1393 Hand Solution

[Fusible]

Hello Panerai enthusiasts!

I have recently found myself quite interested in VSF sunburst blue dials because how could you not? The 1313 has quickly become my favorite watch. I am interested now in a 1393 as a point of comparison.

Thanks to many of you wonderful enthusiasts a couple differences have been highlighted: 14 vs. 13.2 thickness (probably not noticeable), Case back text (shame but is what it is), and hand length. Owning the 1313, I find the hand length a bit unfortunate and am curious as to if 42mm silver hands can be sources to pop into the 1393 and clear up that inconsistency.

The only VSF hands I can see that appear collect in the catalogue are found within the 904. If found, could these theoretically be popped into the 1393?

Thank you so much for reading!

 

[KOT1917]

I'll answer here if you don't mind. The idea for PAM904 sounds bold. The arms should be the same in mounting (under CP P.9000), while the PAM904 watch arm looks shorter, as for 42mm luminor. I didn’t chalk them in my hands, for the sake of comparison, but from what I see from the photo, this is so.

I think if you have the opportunity to take PAM904 and PAMand3 in your hands and compare visually, you will get an accurate answer, including by matching the color of the lume (It is white in both cases, but on PAM1393, which was released much later, it looks especially white , without a hint of green), and if so, then the hands themselves should come up.

But one way or another, I would take PAM1393 if there is such an opportunity, even if the replacement does not work for objective reasons, there is a chance that you will be satisfied with the watch as a whole.

 

[KOT1917]

Let me remind the rest of the issue.

This is the length of the PAM1393 GEN and REP hands:
(Obviously gen has a short hour hand while VSF uses hands from the 44mm model)
I hadn't thought about this before, but it's a really good find as the PAM904 seems to use the correct arm length despite being a DUE and not a LUMINOR case:
While the arms of GEN PAM904 and PAM1393 are probably used as mirimum, they are the same length and shape:

There is a chance that PAM904 VSF hands will be correct for PAM1393 VSF:

 

[Fusible]

Absolutely fantastic information as always! It does appear the lume could be a barrier and in my opinion may be more obvious than incorrect hand length. Either way this certainly has me curious. I suppose without getting incredibly out of hand, the 1393 and 904 would have to swap their hands. This would require work from well established watch repair experts and would leave one watch with incorrect hands, but not the preferred one. I do agree this is quite minor and may prove to be entirely irrelevant in hand. We do like to tinker as a rep community though don't we?