kbiz Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 just wondering what you all think the market value on a Gen, SS, automatic crown, SPRING LOADED is... I've seen Gen crowns sell for 100... 120... but I don't think they were spring loaded... I dunno... chime in with your opinions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanya Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Should be free for me and about $100 for everyone else Lord I hope Tourby makes OEM style spring loaded crowns in his next T run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbiz Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 yeah... the spring loaded with 3 gaskets just feels soooo smooth when you close the lever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Ain't no one making those babies anymore other than Panerai and its suppliers. The forum as a group bought virtually all of the originals from the guy in Turkey. At the time he was getting about $100 each. We did a series of group buys for about 75 of them and people were paying $65 or so all in. And ever since Ziggy started making tapered stems to fit the automatic crown into a hand wind movement I have been using them on just about everything. The most recent advancement is the making of custom case tubes specifically to fit those crowns as the case tube is slightly different on more contemporary PAM's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbiz Posted July 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 yeah I bought a bunch back in '05 or '06... I've done a couple custom crown tubes like the one on my 088 super franken... I didn't know you could use them on manual wind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 You start with a manual wind stem, thin it out and then re-tap. I know Ziggy does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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