Regatta 253

[gregers]

I recently received the 253 Regatta from Josh (exemplary sevice from the man). As many others have noted, this is a handsome beast and is undoubtedly a quality Rep. Nevertheless, I was somewhat surprised when I first saw that its markings were a rather vivid, lime green colour, which I am not particularly enamoured of. This was unexpected because photos of it inevitably show-not necessarily correctly-that the lume is of a near whitish hue. In common with most folk I have never seen the Gen. so have no idea what the correct colour is. I wondered if anyone could help out with this?

Extending this somewhat, do Pams generally use the same Lume colour or do they employ a variety of shades? Again, the many extant photos are of little help as they all tend to reproduce Lumes in variants of off-white.

[Watchmeister]

Virtually all are C-3.

[t]

lume color on genuine and reps are different. Look the genuine watches on your local AD.

[gregers]

lume color on genuine and reps are different. Look the genuine watches on your local AD.

Not so easy. Regrettably, I have yet to see a genuine in any AD. We are are very deprived out in the Provinces.

[Watchmeister]

Tourbillon is right on rep lume. Any PAM rep I buy goes out for relume.

[kidxer]

As many others have noted, this is a handsome beast and is undoubtedly a quality Rep.

I like the looks of this rep but the seconds markers seem quite different from the gen (at least to my untrained eye...)

[t]

lume on genuine looks more green....

but i think the rep lume (more white) looks better

But this is not the question here. I know how much collectors think... PLEASE CLOSE TO THE GENUINE

and if genuine has a horrible lume... make it close to this

what a [censored].

look Submariner green... the most ugly watch in the world.... a sub with green bezel ...but it is RLX and it is limited.... if rolex build it in pink maybe you will like it all the same

Edited February 1, 2007 by tourbillon1801