any better?

Have fun all together.