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087 is finally out - [**** QC pics allowed ****]
- Thread starter COLDI
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I think it looks pretty damn good!! My gen is feeling nervous the reps are getting better and better
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I made the same move despite my intentions to hold out haha.
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To summarize, find below some comments about the little flaws of this nice rep:
Thanks Grim and shoes for their info and gen pics.
CROWN GUARD
Some old PAM models didn’t have the impressive finish quality of new ones. That affects also the inner corners of the CG. As commented by projectologist in RG the finish of H maker rep is even better.
http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=248805&p=2741202&viewfull=1#post2741202
But it bis also inaccurate
I have seen many gen pics from different sources (mainly shoes and Grim gens) and what I see is that the inner CG corners of the gen are not either squared or rounded, they are “chamfered”. In the same way as PAM 064, PAM 056 and PAM 061.
Due to the little inconsistency of gen finish in those old models we can find from perfectly “chamfered” inner corners to slightly rounded corners.
Below some gen pics to shown these differences. On many of them you can see perfectly the “chamfered” above commented.
On the last pic the chamfered is obvious. Below pic shows the “chamfered” I’m talking about.
Therefore H maker CG, which has squared corners, is nicely finished, even better than gen, of course, but somehow it is inaccurate. It is one of the few “flaws” of this magnificent rep.
As commented by Grim, H maker has already proved the capacity to get this “chamfered” inner corners, because H maker has already got this feature in PAM 056 and 061.
PEARL COLOUR
Not only PAM 087 has different colours of pearls depending on the material used by Panerai (as commented by projectoligist in RG), but it depends a lot on the angle of view and the lighting. In this regard read previous post by Grimlocktime
https://forum.replica-watch.info/vb...llowed-****?p=2542305&viewfull=1#post-2542305
CASEBACK ENGRAVINGS
In relation to the caseback, just to say that H maker is nicely made and showing the differences of engraving depth between the production number (shallower) and the rest of engravings (really deep). As I can see from pics and QC pics H maker deeper engravings are a bit shallower than gen ones.
See the shoes gen engravings in below pics:
They are IMO clearly deeper than rep engravings
GRAIN OF BRUSHING
Another interesting difference could be the “grain” of the brushing. Usually gen has finer brushing than H maker rep. But that can be variable between gen batches, as we can see in gen pics above shown.
That said I think we have a high quality Super rep and a nice watch to be strongly recommended.
Congrats H maker for this nice job
ALE
Thanks Grim and shoes for their info and gen pics.
CROWN GUARD
Some old PAM models didn’t have the impressive finish quality of new ones. That affects also the inner corners of the CG. As commented by projectologist in RG the finish of H maker rep is even better.
http://www.repgeek.com/showthread.php?t=248805&p=2741202&viewfull=1#post2741202
But it bis also inaccurate
I have seen many gen pics from different sources (mainly shoes and Grim gens) and what I see is that the inner CG corners of the gen are not either squared or rounded, they are “chamfered”. In the same way as PAM 064, PAM 056 and PAM 061.
Due to the little inconsistency of gen finish in those old models we can find from perfectly “chamfered” inner corners to slightly rounded corners.
Below some gen pics to shown these differences. On many of them you can see perfectly the “chamfered” above commented.
On the last pic the chamfered is obvious. Below pic shows the “chamfered” I’m talking about.
Therefore H maker CG, which has squared corners, is nicely finished, even better than gen, of course, but somehow it is inaccurate. It is one of the few “flaws” of this magnificent rep.
As commented by Grim, H maker has already proved the capacity to get this “chamfered” inner corners, because H maker has already got this feature in PAM 056 and 061.
PEARL COLOUR
Not only PAM 087 has different colours of pearls depending on the material used by Panerai (as commented by projectoligist in RG), but it depends a lot on the angle of view and the lighting. In this regard read previous post by Grimlocktime
https://forum.replica-watch.info/vb...llowed-****?p=2542305&viewfull=1#post-2542305
CASEBACK ENGRAVINGS
In relation to the caseback, just to say that H maker is nicely made and showing the differences of engraving depth between the production number (shallower) and the rest of engravings (really deep). As I can see from pics and QC pics H maker deeper engravings are a bit shallower than gen ones.
See the shoes gen engravings in below pics:
They are IMO clearly deeper than rep engravings
GRAIN OF BRUSHING
Another interesting difference could be the “grain” of the brushing. Usually gen has finer brushing than H maker rep. But that can be variable between gen batches, as we can see in gen pics above shown.
That said I think we have a high quality Super rep and a nice watch to be strongly recommended.
Congrats H maker for this nice job
ALE
[emoji121]?The Panerai Oracle has spoken. I've moved this to the top of my wish list. [emoji106]
Thanks for the input ALE 
I've added this to my long 'must-have' list of reps
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Could HF 087 displace Noob 243 as best PAM SUB in Ale's "Best of" list?
Here is an ALE list of best subs:
PAM 243
PAM 571
PAM 364
PAM 508
PAM 569
PAM 187 (with recessed sub-dials)
Here is an ALE list of best subs:
PAM 243
PAM 571
PAM 364
PAM 508
PAM 569
PAM 187 (with recessed sub-dials)
+1000 Pam 064 is so completely the original "Bomb"!! And should be easy to rep now they have the 087 in production. Here is my gen and is no safe queen, gets plenty of wrist time...
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Is there any other factory working on this one like V6F? These two always seem to try to out do each other lately.