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Biggest flaw in my eyes is that subdials on the genuine are significant smaller than the rep.

Nope.. no display back.. Was the photo on his site a closed back and he sent you a wrong watch?

Every week he is taking the weekend OFF and then replies to all the messages Monday Tuesday..

Why is this topic in Panerai section?

congrats

Yeap

Genuine.

No it depends on the colour of the dial.. It looks different if one dial is pure black and another is dark grey/graphite. Plus it may look different if one dial is matt or glossy.. But not a huge difference though..

Very bad dial.. not accurate at all. The seconds hand is double the size of the seconds subdial But you will not have a problem with the stripping threads.. Decide what you want My suggestion? Buy the watch from a regular dealer and then buy this from Davidsen (i think it will fit normal rep cases): http://www.rwg.cc/members/183-Crown-t8977.html

Yeap.. of course looking at the damaged sealant doesn't make it a very well made strap

Now Shasta where did you find this movement and how much you paid?

Take your time Rob and relax.. but I guess for you not participating here means you will be too busy with other things

Yes they work only with his cases... Putting them on other cases is not a straight fit.. You have to cut the dial because it is bigger.

Tourby, this is exactlly what I said in my previous post If you want quality go for Davidsen's if you want accuracy stick with reps The only thing that bothers me is why when he had all the help of the world with the members of RWG and he has more than 300 pictures sent to him by members for reference he cannot get the fonts and spacing right.. Then it will be both good quality AND accurate.. and btw the relume from finepics & The Zigmeister is not 200$... It is not more than 80$ depending on the watch.

Excellent my friend.. great choice indeed.. Welcome to the club.. Me, You and Quarks

Yeah.. he sells a 111H and the watch shown is a titanium 177 The sticker is the least of his worries

Yeap.. definately a fake... If you have seen from close the finish of the gen movements you can understand the fakes from a mile away p.s. You can see how clearely and well defined are the PANERAI PANERAI PANERAI on the movement bridges.. they are like they were engraved by a machine perfectly while on your closeup picture they see to be very very rough. PLUS the pattern of PANERAI PANERAI is not correct..

Well maybe Davidsen's dials are good quality but there is a looong way to go to be close to the OEMs.. Biggest problem is the size (much bigger than the rep and genuine dials) which makes them unusable to rep and jimmyfu (like OEM) cases. You can only use dsn's dials to dsn's cases that have as well the wrong size (bigger). Fonts (size and spacing) is another issue as well. Other than that I 've heard as well that they are very good quality, and the superlume is a very big plus... If you don't mind about how accurate your watch will be Dsn is the best way to go. P.S> The only dial I have seen from Dsn with beautiful fonts and spacing is the blue Amerigo Vespucci one...

Yeap... and then he found 1-2 last ones in his pile of stuff and listed them. Thank God I thought about it and have 2-3 extra spares to sell when I will need the money

This AR subject has been beaten to death over at Psti.. Pre-V A and B series don't have any sign of AR whatsoever (not even the slightest hint of AR Warren).. Some late C's may have.. I have more than 500 pictures of those series Pams in my hard disk and none of them has AR. @babola: The time I will start to believe Panerai's description I will start believing to World Peace Panerai is known for many mispresentations of their watches by mistake or for any other reason.

The 036 has no AR coating whatsoever.. don't know where you found those specs.. Photos here: http://www.network54.com/Forum/353391/thre...26gt%3B%26gt%3B

For the genuine ones: All Pre-V, A, B series they definately don't have AR. AR coated crystal came from D series (or some late C series) and onwards.

Hello from me as well.. Don't hesitate to ask any questions.. You will see that many members here have both genuine and reps Pams

Beautiful photos as well Brad...

I am telling everyone for the last week but no one is paying attention: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...20314&st=20 Now the last ones are gone...