Pre-V All Black Goodness

[txcollector]

[Eton]

Oh, your killing me T!!! That's simply B-E-A-UTIFUL!

Specs?

[txcollector]

Specs:

- Case - EL (at least I bought it as such. Very strange since the regular 6497 would not fit. It had to go thru some severe case remodeling - done by The Zigmeister)

- Crystal - Sapphire thick gen like - no AR

- CG - LH

- Crown - T48 PVD

- Dial and Hands - FGD

- Mvmt - Swiss 6497-1

- Caseback - Jackob

- Strap - OEM Pre-V with OEM buckle

- PVD done by The Zigmeister

[babola]

Very nice result...pre-V and PVD - what's not to like!

I wish Jakob starts using a little more 'believeble' serials on the casebacks, though 200 isn't that bad at all.

[yisuspoul]

I was happy with my DSN until all of you started to post pics of your amazing PDV pre-V....

[StormTooper4]

bejezus thats a friggin stunner , awesome photos

[mellons]

super project- well done.

[w0lf]

Stunning watch mate, preV is all the rage these days, wear it well

Do you know if LH still selling his CGs or this is old stock? He'd been MIA for awhile, or maybe I just don't have the right contact info.

[Dani]

Looks great

[esco]

all I can say is good job mate

203/A is looking very bad@ss... and how in the world did you find the PAV OEM strap in such good condition?

[w0lf]

I think he meant OEM MX strap, dleerious. Original PAV straps are roughly $1500-2000 in NOS condition depending on the model.

[coolfire]

I'm lost for words. Really. What a beauty!

[Eton]

LH is as Wolf says...MIA...I managed to get 2 CG's a few months ago...then poof, he's gone!

[R0NiN]

Lovin' the strap...very sexy

[ebzen02]

Jesus!

[Eton]

It's T's photography that keeps jaws on the floor and encourages members to create their own masterpieces! Great craftsmanship by FGD and fantastic work by The Zigmeister as always!

My hat goes off to all of you!

[milesd]

I think the strap is a dirk version 2 (not officially made by dirk) as it has a fixed keeper. Nevertheless it's stunning! It's hard to tell from the photo, but is the buckle PVD?

[txcollector]

The strap has Panerai stamped on it, sewed in PVD Panerai engraved buckle, 2 keepers (one fixed). Not really sure about its origins. Bought from a member on another forum.

[milesd]

The story behind these straps is as followed:

Dirk was able to obtain panerai rejected buckles (the engraving is slightly off) and he made replica pre-v straps with all the correct buckles, stitch, ect. His straps didn't have a fixed keeper. Panerai approached dirk and asked him to stop production of the straps because they were planning on using the logo again in their branding. Dirk agreed and all the buckles he had left were stripped and engraved 5218.

A second maker who also got some of the buckles continued to make straps, but his had a fixed keeper. They were never made by dirk, but somehow got named the dirk version 2 strap.

At least that's how I heard it.

Either way, it's still an amazing strap and still demand a high price.

[txcollector]

Thanks for the background Miles. If I was already in love with this watch I'm now even more taken by the history of each part.

[w0lf]

TX,

So any idea about how to find LH?

[txcollector]

TX,

So any idea about how to find LH?

you have a PM

[dluddy]

Smoking hot TX.

This has been next in the project que for me for a while now.

Your results are spectacular

[Watchmeister]

Tx-

Very nice project. Wear that one well.

Wolf-

Those $1500-$2000 straps had an original price of $175. You just had to be there.

[kbiz]

Fantastic build!!! LOVE it!