I look at it this way. I could have bought one or two more gens but I'm having alot more fun with all the reps. And well I never intended it to be 40 or 50. About half are PAM's and it blame it all on you guys. Harldy knew what the brand was before I found my way here.
Thanks avitt.
Hmm will be interesting to see. Have several projects that I've managed to spend months tracking down parts for but I'm not sure that there is anyone else out there that can build them. Also leaves the question of lume. Anyone else out that with decent lume skills. I've assembled a decent collection of about 45 or 50 reps but I have a feeling that a lot of the ones that I bought with intentions of modding while probably lose their appeal and eventually be sold. Also have a few pieces such as my old factory Seawolfs and Avengers that I just simply wouldn't put in anyones hands for them to "practice" and "build their skills" on.
Guess we'll see. If they jack the price up because the first batch sold quickly then count me out. I'm curious to see what the hands on impression is but if the price jumps up 100-200 then forget it. I've already got a dozen Rollies and I'll just be content with those and wait for the eventual price drop. I'd rather put 500 towards my first vintage rollie instead of this.
The lume/hands on Davidsens looks pretty good. They should be different colors on an 01A T dial. If you look at the FS listings on the various Paneristi sites you will see that the dial lume / hands looks different. There was also a gen 036 on one of those forums. Again a T dial and the dial lume / hands look different. Guys correct me if I'm wrong.
Nice pic By-Tor! I'd have to agree the YM is a tough one to photograpgh. Between the polished and brushed SS case, the flat bezel, and the sparkle in the dial it looks like it would be hard to get just the right lighting.
With a budget of 500 euros you should be able to find a nicely modded PAM. As for particular models I'll let some of the experts chime in but I think there are good versions of the 88, 104, and 164 out there.
Got any pics of your wrist with a watch on? Would also help to know the circumference of your wrist. Plenty of members here with 6-7" wrists that pull off PAM's so if you're somewhere between that you'd be fine.
They wouldn't show up in a search for "Panerai Dial" by how he has them listed. Here ya go:
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I've got a white EXP II as well. Wrong handstack version but other than that one of my favs. It was one of my first reps as well. The search for a white EXP II is what first got me into reps.