And Here Comes The Next Generation - Strap Changing System

[Watchmeister]

Folks may have already discovered this but here is the first I have seen of the recent Panerai gen upgrades on reps. The first rep with the new strap changing system. I suspect the new deployant buckle will not be far behind.

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=80142&hl=

Just when we thought Panerai reps were down for the count.

[StormTooper4]

WWWOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOO

and there's more, best news I've heard all day, there is a PAM god after all

ST4

[rek001]

Interesting, how does it work?

[rolli]

pam308 - luminor regatta chrono 2008.

here some gen images.

rolli

[rolex001]

Wow, if that's not a copy of IWC's bracelet and strap attachment system...

[TK471]

Very, very cool. The price looks amazing. Crown guard and crown are really well done.

[mjmurphy926]

Pretty cool, but the watch on the link is still missing another new feature...The roller CG lever.

Notice on Rolli's pix the end of the lever where it contacts the crown? I would love to see that on a rep probably more so than the quick release strap, but that would mean they would have to get the crown/CG mounting correct at the factory. I have never had a PAM rep that didn't need some massaging to get it right.

I'd really like to see both new features before I'd buy.

[ubiquitous]

Not a huge surprise, since IWC and Panerai are both under the Richemont umbrella Cross pollination between IWC and Panerai seems to be a sort of regular thing these days, no?

[sssurfer]

Wow, great!

And yes, I too wonder about the lever roller...

[ravishingrick]

They did the strap changing system but not the crown guard lever roller system...

[rolli]

this model is a favorite for my collection.

but i think the caseback engraving is a bit wrong,

the other little wrong details are not so important.

rolli

[boo]

Gen owners seemed to be reporting a lot of problems with the strap changing system, e.g. the lock not engaging and pins slipping out from the case while being worn (although I had a gen PAM 48 where it worked perfectly). If Richemont couldn't get it right, I worried that the rep factories won't either.

[docblackrock]

Meh, is that it? Uninspiring mechanism, uninspiring model. Gen and rep.

Still, some new PAMs must be on the way, a sign of things to come perhaps?

[Ztech]

Finally a super Pam??? I've heard that they got a pic of Bigfoot wearing one in the forest.

[OiRogers]

Gen owners seemed to be reporting a lot of problems with the strap changing system, e.g. the lock not engaging and pins slipping out from the case while being worn (although I had a gen PAM 48 where it worked perfectly). If Richemont couldn't get it right, I worried that the rep factories won't either.

Nah... that just means our malfunctioning, complete lack of QC pams will be just *that* much closer to gen. When you watch falls off your wrist because the pin slipped... just say "damn Richemont and their lack of quality control"!

[rolli]

new images uploaded.

rolli

http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=80142&hl=

[fishgodeep]

Progress on PAM reps....Hoorah!!!

Not my cup of tea as the dial doesn't look right but very promising. I have heard the roller CG is being made so watch this space...??!

FGD