branigg 0 Posted June 22, 2015 All, I'm hoping for some advice from the Panerai experts out there, I've been a member of this and sister forums for a couple of months and after countless hours or reading I have reached the well informed decision of a Pam243 as my first purchase, in classic 'sods law' style, the Noob v3 appears to be out of stock everywhere (unless anyone has any info to the contrary), after contacting most of the TDs, Joshua (perfect clones), has confirmed he has a Pam243m h factory available and has claimed it is superior to the Noob - which contradicts everything I have read, it says it was added to his catalogue in January this year suggesting a newer version to that referred to in ALE's Pam guide....... Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on this, is Joshua correct or should I hold out on the chance that further Noob versions will be commissioned Thanks for any advice you can offer Regards Glen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King 0 Posted June 23, 2015 Don't know about the 243, but I can tell you that my my h-fac 005 (newest version) is as good as any noob or kW I've seen. H is notorious for shoddy QC, however, and so it's common to see inconsistencies between watches of the same model. Inspect your QC pics closely to make sure you get a good one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ALE7575 24 Posted June 25, 2015 More info here http://www.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/232951-*PCTeam*-Better-later-than-never-small-review-of-H-factory-PAM-243-V2 H maker new PAM 243 seems a good alternative ALE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khronos 1,339 Posted June 27, 2015 How many replies does one need to know??? http://www.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/232817-Pam243m-h-maker-factory-better-than-out-of-stock-Noob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,501 Posted June 27, 2015 All, I'm hoping for some advice from the Panerai experts out there, I've been a member of this and sister forums for a couple of months and after countless hours or reading I have reached the well informed decision of a Pam243 as my first purchase, in classic 'sods law' style, the Noob v3 appears to be out of stock everywhere (unless anyone has any info to the contrary), after contacting most of the TDs, Joshua (perfect clones), has confirmed he has a Pam243m h factory available and has claimed it is superior to the Noob - which contradicts everything I have read, it says it was added to his catalogue in January this year suggesting a newer version to that referred to in ALE's Pam guide....... Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on this, is Joshua correct or should I hold out on the chance that further Noob versions will be commissioned Thanks for any advice you can offer Regards Glen Got the Noob 2 months ago from Angus (pure-time TD over rwgforum) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kasper618 0 Posted June 30, 2015 I've had the noob "v3" and currently have the latest 2015 H 243. I prefer the H hands down personally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MUSH 0 Posted July 25, 2015 Trusty Time claims brand new H fac v2 is just as good as the noob. Just check the QC pics for the numerals on the bezel.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg_r 81 Posted July 25, 2015 Not a review. Moved to General. Note that neither Josh nor Trusty do business with noobfactory, which might bear some relationship to their comments... Having said that, H fac product sometimes gets an undeservedly bad rep. I've not seen the current H 243 in person, so reserve judgement, but the photos look pretty damned good. I've had a few H fac PAMs and they've generally been a good experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
