chefcook Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Heyho, I just wanted to share my first attempts of watch photography with you. My newest addition is a PAM 111H which started out as a standard rep purchased from Precious Time. PT's service was great, delivery was fast and questions were answered immediately and extensive. The watch and box came well wrapped and out of the box the watch had a high quality feel and look - but it just was not perfect in some areas. Most obvious was the super reflective coating on the dial. Actually it wasn't a anti reflective coat, it was just a blue tint causing massive reflections. The crystal is a lot more "invisible" without it, so I removed the coating. So I replaced the standard rep CG with one of V's marvellous CG that was brushed for a genuine surface before installation. The lever pin got polished as I have seen it on the gens (btw the pin on the standard rep CG from PT was not only polished, it was set perfectly slightly recessed from the surface of the CG - it would have been perfect if the CG had the correct shape). To install V's CG I had to shorten the case tube and stem about a tenth of a millimeter and the lever had to be shortened by 0,2mm, too. Second thing to change was the dial. The standard dial was nice, but I need better lume. The DSN dial and hand set I installed are way better than my expectations! I am overly impressed - it glows like a torch for hours! Printing is nice, but the L SWISS MADE L should have more space to the 6. Last on my list was a H3 canon pin set. Now the results: The lume shot shows the watch after exactly zero exposure time and was not photoshopped. I simply wore it for about half an hour in the light of a normal evening ... So what is still missing? First of all obviously the single side AR, second is a decent crown. Both will be done in the coming weeks Your comments are welcome! PS: Yes, I took the pics with two different cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlydog Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 So I replaced the standard rep CG with one of V's marvellous CG that was brushed for a genuine surface before installation. The lever pin got polished as I have seen it on the gens (btw the pin on the standard rep CG from PT was not only polished, it was set perfectly slightly recessed from the surface of the CG - it would have been perfect if the CG had the correct shape). To install V's CG I had to shorten the case tube and stem about a tenth of a millimeter and the lever had to be shortened by 0,2mm, too. Great post and thank you. One question: I too have a PAM project in the works that will include V's CG. You are the second person to say that they had to polish the crown guard before installation. Is there something wrong with the brushed finish on V's CG as delivered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 mine was too shiny, had little burrs on the holes and edges were too sharp, too. I ground them off and brushed the whole surface to achieve a mono directional finish. It is more matte now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitesox Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yip the finishing is not very good on these crownguards unfortunately...My only gripe though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Yip the finishing is not very good on these crownguards unfortunately...My only gripe though. That was the only issue with the cg from the beginning.. since it is raw metal just brushed industrially 2-3 times. The original is mirror polished and then fine brushed on top of it to have that shiny look. WHich would have been more expensive and definately time-consuming to polish them and then re-brush them. Thankfully achieving the perfect finish is not that difficult as rolli has shown in his thread by just polishing the cg a bit and then re-brush it with a scotch brite green pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitesox Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks for the tip V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 That was the only issue with the cg from the beginning.. since it is raw metal just brushed industrially 2-3 times. The original is mirror polished and then fine brushed on top of it to have that shiny look. WHich would have been more expensive and definately time-consuming to polish them and then re-brush them. Thankfully achieving the perfect finish is not that difficult as rolli has shown in his thread by just polishing the cg a bit and then re-brush it with a scotch brite green pad. I've done it rolli's way, too. I think everybody agrees that brushing your nearly perfect crownguard is a lot better than having it done by the manufacture for a huge amount of money. Your CGs are just perfect for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbird Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Jeebus. No offense mate, but those are the smallest wrists I've ever seen a Panerai on (and I have embarrassingly dainty wrists). Nice piece though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerblade Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 This might seem a strange question Chefcook but is there a small disc in the recess of the crown? A few of my Pams have the problem of the crown sitting out from the case, if I was to shorten the stem to pull it in a bit the lever would be too short due to the recess on the crown. This pic seems to show it best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 No, that are just reflections. The crown remained unchanged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimey Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Nice man, how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefcook Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 All parts, the base watch to start with and the box were about 660 USD alltogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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