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Quite the franken! Congratulations. And on the DSN case backs I have never ound one that didn't fit Pre-V or later.

T- Looks great. Out of curiosity, did you change the case tube to account for the the thinner stem/entry point on the crown or fill-in the space with an additional gasket?

Just curious, did Panerai change the placement of the L swiss L to the same level of the 12 on later gen dials or are both the DSN and Ultimate wrong?

Welcome back. And yes, that is a more than familiar avatar.

Very nice watch. Wear it well.

No surprise their. Cheers to D.

I suggest you pick a specific model or Fantasy based on a specific modeland then folks can be more helpful.

I hadn't thought there was a 44mm GMT in ti with strap changing system other than the bi-metal 161.

Does anyone even remember if they posted in this thread? I couldn't even find many pics of Rolexes. Here are a couple of random pics: Couple of great whites, a Red Sub and DW in the watch box. By the way that seconds at 6 Daytona still works. They all have the usual gen crown, tube, crystal and occasional dial and watchmeister date overlays. Gotta have those flat 3's. Needless to say Ziggy case work, spring bars, etc. 5512 with a bunch of gen parts including dial, slow beat movement, etc. from Falco. Currently in the great North for a spruce up:

Congrats on the case. Given that it has a strap changing system you are obviously working with a J or later so it would have to be a 240 or perhaps the 296 Special Edition (but that is on a bracelet). I thought the 89 was discontinued with the G series and so it wouldn't have that particular system - but I could be wrong on that and someone can correct me. On the manual side I know they still make the 177 and 176 but I don't know if they updated the strap changing system. I wouldn't normally bring up the hand winds as they require milling the case but crystals with proper magnification can be hard to come by and I would probably go that way without an automatic crystal. These cases do occasionally come up in the second-hand market as the strap system tends to break and owners sell the original. But spring bars solve that. I would hang on to it until that dream project or gen dial comes along. The one benefit of the strap changing system is that there may well be future ti watches that you like better than what is out there now. And you never know when that gen dial comes along which makes that case the icing on top of a wonderful cake.

Can someone confirm the issue is that the movement side is wider than the crown (can't remember if it is 1.6) but the crown side requires 1.2. I had custom stems them made for these two watches. I can ask about getting a price for having several made. But I would need to get a count. It is the same way we make automatic crowns work with hand wind movements where there is no room for a stem adapter.

If you have patience I maybe able to get a couple made. I did a few for myself and a couple for another member. I assume you are referring to making a stem which will work with a normal 1.2 crown. You can also try VDB. He does them for his watches so he might sell you one if he has a spare.

You have to love the concept of taking a ticking time bomb, sandblasting it and calling it new and improved. The funny thing is that the only seconds at 6 watch I have which still works is the first generation Daytona. Then again that one was serviced immediately.

Random shots of Panerai Heaven. Wear them well.

Unfortunately, the original movement was a complete piece of junk and had no parts available. Mine is currently functioning as a paperweight. Apparently there is a new version with an updated movement.

BW- I had forgotten that you were the source of the 036. In spite of all the frankes and gens it still gets wrist time.

Looking very good.

You mean CDG like this: As long as we have the experts on this one, can anyone tell me whether any of the PAM vintages used Cortebert movements with no Rolex markings?

Congrats on a beautiful watch. And your story of friendship and generosity is exactly what I have encountered with all of the vintage folks. I suspect that you (like I) feel very privileged to spend time with them learning about and building vintages. Cheers to all the folks mentioned above.

Hands from a newer 28k movement do require adjustment but an experienced watch smith can do it. Ziggy has done it to more than a dozen watches of mine.

Great pics. I was down there 3-4 years ago for the same event. And yeah, the watch quotient just adds to the ambience. And you get to live down there. Almost broke my back on that water slide down the street at the Atlantis though.

Robbie- That is a stunning watch and of course your usual fabulous pictures. Much thanks for explaining how it works. I had always wondered and had never tried it in the flesh. The backwards /forward date adjustment is very cool.

7753 is the correct movement. Most reps (including Honpo) have an Asian 7750. Aesthetically the datewheel is sunken due to transfer gears to move the date location, the overall date window size is somewhat smaller and placed a little differently on the dial. 7753 has dedicated date pusher on the side of the case. Asian version has a dummy. On Honpo, the case and bezel/markers is closer to gen, etc.

Yeah, I would kill for that 43mm perpetual. You gotta love a hand engraved gold moon dial.