yellomen Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi guys The last weeks the Cali dial is becoming one of my favorites and i'd love to see more pictures of your cali dial's ... i'd love to do some camparrison with pictures of the real deal, but somehow i hardly see any pixx of the repped 249. Rolli has 3 of them but the pictures don't show unfortunately. Would you please be so kind to share some of you pictures... or maybe link me through to a page i with more info... it looked around in this section but couldn't find that much info. I'd love to see if the dial is corrected with the newest version, if the crown is correct... if it has the engraving between the lugs like the real deal etc... Thanx in advance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capice Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Came across these from a Dutch member on RG ,Frank, hope it can be of help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 YELLOW... here you go.....a 3646 CaliDial from XWatchmaster, 2 PAM249 trimmed vintage and a 3636 with russian Molnija movement....all 47mm ....and all get my love Theo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Thanx guys @Capice.... i assume that's a genuine PAM249...? The pictures of the gen clearly show the engraving between the lugs at 6 which i still haven't seen on one of the reps... or am i wrong? Also the word "California" is printed at the dial at 12 on the rep... not on the genuine (only at the prototype)... so if i'm correct there's no correct dial for this model...? Of course the engraving of the word "officine panerai" on one of the bridgeplates of the movement is too big/wide/high/bold...etc. Any of you guys have more info about the known flaws of the PAM249? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capice Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I have more pics here, or take a look at Dimers thread on RG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Full list of known errors/flaws... - no engraving between the lugs at 6 - california writing on dial at 12 .. should not be there - domed plexi too much domed - crown is wrong, both on Davidson's and on other versions... DSN version is probably most close, but still wrong shape - mvt engraing - hands on DSN version are wrong So... are we getting an improved version? Guess not... unless Angus or Davidson give it a try... Now i summed the flaws up, i can only come to the conclusion the Cali dial is not coming to join my collection as it is right now... and that's a pity as the design of this watch is spectacular. I didn't see it from the pixx but a few weeks ago i had a gen on my wrist and all i can say is that the design suddenly maked sense to me and was just striking... now i want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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