w0lf Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Hi Guys,Just a super quick pictorial of a project I've been working on for over two years; in its current iteration, which you can see below - for about 19 months. My wife loved this model when I gave her an A21J cheapie that I found for $120 and put on a faux brown WACCEX gator strap almost three years ago Between what you see in the pics and her original China-PAM48 there are about four 40mm builds of various calibers and about seven or eight watches sacrificed for parts. It went like this - PAM48 cheapie > EL PAM48 with mods > EL PAM49 with mods and now finally a franken MBK/MBW PAM48. The reason it took so long was because it was always work in progress after I purchased the MBW PAM48K in 2009. All the while I was sourcing an OEM black dial and hands, which are insanely difficult to find BTW, I passed up five OEM white dials for a PAM49/51 and two anthracite dials for a PAM119/120. But I think I'm finally done and most importantly, she loves the result almost as much as the $120 one from 3 years ago You can see by the swirls and marks on the case it's watch that's worn.Specs:MBW PAM48 baseOEM DialOEM HandsOEM Rubber & GatorOEM 2 x DeployTaka v1 DWETA7750 (Chronograph grade)Custom CP a.k.a. "Sander-mod" by The ZigmeisterHuge thanks to The Zigmeister for his magic touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Wow, that looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosnik Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Do 'OEM' mean , 'GEN'? If yes, I'm looking for 40mm case, GEN hands! Can you help me? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prdubis Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 OEM = Gen 40mm parts are impossible to get, what model handstack are you looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Very nice build! I love the 40mm's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 OEM = Gen 40mm parts are impossible to get, what model handstack are you looking for? He wants same mate for a 119/120.. Mate that looks awesome.... but wheres the pink croc strap for the Mrs !? Or are you still using it? Rob did a lovely job mate but I must say all of your 40s have always been something special... If you ever remarry then let me know mate..... I could do with a husband that will shower me in franken PAMs ;) Congratulation to your mrs and wear it well..... and Kudos to you mate PS What CB did you manage to source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosnik Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) OEM = Gen 40mm parts are impossible to get, what model handstack are you looking for? Domenico, find for me one GEN Blue 119/120 dial , Pete, kindly find for me one right case and Gen crystal, and.....I find nothing.... Edited June 26, 2011 by rosnik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w0lf Posted June 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Ahh, so you are Pete's friend whos building the anthracite dialed 40mm. I'll check around for a gen handstack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mLuMaN83 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 I've viewed this thread like 9 times. That thing is something serious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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