BaggyPants 0 Posted May 13, 2013 What you want is a 1.6mm cut out screwdriver like this one : http://www.amazon.com/1-6mm-Cut-out-Screwdriver-Panerai-Luminor/dp/B0084G1DW6 It will fit the screw head perfectly and never strip it. Using a regular wedge shaped flathead is asking for s stripped screw head eventually. The cut out driver is just like what comes with gen Pam's. it works prefectly on Rolex links too. Read my post before. Had one if these super dooper "cut out" screwdrivers. It bent and twisted to fuck after changing four straps. Replaced it with a normal 1.6mm and got another 1/4 turn out of all the screws on my 177 because it stayed in the screw head, unlike the twisted "cut out". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaggyPants 0 Posted May 13, 2013 The top screwdriver is the ultra fantastic "cut out" screwdriver from Watch Obsession. They state: The screwdriver is made to a high quality and you will not be disappointed when using it on your expensive watch." They are wrong. It's shit. And it's £13.95 worth of shit. It wouldn't stay in the screw heads, because it just warped before my eyes. Seriously, I've had snot harder than the metal in the blade! This is what it started out like: The bottom screwdriver in the first photo is a standard 1.6mm jewellers jobby. It cost me £9. It has never slipped out of a Panerai screw head, never warped, and tightens the screws up far better than the crappy piece of turd above it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gottahaverolex 0 Posted May 13, 2013 I'm guessing the quality of that driver is the issue and not the design. The Panerai OEM screw driver is a cut out type and so are the drivers that Rolex ADs use to remove links. The OP asked what tool he could buy and my reply was to buy the correct one. That sucks yours collapsed like that but the one I bought for $5.88 is just as well made as the oem Pam scredriver that came with my 312 and 233. Use what you like, I prefer the cut out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffw69 0 Posted May 13, 2013 Just saw this thread! Damn, we got plenty of Panerai tools on this forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arancini 0 Posted May 13, 2013 Just saw this thread! Damn, we got plenty of Panerai tools on this forum. Harsh Jeff.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeffw69 0 Posted May 13, 2013 Just saw this thread! Damn, we got plenty of Panerai tools on this forum. Harsh Jeff.... You being one of the biggest! just kidding! I probably have or had a dozen PAMs over the years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arancini 0 Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah...guilty as charged..... Love those PAM fekkers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
