HauteHippie Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Does anyone think the Palp crown might be too thick for a 27a? I'm thinking the Davidsen might be more accurate. A few gen pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbj69 Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 his crown looks nice in pics , i will let u know soon ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 I have the Palp crown on one of the 2893 GMT's. It looks better than the rep but it is a tad too thick - 1.9 (gen) versus 2.1. Since the crowns are theoretically one piece SS you should be able to take a swiss file to it to thin it down and then redo the bevel. I had been asking Ziggy about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 I have the Palp crown on one of the 2893 GMT's. It looks better than the rep but it is a tad too thick - 1.9 (gen) versus 2.1. Since the crowns are theoretically one piece SS you should be able to take a swiss file to it to thin it down and then redo the bevel. I had been asking The Zigmeister about this. Yea, I'd been thinking about filing one down, too... But the bevel would be tough without a metal lathe. Since I haven't purchased the crown yet for the 27a (or the 27a quite yet for that matter), I think the davidsen is the better choice. The retapping of the case should be easier than thinning and rebeveling.... in my mind anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finepics Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 As far as I know Davidsens have only 48 teeth when they should have 50. I would rather have that right than worry about .2mm. Also Davidsens crown means fitting a new casetube which is additional hassle. If he has changed these faults then his would be selling out in no time and Palp would be out of business - but he ain't so he's not (if you get me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 As far as I know Davidsens have only 48 teeth when they should have 50. I would rather have that right than worry about .2mm. Also Davidsens crown means fitting a new casetube which is additional hassle. If he has changed these faults then his would be selling out in no time and Palp would be out of business - but he ain't so he's not (if you get me). Good points Mark. The 48 vs. 50 teeth, as silly as it sounds, is in fact quite noticeable. Davidsen crown: Gen crown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finepics Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 I don't know why this happened - I had sent Davidsen detailed drawings and photos of the crowns a long time ago and he duly sent me a prototype for evaluation. All was excellent apart from the fact that the tube was too big to fit the regular rep casetube. Ok so he supplies a new tube (but who needs the hassle of taking out the old tube and fitting a new one) and he did point out that they were designed with his cases in mind - fair enough. But then a production crown arrives and it is totally different from the prototype and the 48 teeth was one of the things that changed - I cannot for the life of me see why!! Perhaps if D reads this he could explain. Here is the prototype of D's crowns and you will see that it was a very good shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Crikey, what happened? So close yet so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbj69 Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 for me personally i like having a thicker tube only for the reason of doing my own retapping for waterproofness , but i will not be able to tell u till i get it in my hands , i can tell u they all have flaws to genuine and the top two r palps and davidsens so far , i have compared palps to my genuine in my hand and it still has the not like genuine look but better than the old ones we were using but i just got a new style panerai in to relume and it looks really darn good , it might be like davidsens but i cant varify that till i get one in my hands, as u all know i dont get crap from a pic , the only way is have it in your hand imho just my two cents joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 I don't know why this happened - I had sent Davidsen detailed drawings and photos of the crowns a long time ago and he duly sent me a prototype for evaluation. All was excellent apart from the fact that the tube was too big to fit the regular rep casetube. Ok so he supplies a new tube (but who needs the hassle of taking out the old tube and fitting a new one) and he did point out that they were designed with his cases in mind - fair enough. But then a production crown arrives and it is totally different from the prototype and the 48 teeth was one of the things that changed - I cannot for the life of me see why!! Perhaps if D reads this he could explain. Here is the prototype of D's crowns and you will see that it was a very good shape. The prototype looks great. Very Lelloish, actually... but we won't go there. In any event, I will say that Davidsen has been and continues to be a great asset to our hobby, and he is continually striving to improve the items he brings to us. He really does listen to and heed our advice, so perhaps a new crown is in the works? I do know that he is addressing the recessed pin issue with his CGs and new logo dials are on the horizon... so who knows. It would be interesting to hear from D himself indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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