JohnPilot 1 Posted May 28, 2013 Gen or rep who ing cares. Enjoy the pics Nr 74 Seiko diver, waterproof, superlume Nr 73 Russian Poljot Aviator Chrongraph with the great handwound 3133 movement. Nr 72 Bronzo from Getat, Asso from Toro, runs great, keeps time and builds up quickly a good powereserve Nr 71 Handwound Lange on gen oem crocstrap Nr 70 Just got it in M2M. The famous PAM 309 Minerva. Nr 69 Parnis U-Boat, self modded, bronzoplated and vintage lumed. the Parnis before modding. Nr 68 MM 389 Submersible, ceramic bezel. Nr 67 Whats this? For biiiiig wrists? Dealer clock IWC Mk16 Nr 66 Unbelievable what people loose on the beach :hehehe: Nr 65 AP Diver V3.5, swiss ETA, reworked by supermodder Kenny, waterproofed, relumed. Nr 64 IWC Cousteau chronograph, waterproof, working chrono, gen strap, gen Cousteau shirt Nr 63 Steinhart Navy Bronze auto chrono (this beauty is for sale in M2M section) Nr 62 Yesterdays build, PVD Fiddy with swiss OPII, waterproofed, waterresistant black leatherstrap, superlumed of course. Nr 61 Missus and mine PD for PCC meetings. Big boy with 7750 based auto movement, ladies with JLC mécaquarz movement Nr 60 Vintage PD from 1977, Lemania 5100, this was the very first PD watch. Later this watch was used by Nato forces and produced in 3 colours, khaki, blue and grey. Army, Navy and Airforce. The movement was extremly robust and even under shock the stopfunction works flawless, This combined to excellent readebility, stopminute and stopsecond came out ouf the centre, makes it the ideal compagnon for sports. Nr 59 Submersible Marina Militare, 47mm, automatic. wristart24 vintage strap Nr 58 Homemade Panerai 6152, gen swiss ETA, Bond ostrich strap, Nightwatch bottom and CG, Jackson case Nr 57 Panerai 339 composite 47mm Nr 56 Vintage Eldor chronograph with handwound Landeron caliber. Nr 55 Rolex Yachtmaster, swiss 2836 from Trustytime. Nr 54 Meistersinger Pangaea, one hand watch, watch for people who don't have to count every minute, handwound swiss peseux movement Nr 53 Couldn't wait to do this Self build 3646, Hamilton 917, Noob strap, River dial and hands As Glashütte week turns to its end, a whole bunch of these underestimated beauties today Nr 52 Glashütte sixties, NOS, steel on oem strap, automatic Same gold plated Glashütte 70's, NOS, goldplated on oem strap, automatic 70's Very rare "GMT" NOS on oem strap Not really wearable but typical 70's style, NOS not NOS blue, 70's Beginners Glashütte, entry price range with handwound out of the ladies colelction many more but maybe wrong place here, from tomorrow back to reps . . . Nr 43 Glashütte diving watch on gen OEM "Tropenband", it was designed for export to western germany therefore the inscription Meisteranker Nr 41+42 two NOS Glashütte handwound, this is the original watch which was modeling for the actual "sixties" series. Special aftermarket see throug bottom. one with date one without. Nr 40 Big Egi 60mm, blue superlume on wristart24 vintage strap, from Trustytime Nr 39 Glashütte automatic, NOS, 70ies, fully serviced Nr 38 NOS 70's Glashütte, very flat in house handwound movement, watch the nice clear minimized dial showing the way to the actual NOMOS collection. Nr 37 Universal Genève Polerouter, microrotor, watch from S.A.S. , with the rare OEM bottom in very good condition. http://www.poleroute...ory-deutsch.htm Nr 36 "New" PAM 127 on gen strap, one of the best PAM reps out there. So cool M2M exists. Nr 35 Arriving yesterday my great, perfectly working, DAGAZ Heritage. Love it. Nr 34 Stowa Marine Chronometer, handwound 6498, navy alligator strap Nr 33 Rolex Daytona Nr 32 Panerai Radiomir 1938 PAM 232, one of my very first reps, gen swiss 6497 (no swinese ), B.O.B. strap, came from trustytime in 2007 still a beauty Nr 31 Panerai 113, self build on gen strap Nr 30 IWC Aquatimer, working chrono, gen strap Nr 29 Vintage 1950 PAM, python strap, gen swiss 6497. Nr 28 Nomos Zurich, automatic, gen croc strap. Nr 27 Don't blame this its a piece of heart. Bought it for 1000 baht, 25 euros, on my first longer, 5 weeks, asiatrip. My very first Panerai rep. Rotor fell off after some time, broken screw. Now its a wind up cheapie I would never give away. Nr 26 Glashütte automatic vintage from the sixties, NOS Nr 25 Big Egi, bronze plated, sandblasted, vintage lumed, vintaged strap, very heavy watch, will be in M2M soon. Nr 24 PAM 127, Fiddy, own build, Jackson case, gen swiss unitas 6497, DSN dial and hands, Nightwatch plexiback and CG, Ostrich leg Strap from Mc Jules. Nr 23 IWC 5004, 21600bph as per gen, gen St. exupéry strap, correct bottom without the "Platinum" shit , non recess date Nr 22 Another microrotor. Universal Genève Polerouter. These watches have an interesting story. http://www.poleroute...ory-deutsch.htm Nr 21 Universal Genève Microrotor. A microrotor is used in order to make a watch as slim as possible. Contrary to today it was a aign of great skills to make a movement and a wacth as slim as possible. The movement used in the watch above. Pic from the web. Nr 20 Graham Chronofighter Nr 19 Rolex Submariner LV (lunette verte) swiss 2836, saphir, waterproof Nr 18 3646 Pam, own build, Silix case, Nightwatchcrown, asian 6497, wristart24 vintage strap Nr 17 IWC 3712 Rattrapante RG, working chrono, gen croc strap. Nr 16 IWC St. Exupéry, this is the first St. Exupéry edition, he was a famous french writer and pilot. IWC made 3 limited versions. Steel, red gold, white gold and 1 one in platin. The OEM package contained a book of Antoine de St. Exupéry's book "Vol de nuit", Nightflight. In my eyes the steel version is the nicest, it has brown seconds subdial. Nr 15 Back to modern watches. Vintages doesn't seem to be so quoted PAM 292, self build, PVD case, pig dial, good lume, Noob strap, asian 6497. Nr 14 Another tuning fork watch, Omega Seamaster, Mosaba movement like the Constellation. Nr 13 Lets continue with IWCs. IWC Mk XV, very first Spitfire edition, ltd to 1000 watches. Inspired from the R.A.F. Pilot IWCs. Later on the Spitfire became a full watch line from IWC swiss ETA 2824. Pic from the web, OEM package was nice with a warming cashmere scarf. Nr 12 As most people like IWC lets do IWCs the next few days. IWC Ingenieur Automatic, IW3227, 2005. A great renaissance of the 1975s Ingenieur. Build solid as a rock. Nr 11 Panerai 360 DSC coated on rare special strap. Gen carbonfibres backed with smooth leather. Nr 10 My tenth watch in this post. Lets continue with nice blue dials. Mr Georges Kern once said that each man should have at least one blue watch. I can confirm, nothing better in summertime Blue Rolex Datejust II, roman numerals, no lume, waterproofed, saphire glas. Nr 9 Got this yesterday, I am blown away, therefor a few more pics. Enjoy. Panerai 082, caliber OP II, Amerigo Vespucci, titanium, limited ed of 300 pieces made in year 2000. Crown has triple o-rings. From an article: "This is one of the most stunning Panerai watches ever made. Also, it is one of the most collectible special editions ever offered by Panerai for two reasons. First, this is a commemorative piece honoring the Amerigo Vespucci Ship. The back is engraved showing the ship with full mast. Second, this is one of 4 models made that say Marina Militare on the dial, making it one of the most desirable and hard to find Panerai watches on the planet. This watch is called the Amerigo Vespucci because it has a hand engraved, highly detailed etching of the Amerigo Vespucci Italian Navy training vessel. The blue dial is absolutely sublime and has yet to be compared to in this same color, hue or in the beauty of this very cool, historical timepiece." Nr 8 Vintage Omega Constellation Chronometre with tuning fork movement I have always been fascinated by the sound of these movements and most of all the perfectly smooth second hand. All swiss watches using tuning fork movement use the same "mosaba" calibre as base. It comes with date, daydate or without. Here part of an article about these great movements that disappeared with the arrival of quartz. "These movements are the "Rolls-Royce" of tuning fork watches, and were designed by Max Hetzel, who had left Bulova a few years previously. Hetzel was also the brains behind the Accutron 214. The 9162/4 and 9210 were known as the "Swissonic" line of movements. They were manufactured under licence to Bulova by Ebauches S.A., who, up until then, made several models of electronic balance wheel watches. The index wheels for the ESA tuning fork watches were made by Bulova. These movements are superbly made, and were used by Omega (known as the f300, cal.1250 and 1255) Certina f300, Movado (Zenith cal. 50.0 variation) Longines (Ultronic), IWC and others. Most watches using these movements were tested to Chronometer grade and sold as such. The design of the tuning fork in these watches is slightly different from that of Accutrons(see pics below). The tines of the fork were extended back from the mounting point and balanced with the main tines. These additional arms on the fork are attached close to the magnets. This design gave them superior performance, as their errors due to position were nil. " And a short film: Finally the pics. Nr 7 Panerai 292 N V2 with updated dial, ceramic case, best lume, BOB strap Nr 6 Laco 55mm WW II german big pilots watch, handwound, modded swiss Valgranges, super-duper lume Nr 5 Black Luminor Marina Own build, MM PVD case, and asian 6497 PVD movement by Roland Kemner (dismanteled, PVDed and remounted in Germany by him), vintage strap Nr 4 OMG no PAM? IWC 5001 on croc strap, automatic movement with pellaton winding system, autonomy of 7 days Nr 3 Panerai Deepth Gauge on gen rubber strap. Nr 2 Wempe 100 years, originally from Andrew, handwound asian Lemania Nr 1 Panerai PAM 111 from Toro, waterprooft, running +4 sec./day, gen. PAM rubber stap, superlume. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Infinite9928 0 Posted May 28, 2013 Nice piece. Enjoy!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boycie 473 Posted May 28, 2013 Loving that PAM JP, great shots as well, looking forward to Nr 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSav 2 Posted May 28, 2013 Lovely shots JP. That pam deserves a new strap though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeavyKrush 16 Posted May 28, 2013 Click that swan neck in place and it will look perfect! Nice piece. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arancini 0 Posted May 28, 2013 Top Shelf JP, as per usual. Keep em' coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnPilot 1 Posted May 28, 2013 Lovely shots JP. That pam deserves a new strap though. just bought this gen rubber strap, love it for swimming and sauna. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bm69 0 Posted May 28, 2013 Nice looking pam, I can see this forum costing me money, so many good looking watches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SSTEEL 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Nice PAM Click that swan neck in place and it will look perfect! Nice piece. Now as Im yet to pop my PAM cherry, I keep hearing about this swan neck, is it the leaver you pull open to release the crown, or something to do with the Inabloc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyr 4 Posted May 29, 2013 Timing http://www.replica-w...neck-84846.html For SSTEEL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1littlegreen 1 Posted May 29, 2013 Can't wait to see Nr2!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neil 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Thought we were supposed to guess? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SSTEEL 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Timing http://www.replica-w...neck-84846.html For SSTEEL Thanks again mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
746_heuer 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Is that dial painted? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnPilot 1 Posted May 29, 2013 Is that dial painted? Yes they are all painted. You have sandwich dials and sausage dials but all of them are painted because they are mostly made of brass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnPilot 1 Posted May 29, 2013 James Gandolfini? Call meTony Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arancini 0 Posted May 29, 2013 Another masterpiece. Really loving this series JP. Superb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSav 2 Posted May 29, 2013 How nice is the Wempe. You made the choice of what I will wear tomorrow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1littlegreen 1 Posted May 29, 2013 Nr2 is a beauty JP!! Wasn't in the rep world when it was released, so no clue on the dealer. I do know that movement (ST19). What is the lug width on the 42mm? Is it 22mm? Awesome piece!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnPilot 1 Posted May 29, 2013 Nr2 is a beauty JP!! Wasn't in the rep world when it was released, so no clue on the dealer. I do know that movement (ST19). What is the lug width on the 42mm? Is it 22mm? Awesome piece!! Yep, its 22mm (this strap). But I think a 24/22 will even look better. Maybe you don't know where it came from, but you know where it will go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSav 2 Posted May 29, 2013 I have a 24mm on mine and it's perfect Nice thread JP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baxter 6 Posted May 29, 2013 Oh god that wempe on that strap !!!!!!!!!!! Great thread JP ... looking forward to tomorrows instalment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1littlegreen 1 Posted May 29, 2013 I have a slight idea JP... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
