FYIs, new "colorless" A/R on the latest Noob Factory PAMs, crystals, gaskets and other musings.

[Watchmeister]

A great read. It is unfortunate that the factory has accidentally made it worse by double siding the ar while trying to improve the product. Hopefully one of the dealers will read this and pass it onto the factory. Even in the gen world I have never been a fan of double sided AR because no matter how good the coating is there is always the risk that you end up with that horrible rainbow effect from damaged AR.

[calatrava]

Thanks for the update, I'm now even more confused about which Pam 111m to buy. It seems like the perennial curse of replicas, one step forward, two steps back.

[w0lf]

Calatrava,

Every rep generation has some flaws, some get corrected in future release, almost invariably, another element that was fine all along is now wrong. There will never be a version that's perfect in every respect, that would not be fiscally sane for the factory because they'll work themselves out of a job. I would still get (and planning to at the end of the week) Noob 111Ms.

[Eton]

Wow, Mike, this is beyond thorough, thanks for taking the time...you da man!!!

Cheers mate!!!

[blue_sphere]

Personally I prefer the double AR. Invisible crystals just make the watch pop like no other.