Moving on to Pre-A's and V's & Hello 243, Goodbye 25 pic

[breukelen]

I've been lurking around these parts for a while and finally decided to upgrade my membership today - finally.

Anyway, I would like to lavish some praise to those members here who really have some incredible pieces, particularly those who have recreated some very historic PAMs using 1:1 fabricated dials, crown guards, crowns, etc. In fact, this has caused me to "reset" my watch buying habits after taking a whole new interest in these Pre-A/V watches. With all these great parts (sometimes) available from FGD, V and T, it's hard not to resist not making a near-perfect recreation, so the question now is what should to build - 002, 009, 202a, 201a??

I'm going to stop looking at gen purchases in this economy, however, there is one gen that I do really really want to replace the sub I just sold -- a 243. 44mm 1950 case, chunky bezel... this thing is the irresistible. Hopefully I won't find a good deal.. and PWC over at RG will deliver me a rep 243 so I don't have to go buy the real one.

Damn this watch thing.

So, time to move things around in the watchbox to make room for some Pre-A's and V's and hopefully not a 243. This one is now gone, 25F on GSD strap, but here is the last (horrendous) pic that I took of it.

[jkirke]

sure was beautiful piece bro. i'm doing the same. moving out anything that's not a panerai, and getting into the pre-a's and pre-v's. the historic beauty is just stunning.

good luck with the future builds.

[dluddy]

Thanks for upgrading

I think a lot of us have gone through the same evolution

Have fun with it. The hunt for the right base model and upgraded parts is half the fun

[VDBroucke]

sweet combo