WatchFanatic Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hello all, Does anyone know if 40MM PAM's exist with a movement other than an Asia 7750? I wish the 6497 would fit in there...but I've read that it can't. Girlfriends deserve good movements too! (No pun intended) -Wf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighDef Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Hello all, Does anyone know if 40MM PAM's exist with a movement other than an Asia 7750? I wish the 6497 would fit in there...but I've read that it can't. Girlfriends deserve good movements too! (No pun intended) -Wf Joshua has some asian auto. I have not seen 40MM PAMs with 6497 yet. I'd like to see one too. I like the blue dialed 119. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 There was a 40mm PAM rep with base dial powered by an ETA 2836 offered roughly 2 years ago. There was also an RXW equivalent to that watch as well before the big MM20 hit the market (fitted with a screw down crown instead of the trademark Panerai crown guard). For what it's worth... The 7750 fitted in the PAM48/49/50/51 reps is not a terribly bad movement. Since the stopwatch functions have been removed, there is far less to go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 There was a 40mm PAM rep with base dial powered by an ETA 2836 offered roughly 2 years ago. There was also an RXW equivalent to that watch as well before the big MM20 hit the market (fitted with a screw down crown instead of the trademark Panerai crown guard). For what it's worth... The 7750 fitted in the PAM48/49/50/51 reps is not a terribly bad movement. Since the stopwatch functions have been removed, there is far less to go wrong. Ubi, I'd still get those movements serviced immediately--I've been working on my 051 for about 9 months--and in so doing have been through 3 asia 7750's. The first died in two days, the second in three months, and the third, which I got completely torn down cleaned and reassembeled, has been going strong for 6 months. BTW, the 050/051 has the potential to be the most accurate PAM ever. OEM crown guards (which are readily available) solve the crown thickness problem since the problem is not w/ the crown's thickness, but with the size of the rep guard's gap. Even w/o an oem guard, a relume/AR coat/6mm cyclops will bring a 50/51 to 99% for less than $150. The only flaw would be the A's on the dial, but ona 40mm watch that's only spottable side by side w/ OEM. Mine has all of the above mods (here's a pic after AR and OEM guard, but before relume and cyclops). When I recieve mine back from The Zigmeister, I'll apply a Swiss721 font Date wheel sticker and post a some pics of the final version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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