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i have in mind another watch id like PVDed like this? have you tested how durable this PVD is? try sandpaper and smthing sharp like a knife

perfect! what type of PVD coating is this?

well lets sit back and watch how high bids on this will get! http://cgi.ebay.com/Angelus-8-day-Clock-Mo...1QQcmdZViewItem

i purchased noctiluminova and i was satisfied by its results, at the pics below in the left there is my invicta russian diver, that has a decent lume (not superluminova, but 10 times better than the poor standard lum most reps have) and at the right there is my project 127 sandwich dial, you can also see the time elapsed in the left dial. dunno who tritec performs but noctilum is very nice for me open the thumbnails because at the last pics low res shows nothing, ofcourse everytime i took a pic the camera settings where the same

awsome craftsmanship my friend!

yeap 1mm thickness of solder, no an extra small piece of pin i polished the large diameter side of the pin (the one thats visible know) on the back side of the crown guard if you cut that small amount of solder that will come out when you press the pin its very easy to polish the solder too because its so soft!

ok, 127 is my holy grail i have an 127 that i wear daily an another one that i use to pretest all my mods... the easiest must be the lever mod, but i didn't like the idea of using silicon... so what? so i used soldering iron! but lets see the whole process with pics (i know you like them!) first of all how my fiddy's lever pin looked like and this is how the gen looks! so lets start! first of all i removed the pin and attached it to my dremel! it's like a lathe compared to the size of the pin! look how crappy the surface of the pin looks! then i placed a sandpaper (i think it was size 800) on a flat surface and flattened the pin and the pin turned into this! flat and shiny, just the way we like it! :cheesy: now what i did is i put some 1mm solder iron all the way to the back side of the hole that the pin inserts like this here you have to make sure the soldering iron comes all the way out the back of the pin hole then you cut the solder you don't need like this i used a wire cutter for electronics you can use whatever you like, maybe a razor! and the solder that remains should look like this then you place the lever in place and insert the pin, the pin should stand like this because of the solder on the second hole and now press the pin inside! now compare the before and now pin! on the back of the crown guard you will see some solder pushed out by the pin, i used a razor to cut the solder that came out, and the back got also this very nice flat look! hope you liked it guys!

very nice shape, looks rugged! reminds me of another watch i was about to buy before finding reps http://www.arctos.info/en/html/gpwk1.html

excellent collection! especially for 1 single watch! that coramid black strap is absolutely stunning !!!

very nice watch! does it have sapphire crystal?it looks soooo nice!

please post some pics!

totally agree, fan of the correct AR on each watch rather than a bling bling look for a pam, after all anyone who has no knowledge on replicas/watches will be amazed just by the word panerai on your dial, even if you AR is purple with little elephants the trained eye will catch the fake AR within 5 seconds... and everyone who knows and will try to take a closer look will find out its a rep, its the degree of accuracy to the gen that matters (personal opinion)

This is my contribution to the AR, im more interested to the correct AR on a 127 so here is the pics

Maybe there was traffic and she wanted to make that beetle fly!