PAM 005 Swiss Movement Swap

[williamyohan]

Hi,

Today I received my new PAM 005 Noob from Angus, Puretime.

I really love the watch, and I think this is the best Panerai rep that I have at the moment. I have PAM 111N H-Factory, and I have big problems with its CG and Text Dial.

I always been thinking to swap the Asian 6497 movement to Swiss 6497 movement. The Asian movement itself is pretty accurate however personally I think the movement is really noisy despite its close back.

What do you guys suggest?

1. Should I change it to Swiss movement? is the difference movement will reduce the noise?

2. or I should just service the watch and hopefully it will reduce the noise.

and for the Swiss movement, I assume that

A. Unitas 6497-1 / ETA 6497-1 Watch Movement with Hammered Finish

and this

B. ETA 6498-1 Movement With Deluxe Finish and Blue Screws (or if the serial really makes difference, how about same ETA 6497 with decorations)

will perform exactly the same? the only difference is its decorations?

and here a picture of PAM 005 Noob from Puretime. Despite a slower response from Angus, the shipping is blazing fast. Posted on May 31th and supposedly arrive at June 5th.

Thanks,

William

[FxrAndy]

There is no difference in function in the movements just finish, and i dont think the swiss will be a lot quieter.

[ajeh]

i dont think it worth it, there is no actual difference between asin and swiss.. and i think asian movement is pretty good. If i were you, I would get full movement service.

[mir36]

I've always been partial to Swiss movements because I haven't had good luck with the Asian ones.

Is there a general consensus from the forum experts that a serviced Asian movement is just as good as a Swiss movement?

[RFID]

I have same PAM 005 K version. I suggest to keep asian movement but with service. I am doing full service because after 1 years started to run wrong.

[FxrAndy]

I have both the movements you show above for sale and even a hibrid, 6497-1 converted to 6497-2 with all swiss parts, but i would still say the asian is just as good in the short term particualy if it is a seagull 21.600 version, which i woiuld say is every bit as good as the swiss one