JBoy Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 (edited) Oops. Double post. A good effort though. Edited February 16, 2007 by JBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsv123 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 So maybe it's just super-anal me, but the lume in Andrew's pic looks really bad. The date font is improved but not quite right. The cyclops looks good as does the crown. But if I were to buy this watch, I'd still want a The Zigmeister lume job and an archibald/kruzer datewheel. To be honest, none of Andrew's pics look that good - I suspect the camera wasn't too hot (and lume pics in low light ain't gonna be pretty if the pics in normal light are poor) so I will reserve judgement on the lume until someone else has one or has photos. The thing about the date is that even though it's not perfect, it is functional! The early Asian Arktos had such a small date window it was actually hard to read most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheaton26 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 good but not great. and is it just me, or does the "5" look slightly higher than the "1"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Dog Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 To be honest, none of Andrew's pics look that good - I suspect the camera wasn't too hot (and lume pics in low light ain't gonna be pretty if the pics in normal light are poor) so I will reserve judgement on the lume until someone else has one or has photos. The thing about the date is that even though it's not perfect, it is functional! The early Asian Arktos had such a small date window it was actually hard to read most of the time. I agree. If the date characters are not exactly right it's a small isssue, taking all the GOOD things into consideration about this watch. I think the lume looks bad because of the pics. Personally I'm really looking forward to getting one of these. One thing though: is it just the angle and/or the shadows... or does the crown look crooked? I'm guessing its just the picture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_uk Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Is it super lume or "superb lume"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Is it super lume or "superb lume"? Or blooming super cj? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_uk Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Super synthetic mineral sapphire AR colour coated purple glass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Now guys, be nice. At the rate things are going there won't be any dealers or offerings to grouse about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 maybe it is not perfect maybe not the ultimative version but it is the right step. The bezel is much better (old version has to small markers). Date front is better and the lume also (on old version the marker 6 and 12 are WITHOUT lume) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovepanerai Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 just received my PAM Arktos92 and there is good and bad about it - I will have to work now but will post more details including pictures compared to my gen tonight - for now please see my comments to your remarks/questions crown guard and crown guard lever look like the crappy ones on the 21j models. This kills the look for me. My 186 Arktos looks way better than this, even with it's crappy cyclops and date font. well as expected the crown guard and lever is the crappiest one I have ever seen on any of the 10+ Panerai reps I have - the crown is also the usual rep crown so no improvement here good but not great. and is it just me, or does the "5" look slightly higher than the "1"? total optical illusion - looks the same on my gen at certain angles and is very hard to photograph - The date font is 100% spot on Is it super lume or "superb lume"? usual crap rep lume not superb or even decent Super synthetic mineral sapphire AR colour coated purple glass? looks more like tint than AR - has a very strong blueish tint compared to the gen and recent real AR coated replicas maybe it is not perfect maybe not the ultimative version but it is the right step. The bezel is much better (old version has to small markers). Date front is better and the lume also (on old version the marker 6 and 12 are WITHOUT lume) as I said forget the lume - non existent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 what a bad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovepanerai Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 EDITED: Please see my detailed review in the review section - will be up in about an hour (Feb 17th 2:35am PST) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 thanks for pics and info friend do you have a pic of caseback? how much is the thickness? do you have the old version? i thinks looks not bad... but crown guard is not the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaly Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hi, i am new here and i have a question, the pam 050 will have this? In how many time will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumum Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I hate that as one thing is fixed something else (that should be better) is not. Back to looking for a Pam as I dont plan on spending another $200 or so to mod on top of theb{am (which will likely not be cheap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.