Modded Pam 1950 for fun (modem melter)

[nicewatchdude]

So I got this fiddy off RG earlier last year that was a bit scratched up and pretty basic but had engraved plates. Not top of the line, but good enough to improve, make better, and be learnin some modin skills yo

I don't know where it originally was bought, the owners before me were Novesh and Bigrazzle.

Maybe if Novesh sees this post he can confirm where it came from.

It is front loading like the early El cases.

Either way I got inspired and started modding it. Thought I would share

some photos. Sorry for the grainy-ness, they were taken at night.

Mods..

-removed the crystal and had the blue AR removed for free from an eye glass store

-applied matte finish over dial

-applied a new DSN hand set

-Flattened crown guard, refinished, polished cg pin, beveled CG around pin.

-sanded and polished bezel

-applied gold paint to "Officine Panerai Firenze" on bridges and did away with the yellow

-bought new barrel and ratchet wheels and re-beveled the edges to be more like the gen ones

-had the balance assembly taken apart and then I modified the top to look like the gen (incablok mod), then had it put back together

-re-applied leather backing to a used Bob shark strap from another watch and re-stitched in black, put it on and it matched pretty well

-re-lumed the sandwich dial, but it doesn't match the DSN hands, so wont be showing the lume shots . It's not perfect but I'm okay with it.

[PeteM]

Nice work mate, thanks for sharing

Wear it well

The shots of the bezel on the case suggest a V5 as the cases were oversized. But dome shape of crystal suggests thats DSN

[nicewatchdude]

Ah, good news. Thanks for the expertise!

Nice work mate, thanks for sharing

Wear it well

The shots of the bezel on the case suggest a V5 as the cases were oversized. But dome shape of crystal suggests thats DSN