ThumbModds Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 i found this on the net if anybody needs one there are 5 available. http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-PANERAI-WATCH...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumbModds Posted July 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Also found these as well http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-PANERAI-WATCH...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 The gen "NOS" (I doubt it) PAM crowns are suddenly becoming plentiful... I wonder why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 These are all from the same seller who we did our group buy with. http://www.rwg.cc/members/PAM-Crown-Offering-t30228.html According to him he had bought out a professional watch smith's estate and had well over 100 SS and another 50 or so PVD. To date RWG members have accounted for the majority of the demand and bought well over 50. Our cost was $67.00 each including the first round of shipping. He has consistently kept the ss price at around $100 but the PVD's have now dropped substantially as there is much less demand. We will never know with 100% certainty whether they are gen but here is my rationale. First, these crowns have better turnings and gasket fit than most gen crowns and certainly a quantum leap better than any rep crowns out there. Second, they match up perfectly from an aesthetic perspective against the gen 2893 crowns. Third, they have a larger underlip which is consistent with the larger case tube in a gen case. If anyone could actually tap the crowns for a 1.2mm stem you would have a fantastic case/crown combo.And finally, the seller has offered me other crowns in quantity for other watches of that time period including the Mille Miglia crowns and a couple of others. I actually have one of those but don't know what size it is for. The argument against them being gen is that there is at least one other seller that Kbiz encountered who was offering a few although he may have bought them from our seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Thanks, k-man.... I, unfortunately, didn't realize your guy (this guy) had PVD crowns and bought one of these. Oh well....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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