6152 watch from Davidsen

[hooligan]

My custom 6152 vintage watch from Davidsen arrived today. Wow, what a beauty! This is easily my new favorite watch. I *love* the new Marina Militare dial with the thinner cut-outs and vintage looking lume. I think the blue California style hands look really good on this watch.

I'm becoming a big fan of plexi crystals, they really add to the vintage appeal of pieces like this. The watch came with a buffalo grain black strap and an engraved screw-in Panerai buckle. I swapped it out for my Mario Paci XII from Elliot. A perfect match for this watch, I think.

Here are the crappy pics :

 

[RqThrottle]

Beautiful! Wear it in good health.

 

[Anubis]

Congrats Peepshow, Very nice piece.
Now go take better pics, damn it! and give us some back/mvt shot too.
This one has the rolex bridges right?

 

[hooligan]

Thanks guys. It came with the solid, unmarked caseback installed. I'll swap on the domed plexi caseback and take some pics tomorrow. Yep, Rollie bridges on this one, they're not perfect, but I appreciate the effort. :wink:

 

[dtan888]

Congrats on your new oldie -- What a nice piece... Davidsen make only per order yeah ??

 

[hooligan]

This one was a custom order, yes. Not sure how much stock he has in the standard watches. Regardless, he shipped the watch in less than a week from when I sent him payment.

Ordered the watch on the Jan 2nd, he shipped it on the 6th, it arrived on the 13th. Not bad...

 

[Unitas68]

Great watch peep, hope you enjoy it.
DOC

 

[hooligan]

Crappy caseback photos:

 

[bigbadbrad]

wow wow!

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Hey peeps - welcome to the 6152 club - what a beauty :!:

Congrats and also a nice choice of strap

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[JoJo35]

Gorgeous piece! I ordered the exact same thing right after you did.. now I'm really looking forward to getting it!

Wear it in good health!

 

[John Paul]

>>>>>>>

 

[VDBroucke]

6152

i love this
i have the same from davidsen
in the future i wont ``tunen``
in forum i have a Item with 6152/1 with Angelus
you see?

 

[VDBroucke]

6152

 

[hooligan]

That's a beauty, VDB! Where did you find the movement for that one?

That's my ultimate project, Angelus movement with subseconds and Marina Militare dial....

You won't be disappointed, JoJo!

 

[bigbadbrad]

That's a beauty, VDB! Where did you find the movement for that one?

That's my ultimate project, Angelus movement with subseconds and Marina Militare dial....

Join the club. Though, I have found out from others that one better to know a LOT before taking on an Angelus project watch .... :evil:

 

[ckswartwood]

Thats AMAZING--Such a great looking watch. --ck

 

[CISO1969]

Does anyone know if the miltary style hands (in blue or black as shown on the 6152 from Davidsen) are correct if used on 6152 "Marina Militare" with the case with CG ?

CISO

 

[hooligan]

I don't believe so, CISO. All of the gen pics I've seen have had the brass/gold hands.

That said, if you like the blued California style hands, go for it!

I'm really thinking of ordering another 6152/1 (this one with CG) and having Davidsen use an "unbranded" 2533 dial and these hands. They're so dark, they don't even appear blue in most lighting.

Love these vintage pieces!

 

[CISO1969]

That's a cool idea. I just want to get a basic Marina Militare first and go from there.

I have seen the california style hands on a base dial Radiomir style with the wire lugs. That watch that was on the UK Antiques Road show was like that. So am wondering if the style with CG would be "possible"

CISO

 

[hooligan]

Given the "no rules/consitency" to the early days of Panerai, especially with all the iterations given to various military units, I don't think anything is outside the realm of possibility as long as you stick to using parts that were available at that time.