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Nice tidy mix , keep 'em coming ! Cheers FGD

Great to see you back treading the boards T and in some style with that piece !! All the best S

Another top notch review B....you could have yourself a full time job here !! Keep 'em coming , they are invaluable Cheers FGD

Sounds great - always love to see a Zigged up franken !! Congratulations

Incredible collection S......really sharp photos as well Congratulations and keep 'em coming !! Cheers FGD

Fantastic looking watches both of them so congratulations! I agree on the 009 - it looks very very authentic overall - beauties Cheers FGD

Top class watch Jitai and thanks for the kind words - always a pleasure to help Cheers Simon

Hi Paul Please put me down for a Vintage dial !!- awesome work Cheers Simon

Sweet ...congratulations mate FGD

Stunning watches - all of them and Rolli is a true professional to deal with Great watches and sure they will bring you lots of pleasure !! Cheers FGD

Superb work B - reference tutorial for us all Cheers FGD

Ingenious - love it and it looks very convincing I'm looking forward to the next step with the printed aluminium dial Cheers FGD

Yes Polonus TM ....I see what you are saying 0.1mm closer to the case at the edge will mean slightly more distance at the lever point of contact What do you suggest to "compress" or squeeze the CG ? Cheers FGD

My money is on it being true, given the efforts on the new Daylights , the obvious choice for a volume line would be a 1:1 copy of a K or L series handwound. I'm sure they can achieve a "Swiss" standard of finish on the movement, just have to hope they care about those details the way we do. Have also heard the rumblings that it will be 177 first, commercially holding the the real volume selling 111 back a while. Again that makes sense with the short delay on 196 162 etc with the Daylights So many easy options if they get the 111 case set copied accurately - 000,005,112,176, 360 ......it is a no brainer to invest in 1 gen model to yield so many new options Just my 2p FGD

Well I'm not much of a teacher but here we go 1- Remove CG - you'll see it does fit together perfectly but pressure from the crown side can press the lever out 2- Remove the caseback and release the crown stem - assuming of course you know how to do that - I'm not about to try and explain how you do that as I wouldn't recommend it as a first time thing to do ( I only just have the confidence to remove my own auto stems after 4 years!) You'll see the crown is spring loaded. 3- I swapped the flat gasket beneath my crown with an O-ring type - a bit thinner and will compress more than the flat ones. Compromising WR wasn't a consideration for me as I would never wear a bracelet PAM or Chrono in water 4- I then re-inserted the stem and re-assembled with the CG - it closed less tightly than before but still stuck out a little bit. 5- I then removed the CG again , pushed the lever pin out and disassembled - removing the rubber CG lever liner. 6- Using some elec cable/flex casing - the harder stiffer type , I cut to size and inserted into the lever hole 7- I then built up a layer of epoxy inside the cable insert , so that there was a tiny hole still but thickening and hardening the interior lining. 8- Let the epoxy dry for an hour or so 9- Then re-assembled the CG - a bit tougher to insert the pin this time as expected and popped back on the watch This is the end result - moving from 70% to 95% ...still a little work to do to perfect but far happier Hope this is of some help FGD

Best review possible for this watch - Kudos and thanks FGD

You are totally correct The CG is perfectly made - but there is too much pressure upwards from the crown on the lever which pushes it out I replaced the flat rubber gasket on the underside of the crown with an o-ring and replaced the lever gasket with a harder nylon insert. This has solved the majority of the issue but still think that either the stem or the caseside crown tube are 0.1mm too long. I don't thinkt this is a flaw in the watch as the parts are perfectly made , more a case of less than perfect attention to detail on assembly - which is to be expected on any production line. It's all minor mods if you do it yourself or get a watchsmith to do for you , certainly not a show stopper for a watch of this overall quality The question for me is if they charged $420 for this watch and solved the CG issue as above , what would we find to talk about !!! Cheers FGD

Should be fixable by either swapping the crown gasket and/or the lever pin lining - failing that a different lever The roller ball detail is nice but I would have liked to see a better fitting CG as a basic must have Will have to see when mine arrives FGD

Look really good Pics a great but a lume shot would be nice !!! Cheers FGD

Giggedy .......payment sent

As sweet as they come D - glad to be of service to such esteemed friends!! My 001 went to California earlier in the year and came back looking like this - God I love Panerai FGD

Got these few images of black calf and rubberised black calf with PVD Both with steel and PVD buckle are on my shopping list along with the ran !! FGD

Rolli The "Bat" sign is lighting up the sky over Gotham city ...... FGD

Snapshots ? ...please FGD

Get in ...the 236 I have been waiting for! The dealers are listening by the looks of these Exciting FGD