red Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I am on the brink of making my next DSN purchase. Can anyone share a good picture of the date font. I have seen a lot of gens and am concerned about the size, and the crispness of the dates. Thanks in advance. BTW I have done a search, and still need more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub1 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I am on the brink of making my next DSN purchase. Can anyone share a good picture of the date font. I have seen a lot of gens and am concerned about the size, and the crispness of the dates. Thanks in advance. BTW I have done a search, and still need more. I just recieved the 088 from him and compared it to a friends gen and its very good. The font on the date is the correct size but is al little dull compared to the gen, its not quite as bright. The mag is the correct size. The hands are still a little thin but not very noticable. Hope this helps, dont really know how to use the camera yet, wife needs to teach me, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I just recieved the 088 from him and compared it to a friends gen and its very good. The font on the date is the correct size but is al little dull compared to the gen, its not quite as bright. The mag is the correct size. The hands are still a little thin but not very noticable. Hope this helps, dont really know how to use the camera yet, wife needs to teach me, sorry. This helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Having same issues with my own camera if anyone knows how to fix the focus on my dropable underwater small thingymajig than I will happily take a font pic of my 229. Will try to get something over the weekend. Thanks for starting this thread as its something that I want to see about as well. Mine is OK but nothing like that of a Rolex Sub, and that I think is the dilema, I'm not comparing apples with apples I actually feel that the hole Panerai cyclopes set up is doomed to fail regardless of date font. Isn't just the physics of light in the reverse fitted lens, always going to be fighting a loosing battle. From a slanted angle my date font looks larger that if I look straight on. Bring on the Pics ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmurphy926 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) red, I know you're interested in DSN versions of these models (as am I), but here are a couple shots of Trusty's "best" 104 and a nice gen 104 shot I pilfered off the bay for comparison. Edited May 23, 2008 by mjmurphy926 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Thanks a lot mjmurphy. The pictures helped a lot. The magnification looks pretty good. The font could be slightly bolder, but still pretty impressive. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 I am on the brink of making my next DSN purchase. Can anyone share a good picture of the date font. I have seen a lot of gens and am concerned about the size, and the crispness of the dates. Thanks in advance. BTW I have done a search, and still need more. Here you go ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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