vootzilla Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Finally, my 252 NorthPole has landed.... and my Gunny Caitlin II strap eventually has a match! Enjoy! This watch is very gorgeous in person... but there're still some flaws here and there.. The lume is really not the lume.. only the hands glow in the dark.. the number markers are like the white color...not glowing at all... but the biggest flaw for this item for me is the CG,... it doesn't sit right and tight to the case... how can I find the perfect one for this? or i just have to file the CG myself to make it fit more perfect? Anyways,.. this one is gonna be on my wrist quite often! p.s. sorry for the color inconsistency. my LCD monitor is under the calibration period...so i've tried to make it as real as possible here..
By-Tor Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Wow... a PAM that even I could like. Must be the blue dial. If it only had a bracelet...
Lugnegard Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Wonderful!! So rugged yet refined. The strap is almost too vintage, perhaps a SC would look nice on this one. Anyway, wonderful watch, congrats!!
Logan Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 For some reason the crown guards on these are all crap. Mine was the same. Also be careful of the bezel markers, they do come out quite easily, especially the little square ones. I removed mine and re-glued them with JB-Weld.
dadog13 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 For some reason the crown guards on these are all crap. Mine was the same. Also be careful of the bezel markers, they do come out quite easily, especially the little square ones. I removed mine and re-glued them with JB-Weld. that's why there is the V CG... as for the blue dial PAMs, I should have my 1st blue dial PAM very soon - the 082 - and I think that could bring me buying the whole series that is out there of the blue dial pams... ...that's gonna be expensive... yours is really nice...from my experience with the bezel markers on PAMs (187)...you should be really careful...and the strap you have is really nice, I like it a lot... and that thing looks really huge on your skinny wrist...
Logan Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Mine has a V crown guard fitted.. and I can tell you its a tough job. The holes on the case are slightly wrong, so you have to file out the holes on the CG to fit, secondly the crown is far to deep so the crown guard does not come close to touching, let along locking the crown. Third the crown tube inner diameter is smaller than any other Pam rep.. so the genuine crowns or the Palp or T crowns do not fit. I finally had to fit a crown tube from a different watch, and a Palp crown to make it all work.
vootzilla Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Posted September 16, 2008 Thanks for chiming in, guys! I think I'll just leave the flaws there. I can live with it anyway. I always hv problems when i try to mod my watch, e'ry time!! sth must be wrong, hahahaha.. my 111H is still waiting for a new stem from a member here...to revive again!
boncovi Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) very nice photohraphy! although a $10,000 camera can't take amazing pictures alone, may i ask what is your setup? Edited September 9, 2009 by boncovi
AMK000 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Even though is not my business and with no intention to "bother" .....I think you should seriously consider smaller watches Lovely watch. I am sure you will enjoy it.
hackR Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Vootz -- congrats...wear it well!...R My "ultimate" PAM 252 from deltatahoe arrived today!...i mounted mine on rubber...truly a great piece... Your PAM 252 appears to be a different model than the "ultimate" -- which is a much darker blue ("cobalt blue") and has fully lumed hands and dial...Taka wrote a tremendous review of the ultimate here: Takashi's PAM252 review Here's a pix from Takashi's review:
mat944 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Very nice Voot! I'm still a fan of rubber straps on subs. Wear it well!
asf Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 yeah my first pam was going to be the NP but settled on a dsn 228 Looks great man!
vootzilla Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Posted September 11, 2009 oh... who's digging this thread up?? hahaha.. this is an aproxx'ly 1 yr old thread guys!!! and this 252 was long gone due to the reason AMK000 suggested! anyway,.. a 252 is a nice watch indeed. It's just too huge for my wrist...
hambone Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 If you are gonna have the blues. this watch is the way to go
MADRED7 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 WOW this looks great. On the pics the watch looks like 55mm....or you must have smaller wrists Good combination with that GUNNY. Theo
hooky Posted September 13, 2009 Report Posted September 13, 2009 Well, a tip for the current owner / owners of the pam252. The top screw of the crown guard is a bit too high. the head of the screw is too high. There fore the lever cannot close complete. Filing down the head of the screw a bit, makes this better. oiling the gunny a bit makes it a couple of tints more dark. Fits this watch better. tips coming from a pam252 owner. Mine was lumed by Vac. also the 24h gmt scale was lumed. On the rep that was not lumed. Also a big error on this model.
dimple Posted September 13, 2009 Report Posted September 13, 2009 I think this is really a nice watch & strap but....sorry mate it's too big for you...it looks too much in your wrist...anyway if you like it then my opinion doesn't matter at all Just my two cents... dimple
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