fishgodeep Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 2nd out of the box back from Ziggy - my 5218 201a. This started life as one of Davidsen's latest pieces but has had the following "cosmetic surgery" Swiss ETA 6497- unmodified Ziggy has re-painted and lumed the dial - slightly aged finish and toned down aged tritium lume with non-matching hands Thick Palp crown fitted Non AR crystal fitted Case and CG - scuffed a bit for 15 years+ wear and tear Case back scruffed a bit and removed the paint filling the 018 serial number Now the strap has also had some serious attention - Started as a Toscana vintage military calf 26mm V has spent some serious time condtioning the leather and re-creating 15 years of wear. V also cut the strap down to 24mm - leaving some nice looking rough and "old edges" Finally V fitted a rep buckle from a strap I purchased from Rolli- IMHO a damn good looking pre-vendome logo buckle. There's one last thing I want to do to this to try and improve the look of the dial - it was too risk to try and widen the indices and close the gaps on the loops on 6 and 9. I found this old article on paneristi which has a table showing the different process / materials used by Panerai when luming pre-vendome and Pre-A dials. http://www.paneristi.com/archives/PreA_Pan..._A_Panerai.html Reading this article it would seem the key to achieving a fat tritium lume look is down to the painting of the vertical edges and a finish with varnish ....Has anyone had good results varnishing a 5218 201a dial or similar Ziggy ....is this within your scope ? Thanks to all the members who assisted on this piece. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDBroucke Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 very nice i wont to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlgrey-erfurt Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 very nice work, and seems you have good contact to people in rwg helmut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucumber_Jones Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 (edited) Mine on the left and gen on the right. Edited July 24, 2007 by Cucumber_Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Beautiful watch Simon.. I believe that the strap with this buckle is a great combo with this watch Enjoy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Here's a great guide for you: http://www.paneristi.com/archives/PreA_Pan..._A_Panerai.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Here's a great guide for you: http://www.paneristi.com/archives/PreA_Pan..._A_Panerai.html Simon had this link in his original post... I think this is a webpage most of the serious collectors have learned by heart now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Mine on the left and gen on the right. ...Mr CJ ...is that a oldskool DSN dial or something else......? Have you done any widening of indices , varnish etc ..? Appreciate feeback when you get chance. FGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucumber_Jones Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Gen one Davidsen dial with enzo filled indexes. The case is Gen two davidsen. It is AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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