Sylar Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 About 1.5 yeras ago I frist saw pam-addictions 24a and immediately fell in love with the watch. At this point they were not readily available so I started on my quest. I picked one up but was not happy with it at all. I could do all the mods on it, like vintage tritium looking lume, lelo, fix CG, repolish, etc but at that point I was not into modding. I just wanted it done. I sold the rep I had and I had been in talks with a friend about getting gen parts. On February of last yeat I got a gen dial and hands for the 24a along with a gen dial and hands for an 87a. I also picked up a complete 87 so the dial/hands transplant for the 87 was a breeze and my sub craving was sattisified with the 87a. So now I had the A series dial and hands for the 24 and the quest for the rest of the parts begun. I was in no hurry to build it since I had the 87 to quest my craving so the process was slow. In August I got wind of a gen 24a caseset that was avialable, unfortnalty soemone else already had dibs on it so the phone calls begun. There was a slight problem with the threads on the case so the original buyer sent it back and I jumped at the opportunity to buy it. I had to give up one of my favorite watches in a partial trade but it was well worth it. I got the threads on the case fixed by one of my watchsmiths here in town and now I was in full gear to get the rest of the parts. Through some trades and sales I picked up a gen A series CG and a Gen crown for it and my good friend VDB had shadow caseback for the submersibles. I had him brush the numbers off it and engrave my name on the caseback. I also got an A series coramid strap and currently waiting on a brown TC shark strap for it. I picked up a eta movement and it was all left at VDB workshop when I was there in January so he could assemble it for me. I also got a black lelo DW but I forgot to leave it there so the pics will show a white DW on it. It will be installed upon pickup in two weeks. Today I received pics of the watch built so I will let the pics do the rest of the talking. Many many thanks to those that helped me get the parts and end up with such a great watch. I will be looking forward to taking delivery of this one in Erfurt on the 23rd of this month, along with some other VDB vintages.
FxrAndy Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Looks great, do you have a plan to remove or shorten the centre seconds pinion and fill in the top of the canon pin?
Watchmeister Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Congrats on a great watch. Definitely need to swap that datewheel. I built one with a rep dial but gave it up to our mutual friend when he, like you, scored a gen dial. Gen dials are always the coup de grace. Wear that one well.
beano2004 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Sylar, Awesome work my friend this is one of your grail pieces wear it in good health... this one sure has been a journey for you
Sylar Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Posted April 8, 2009 Looks great, do you have a plan to remove or shorten the centre seconds pinion and fill in the top of the canon pin? Indeed andy, that will be fixed and the DW swapped in a few weeks.
Sylar Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Posted April 8, 2009 Sylar, Awesome work my friend this is one of your grail peices wear it in good health... this one sure has been a journey for you Its all your fault man.
Watchmeister Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 And the sublust does not get better. It's only a matter of time.
dluddy Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Great project Sylar. Love to see a shot of the caseback if you have it?
Dani Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 WOOOW. amazing Sylar, its looks beyond nice woow. Your dedication paid off. Enjoy it. Cheers, Dani
lazarini Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Looks superb, always nice to see things come together like this! cheers laz
frogfalls Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 what a beauty, Sylar! same happened to me to first time I saw beano's 24a.
fishgodeep Posted April 8, 2009 Report Posted April 8, 2009 Nice Sylar ....very very nice indeed!! Got to love these 24A's, the "Art Deco" of Panerai , as perfectly described by our learned friend Kruzmeister00 Enjoy FGD
SERGEANT_AT_ARMS Posted April 9, 2009 Report Posted April 9, 2009 That is truely a beauty Sy, I love the clean bezel on the 24a
big e Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 Bean has a way of being a bad influence! You can say that again!!!! I'm having things done to watches that I never thought I would, plus my pockets are always EMPTY!!! But I do LOVE the end result.
l3x Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 This is not good for my wallet. I need to stop coming to these forums and seeing all the yummy watches you guys post :-D That is super nice Sylar. Congrats!! I really want one bad.
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