phaedo 0 Posted July 10, 2009 (edited) Thought I should make a post somewhere about watches, so here goes. Last year when Flav was doing a lot of pam hommage watches, I got on the bandwagon. I was really liking the black lume models, so went with a black lumed model, with the 'phantom' text on the dial. C1 lumed hands. Overall, it came out alright - not perfect, but aside from one small issue I will have to get fixed sometime, a nice watch. Pros: Custom made to my specs Swiss movement Great crown and CG Decent at keeping time (not sure how accurate, as I don't wear it often, but not out by much - I don't notice much if a watch is 2 minutes out over a week, and most of them don't stay wound a week at a time anyway) Cons:Came with a typical rep strap Although the black lume is cool, and is the tritec stuff, it is no better than your typical rep lume. Not much that could be done about that really Expensive - paid around $600 for it There is a bit of paint on the minute hand on the lume Doesn't get enough wrist time I suck at photographing watches (not a con of this watch in particular, but all of them) All in all a nice piece, but I think for the price I should have maybe thought a bit harder before I decided to buy; it doesn't get worn enough for now, because my work dictates I wear something I don't mind getting beat up, and I tend to just keep one watch on all day rather than switch when I get home, so it really only gets thought about when I have something to go to, and can get away with wearing something that won't fit under cuffs. On to some pics: Here is a lume shot, with my DSN 113 on the left for comparison (f5.2, 1 sec exposure, 800 ISO) Here we are with another lume shot, a couple of minutes later, DSN still on left, and had now been dropped so one of the hands has fallen off (f5.2, 1 sec exposure, 800 ISO) The pic Flav sent me before it was shipped Actually, looking at this picture, I think it was from a different watch, not mine... And a wrist shot Edited July 10, 2009 by phaedo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
houndoggie 58 Posted July 10, 2009 Pretty cool!! Custom watches are never cheap.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greg_r 83 Posted July 10, 2009 Looks good - shame the lume isn't a bit better, though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnG 41 Posted July 10, 2009 Very sexy watch that, love the stealth look. It is what inspired me to get my homage radiomir, has a similar look. Pyrolume is experimenting now with a black lume mix, should give him a shout, would look great on this... numerals stay black by day, scream at night.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
