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Some recent PAM work...


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Thought I would share a couple of PAM's I did some work to lately.

First a side by side over all shot.

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This one had some lettering removed, the "L Swiss L" was changed to "T Swiss T", and new lettering applied, all done freehand. New cannon pin installed as well to cure the recessed and bent hands.

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CG pin looked terrible, so I smoothed it to the CG and re-brushed it.

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On this one I removed some dial markings, the "-" was removed from between the "T-Swiss-T". This was a very difficult dial to install, it was 1.00 mm larger than the original dial, and would not fit the case. So I had to grind (yes as in "grinder") and file down the sides of the dial to get it to fit. This is always very risky, and the outcome is never guaranteed, the margin for error is nil.

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CG fixed up as best I could, the pin was sticking up and there was some damage to it and the CG, looks much better now.

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Close up of my custom mixed Tritium colour on the dial, the hands were done in a lighter shade of Tritium. The dial lume colour is matched to the genuine PAM Tritium dials I have had in house, so it looks the same.

I would love to see some pictures of Kent Parks of Everest Watchworks dial lume work, to compare it to my work. I am told that he's the best of the best, but have only heard third hand on the quality of the actual workmanship, his website only shows distance no detail pictures which are useless...everyone needs to compare themselves to others in the trade...so if anyone has a Kent dial, and can take some close up shots, please share them for my benifit.

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Thanks for looking.

RG

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I tried to send the following by pm but it said it would not work so here goes...

I have 5 Everest watches. I would be happy to try to take some macro shots. I have a Nikon Coolpix L12 wich is ok but not the greatest for macro shots. I have a friend that has a Nikon D80 with a macro lens. I can try to borrow that if he will let me and take some shots for you. How can I send the large jpg photos to you?

I have met Kent in person. He is a great guy and a friend. By looking at your photos you are every bit as good as Kent if not better. Kent tends to be very slow...good but slow. He has done numerous custom dials for me but has asked me not to post photos of them. The dials take a lot of his time and are frustating for him.

Thanks for all your posts and input on the forum.

"Rower"

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I tried to send the following by pm but it said it would not work so here goes...

I have 5 Everest watches. I would be happy to try to take some macro shots. I have a Nikon Coolpix L12 wich is ok but not the greatest for macro shots. I have a friend that has a Nikon D80 with a macro lens. I can try to borrow that if he will let me and take some shots for you. How can I send the large jpg photos to you?

I have met Kent in person. He is a great guy and a friend. By looking at your photos you are every bit as good as Kent if not better. Kent tends to be very slow...good but slow. He has done numerous custom dials for me but has asked me not to post photos of them. The dials take a lot of his time and are frustating for him.

Thanks for all your posts and input on the forum.

"Rower"

I have my PM shut down since I am going away next week.

I would love to see the close ups, like any artist (and I do think it takes an artistic talent to do lume) I like to see what others do and how it looks. I respect the fact if Kent doesn't want any pics posted, although it's always good adverstising to show your talents off...

I'll turn my PM back on and send you a message.

RG

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Kent is good Rob , but not better than you ...

When I first started down this path I had 2 dials done by Kent, 2 done by Vacuum and 2 by you ...

I have only ever had them done by you since...:-)

Nothing wrong at all with Kent or Johel's work but your "total service offering" takes some beating ...WORLDWIDE

All the best

Simon

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Thanks for the feedback and kind words.

I was very lucky to have a number of genuine Tritium PAM dials show up at my shop, which allowed me to be able to see first hand the true colour.

It took some trial and error, but I was able to come up with a colour mix combination that matches the genuine Tritium, and I have been using this mixture on all dials since then.

Thanks for the insight Simon, and kind words. On an off topic note, the package with the dials arrived yesterday, WOW holy crap do they look good...I will try and do a review before I leave next week, if not, it will have to wait till I get back at the end of the month. Thanks so much, really appreciated.

RG

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...on an off topic note, the package with the dials arrived yesterday, WOW holy crap do they look good...I will try and do a review before I leave next week, if not, it will have to wait till I get back at the end of the month

Ok...I'm doing bad thread crapping...but my curiousity is piqued!!

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C'mon, Rob, tell us the truth... that watch is a gen, isn't it? :D

Either that, or you are going to get kidnapped by Officine Panerai while on your trip to Europe. They would not miss your skill.

Btw, have a wonderful journey!

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