Can't wait for my pam113 from Lay...

[omegagmt]

Got the approval pics from Lay a couple of days ago.

Looks good. I almost changed my mind about this model til I saw the pics and video. Can't wait. I think they are in customs right now.

The noticeable flaw I see are the lume agents. They seem more yellow- green than gen. On the gen, it almost looks like a pail yellow.

What are your thoughts?

Here are some more shots:

And the movement:

Just love the simplicity of a white dial.

 

[juancodb]

Very nice!!! I have a 113 and Vac lumed it for me... He nailed the color of the lume almost to perfection...

 

[bimmerman2]

I like the white, but it looks like you loose the sandwich dial with these models? That's my favorite feature of PAMs

 

[MMs]

there's several noticeable flaws.

no L's on either side of Swiss Made.
you're correct, the lume color is wrong.
the caseback does not match the movement, that's not what an H series movement looks like.
that appears to be an asian movement with no swan neck and stickers on the
bridges, not engraved.
no sunken seconds on the dial, the gen is recessed.
the crownguard is incorrectly brushed, well I suppose it depends on if you're classing
it an E/F or an H, so I guess it could be right or wrong.
sunken cannon pin

there's several more but as the list goes on it gets more and more nit picky.

it's really very hard to find a 113 now a days that's anywhere near accurate.
even DSNs is way off from gen.

I'm doing my best to find a good 113, but turns out no dealers have them, so I'm
just going to have to build a franken I guess if I want something good.

 

[GBOGH]

Talk about anal.... :lol: If you want gen it is best to buy gen.

Regardless, this looks like a very nice watch in it's own right. Enjoy it often! :thumbsup:

 

[omegagmt]

Well for $138 with a SS bracelet this watch is close enough. I'll mod it here and there. When lume starts to weaken I'll get it vaclumed. That will fix the color of the lume agents. As for the CG, I'll fix that myself. While it's getting vaclumed, I'll have him fix the cannon pin. As for the movement, I'm not going to take this watch off for no one. None of my friends have pams, so they wouldn't even notice any of the flaws. As long as I don't walk in to an AD or go to a paneristi gathering with it on. I'll be fine.
I was trying to find a light colored (tan) strap on panatime.com and they are all out of light colored straps. What gives?

By the looks of the you tube video of the watch. There's nothing wrong with the cannon pin. Woo-hoo.

 

[MMs]

agreed, it's an excellent watch for the price, I love the white dialed pams.
I own a 113 swiss movement on a bracelet, love it, wear it all the time.

 

[omegagmt]

Does anyone know what type of strap this is and where to find one.

My 113 just made it thru US customs. Only a couple of more days til it hits the wrist.

Here's another combo I just found. White will go with anything. Not sure If I would ever really wear this combo, but it's different.

 

[omegagmt]

Here are some more strap combos for the 113 that I found. This should be another thread of it's own.

Black stingray

 

[omegagmt]

Here's another

 

[omegagmt]

It's finally on my wrist.
I've adjusted the bracelet to fit perfectly and am going to do a CG pin mod right now.
Here are a couple of pics so far. I'll post more after the mod.

So far so good. I was worried the label on the movement was a decal, but it's engraved. Also the cannon pin is correct. After the mod it will be a little closer to gen specs without being an expensive rep. $138 can you believe it.

A wristie

With my 111h for comparison