eurotimez.com - 001B or 111E

[warbird]

Hello Panerai experts,

my plan is to acquire (and later modify) a Panerai rep to make it look like the gen for the average person.

The first question is, which model is the ideal base? (I would like to order from eurotimez, as they ship from the UK to avoid problems with german customs)

Should I start with the 001B

or the 111E and later add the 001B caseback?

After that I will have to:

-have it relumed

-swap the crown

-do some sort of pinfix?

-buy a nice strap

Is that about it? (What would that cost me in total and where should I have it done in Germany?)

Thanks in advance, warbird

[warbird]

or even the 111H?

although I thought I had read that the sausage dials are more accurate