6152/1... correct MM hands installed... Thanks to T!

[projectologist]

So T's hands arrived last week and I finally got around to luming and installing. They took some getting used to appearance-wise as all that was available before this were the wider hour and blunted minute hands.

Those are fine for some earlier versions, but starting in 1956, Panerai started using the MM dial designation for many of their 6152/1's and along with that the minute hands were extended slightly with a more pointed tip and the hour hand was made more narrow.

T delivers the goods again

Took a couple of pics before re-attaching the bezel/plex...

[hooky]

Looks awesome, I like the pointy tip of the minute hand. Last Friday I also received these hands from Milesd, still unlumed. Great to see them already on a watch.

[projectologist]

Looks awesome, I like the pointy tip of the minute hand. Last Friday I also received these hands from Milesd, still unlumed. Great to see them already on a watch.

Which movement are you going to use? I had to do a little broaching to get T's gold hands to fit a Cortebert 616.

[messenius]

Which movement are you going to use? I had to do a little broaching to get T's gold hands to fit a Cortebert 616.

Really! I thought they ought to be a straight fit

[projectologist]

Really! I thought they ought to be a straight fit

It was VERY close. The movement I have is NOS so there was probably very little wear on the canon pin.

Finally put back together...

can't stop playing with the new iPhone photo app.

Edited November 30, 2009 by projectologist

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