projectologist Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I wanted to post again and thank those members whose help made this project happen. 6 months of PM's, texting and many phone calls. Mega thanks to... Sylar kruzer00 Rolexfinder and archibald... who generously orchestrated the final assembly of parts. The following pics were a spur of the moment thing... I was visiting my wife at her studio and had my camera with me as well as the 28 on my wrist. The lighting in her studio is industrial fluorescent, so that was going to be a challenge. I cleared a ss countertop and hung a black towel as a backdrop a couple feet away. Put the camera on AWB and was pretty happy with the results. The OEM gator is about 10 yrs. old, so goes well with the worn around the edges case set and heavily patina'd coating. The rep buckle started out as the usual dark black PVD, so I got out the CC cloth and some 180 grit emery cloth to match the case and cg. I tried but wasn't successful in getting the silver hands to show. Next time I'll try a white fill card. I didn't anticipate it, but the lousy bare-bulb light source resulted in pics that come very close to showing the PVD coating as it appears in person. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmStaFF Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 WoW i'm in Love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Beautiful rare piece.. Enjoy your new beauty! MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 nice,the strap is also very good looking have you get the lello dw? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishgodeep Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Great photos an a unique watch that is as close as it gets to the real article Thanks for sharing ...please feel free to share more!! Best regards FGD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormTooper4 Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Goodgrief that thing is just perfect Wear it well ST4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l3x Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Beautiful pics of a beautiful watch. Awesome pics...real pro like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADRED7 Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Congrats....one of my alltime favorites. Theo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Came out PAMtastic R. That's a keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athan Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Yum man it's amazing what a piece of CC cloth can do ;-) Honestly man it's a winner wear it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkirke Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Pictures are ABSOLUTLY STUNNING. some of the best PVD watch photography i've EVER seen. If it weren't a rep, I'd say send off the first photo to PANERAI to use as an Ad. Beautiful pics of a truly STUNNING watch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Indeed...beautiful pics of a great piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaykeem Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thats not cape cod Gen 28 pvd case, cg, crown, crystal with cyclops. Def as close to gen as you can get missing dial and hands! Love this piece Robert, by far my favorite build of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectologist Posted April 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thats not cape cod Gen 28 pvd case, cg, crown, crystal with cyclops. Def as close to gen as you can get missing dial and hands! Love this piece Robert, by far my favorite build of yours. Thanks JK. And you're right re. use of the CC cloth. It was only used on the buckle to get it to match the case set. Because it worked so well, I now realize that aging a rep pvd case is probably the only way to match the original aged finish. It just can't be done with DLC. However for later series PAMs nothing can compete with DLC, especially the way avitt does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDBroucke Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 wow nice beauty tritium cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paneraitom Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I just love this watch!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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