My "Ideal PAM" Fantasy Project

[sssurfer]

I love the Fiddy look, but 47mm is oversized to my wrist, and I really want a date.

So, here is my Ideal PAM Fantasy Project on its current status.

Full body shot:

Full body & strap:

Resting:

Date shot:

Wristshot - daylight:

Wristshot - flashlight:

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Next steps:

1 - Larger golden hands, more Fiddy- / Radiomir-style.

2 - Brown & unbranded dial (and, obvioulsy, a relume on that occasion).

3 - Date font improvement.

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Opinions are welcome.

Thanks for looking,

:sss:

[Guest shura110]

Great outcome. Can't wait to see a finished product.

[Ztech]

Wow that is very nice. Nice work sssurfer!

[Golfman]

Really congratulation SSS !!!!!!!!!!!

Not for the watch itself, but for the only one reason IMO : you have built the PAM you want, the one that you are dreaming for every night

For my own i really enjoy the mini fiddy case, but i am not a Date fan on PAM ....... but it's just a question of taste and once again, the fact is that you have YOUR perfect PANERAI mate

Enjoy

GM

[UncleJay]

I have to say that I LOVE IT!!! Wow, what an idea. Here's what I think you can use to build that baby. I even have the perfect name for it, the "SURFTECH".

PAM0104 case (brush/polish finished to resemble a Fiddy)

PAM0111 crown guard (is larger than the 104, so it will give it the "look")

PAM0104 dial

PAM0140 hands

[sssurfer]

Thanks all, your appreciation is very welcome!

I have to say that I LOVE IT!!! Wow, what an idea. Here's what I think you can use to build that baby.

Thanks, Uncle, you got quite close. But...

Minifiddy complete case (including crown, CG, & crystal)

PAM104 (slightly modified) dial

DSN 7750 golden hands (slightly modified to fit the Asian 21J)

Asian 21J movement (yes, I also wanted it auto, besides of the date)

Stem adapter to fit the Auto 90 stem into the 120 manual crown tube

PAM 029 metal spacer ring -- to fit the Asian 21J into the Minifiddy case (darn, I forgot to take a shot of the back!)

Customized cyclops applied on the Mifiddy crystal.

I even have the perfect name for it, the "SURFTECH".

Great! "SURFTECH" taken!

[fishgodeep]

SSS- That 44mm 1950 case set puts the watch on a different level IMHO and I agree the date is something I miss when going back to handwounds.

It's a damn good idea and very well executed.....enjoy it!!!

[FxrAndy]

Wow excelent stylish and useable watch, good work mate!

[Cats]

Looks geat,

Personally i would like to see the date on a white surface with black letters.

Carpe Diem,

Cats

[Zypher]

Look Very Nice! Love Gold Hands

[dluddy]

Love that strap M.....What is it?

[tenacious_b]

Man, that is rockin!!!!!!

[sssurfer]

Thanks again to everyone. I am really happy that this watch meets the taste of other PAM fans.

Love that strap M.....What is it?

Thanks, D. It was a plain boring light brown (almost orange, actually) Hirsh Liberty, then customized to make it softer and give it a time and used patina.

Customization included: nail softener oil, Prestige shoe cream (cherry red and palisander), and Letraset promarkers (burnt sienna and henna on the strap, gold on the stitching).

In live the straps looks better than in the shots. In the pics the alternating reddish and brown nuances look sharper than in reality.

Still, I am not completely satisfied with it.

But I could not wait further to make this project public.

[Guest SliceMaster]

Did you buy that one from TTK ??

couldn

[musicale]

I love the Fiddy look, but 47mm is oversized to my wrist, and I really want a date.

Don't blame a watch for a flagging love life.

:lol:

[sssurfer]

Don't blame a watch for a flagging love life.

:lol:

Even my poor English made me suspect about the double meaning of that... but I was unable to resolve what would have been better... "want the date"?... "want date"?... Which is the correct English for that??

Did you buy that one from TTK ??

couldn

[sanro]

You are an Artist, Marco! You enjoy your work and your projects so much that you make me feel as if they were mine too! Congratulations

[tanya]

Quite sweet congrats !!!

[Victoria]

This Surftech RULES!

And mind, Sssurfer, I don't like Mini-Fiddy cases, automatics, and cyclops on Panerai watches. Despite all of this, your Franken has totally seduced me.

I MUST ask -- what is that gorgeous strap? I didn't see you mention it. EDIT: I read your explanation! Hirsch Liberty strap, customised by you. Magnifico.

[capice]

beautiful piece, love the strap. I'm not a 'date' guy myself but I like this one, well done

[frankt]

That almost looks like my old 212 case!!...I wonder if the oversize CG's are big enough to cover up the chrono pusher holes..??

BTW..Marco,..what ever became of that 212...???

[sssurfer]

Sanro, Vicky, capice, frankt:

really thanks. This appreciation from you and the other members who posted here is going to drive this project even further.

frankt -

unfortunately the CG is not big enough to cover the chrono pushers holes. Shame, as I would be more than happy to use your case on this project.

But your crystal is going to have a major role in it. I plan to send it to chieftang for double AR coating, then I'll place a cyclops on it and it will become the new SURFTECH crystal (keeping the current one as a backup).

Fortunately, minifiddy's and 212's crystals are the same size.

Your dial will replace my 212 dial after a relume.

Finally, your movement will go to my watchsmith to see if he can fix it. I could not submit it to him so far as I already got him overwhelmed with my other projects.

[gavidoc]

Very nice.

Who made the case if you don't mind me asking?

I've been tihnking about doing a franken project with my 104 and this would be great. Would an A7750 fit in that case? That's what my 104 has in it. I'd do it without the cyclops though.

[sssurfer]

Thanks, gavidoc.

Case is from a minifiddy that I got from TWP.

I did not try it with a 7750, but I doubt it would fit. Unfortunately, the 7750 is the thickest movement used on PAM reps: 7.9mm.

While minifiddy's original 6497 is 4.5mm, and the Asian 21J that I used is 6.1mm (and I got a feeling that it was almost the thickest that that case could bare).

I plan to have a try with a Seagull movement 7.4mm thick in a next future, but it is not on top of my scheduled tasks.

[gavidoc]

Thanks for the response. I just got my Mini-Fiddy and I'm wondering if the movement would fit. My 104 case is the same thickness as the mini case (from my quick measurements last night).

I have begun the process on mine and spent a few hours last night fitting a 24mm bracelet to it.

My next question is do you have clearance on your's to change the date (obviously). Reason I ask is when I pull the crown to adjust the time on the mini, the crown almost touches the top of the crown guard.

Thanks.