projectologist Posted November 2, 2011 Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Happy with the results. I left the lever brushed, the subtle contrast is nice. I used a cheap polishing kit my wife picked up at Harbor Freight and it worked great. The kit included a 4" buffing wheel and a couple of other smaller ones. I only used the finishing compound and it took all of 5 min. to add a mirror finish.Before that I went through grits of wet-or-dry. The lever pin was sanded flush with the <acronym title='Crown Guard'>CG</acronym>'s contour. I always liked the polished <acronym title='Crown Guard'>CG</acronym>'s on most autos, so I'll probably keep this one with the 005. Some quickie phone pics right after I did it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectologist Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Not sure how long the buffing wheels will hold up, but for $6.50 at Harbor Freight it was worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sul Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I like it, very nice! No accurate any more but who cares:) BTW I am thinking mixing up my 005k also, for some unknown reason I don`t like any more 005k dial, not at all. Bought already 111j dial and I will make watch for myself, 100% non accurate Pam: 005 k with 111J dial+hands and I probably mod CG as you did also, because it looks nice and I like it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Like it a lot. It might be wrong on a 005 but it looks great and that's what counts. Carpe Diem Cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectologist Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Thanks I always liked the Vendome era PAMs when all of the crown guards were polished. Sausage dials and polished crown guards still seem right together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I personally think thats a great thing to do.... I love the polished CG with the sausage dial and polished case..... I always preferred my polished fat CG on my autos so I think it looks great.. Indeed many gen owners do just that either by accident using the CC cloth or intentionally either way looks good to me... Plus that polishing kit is brilliant for that money... you couldnt go wrong mate... Thanks for sharing.... I really like seeing PAMs that are being treated as if they were just owners gens wanting to put their own touch to them.... whereas we all seem to want ours to look like it just walked out the OP factory... even the older models ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Love it B. Agree that the polished CG and Sausage dials are made for each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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