vlydog Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 My first quick photo... just back from the post office. This project would have never gotten off the ground without the help and advice of the following members: Vaccum PAMman t Kruzer00 V avitt chinkiechunkie ubiquitous kelster fishgodeep rolli pizzanooo dluddy toomuchgear ssurfer peepshow The Zigmeister Thank to all and RWG
jaytaylor Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 Time for Project No.2 and sell that beauty to me.... My first quick photo... just back from the post office. This project would have never gotten off the ground without the help and advice of the following members: Vaccum PAMman t Kruzer00 V avitt chinkiechunkie ubiquitous kelster fishgodeep rolli pizzanooo dluddy toomuchgear ssurfer peepshow The Zigmeister Thank to all and RWG
l3x Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 That's one of the cleanest PVD I've seen. Very nice. So what's the specs?
vlydog Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Posted May 12, 2009 That's one of the cleanest PVD I've seen. Very nice. So what's the specs? Thank you. Member avitt needs the credit on this one but it's DLC not PVD.
l3x Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Ok DLC not PVD. Don't be a tease...you know you gotta post more pics right?
StormTooper4 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Very Tidy, a great looking piece that (PVD) ok DLC looks wonderful ST4
lazarini Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Looking good smoking good if i may add U can call this one "the dark knight" cant go past the list of members who contributed one way or another, nevertheless a true testament of great and knowledgeable mebers RWG community jumping in to help with completion of the piece Wear it well and post some more pictures LAZ
vlydog Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Posted May 12, 2009 This project would have never gotten off the ground without the help and advice of the following members: Vaccum PAMman t Kruzer00 V avitt chinkiechunkie ubiquitous kelster fishgodeep rolli pizzanooo dluddy toomuchgear ssurfer peepshow The Zigmeister Thanks to all and RWG This story begins with me courting PAMman for a set of really nice parts that he was thinking of selling. First communications quickly showed him that I was interested but I am not sure he was 100% certain he wanted to part with these fine trinkets. Well persistence paid off and the "dark knight" project was off and running. The parts that were sourced from PAMman that made it to the watch were: Jimmy Fu Case Davidsen Crystal and Case-back Zero Dial and Hand-set Next came a 1:1 Crown Guard from V The Zigmeister then stepped in for the initial parts fitting and case-back scrubbing to remove the black paint. In the mean time I searched for a Genuine crown. Kruzer00 had a spare SS auto crown and generously passed it on. The genuine Panerai lug screws can from chinkiechunkie. The assembled shell, crown, lug screws and gen buckle were then sent off to member avitt where they received their beautiful DLC'd armor. The heart of "the knight" is beating with a beautiful movement from t or tourby as most of us have come to know him. t had his watch-smith mill the winding stem so it would accept the .9mm threads for the auto crown. All the dark lustrous parts were then shipped to vaccum. Vac applied his magic to the dial and hands with his precision vac-lume, reassembled the parts and then sent "the dark knight" on his way. All the other members mentioned who did not contribute parts or labor certainly provided a wealth of information, guidance, critique and moral support that I will be forever grateful for. More to come...
fishgodeep Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 A beautiful and perfectly constructed model vlydog ....all those parts are superb!! Glad to be of any assistance that I could but I think my part was minimal - thanks for the shout out though!! Enjoy that piece of wrist stealth!!! FGD
ubiquitous Posted May 12, 2009 Report Posted May 12, 2009 Hubba hubba!! That is a GREAT looking PAM! so crispy... So clean... The stark presence of the lume is in great contrast to the rest of the dial/case!
OmegaPOFL Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 that's an amazing journey vly! cool to see alot of people helping out goodtimesssss
Ronin Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Absolutely beautiful. Is the movement a Gen ETA 6497-1 or -2?
lazarini Posted May 13, 2009 Report Posted May 13, 2009 Ooooo Moma! what a project, what a piece! My off to all the people that contributed in making this piece come together and big congrats to the owner! No get ure camera out of the bag and torture us a bit more Laz
vlydog Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Posted May 13, 2009 Absolutely beautiful. Is the movement a Gen ETA 6497-1 or -2? ETA Unitas 6497-1 decorated SOPROD 6497-1
vlydog Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Posted May 14, 2009 I am going to give this Zeugma strap a try as soon as the buckle comes back from the coater. What do you guys think?
JoJo35 Posted May 14, 2009 Report Posted May 14, 2009 That watch is awesome B. I've got a 195 out for special treatment too. I can only hope it will look even half as good as yours. Wear it well!
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