Height of the Black Seal? ...and some noob questions!

[Rubi]

Hey guys,

can someone please tell me the height of the Radiomir Black Seal?

And I have some noob questions left:

• What does DSN mean?
• What do people mod on the watches?
  • Does it mean "vintaging" the watch or do they replace parts for functional reasons?
• How's the lume on the reps?
• Are there different qualities of reps for the Black Seal out there? Any suggestions?

Many thanks!

 

[boostin20]

The only thing I can answer for you is DSN= Davidsen, a trusted dealer here.

 

[watch.aholic]

Hey guys,

can someone please tell me the height of the Radiomir Black Seal?

And I have some noob questions left:

• What does DSN mean?
• What do people mod on the watches?
  • Does it mean "vintaging" the watch or do they replace parts for functional reasons?
• How's the lume on the reps?
• Are there different qualities of reps for the Black Seal out there? Any suggestions?

Many thanks!

-DSN is Davidsen who builds homage watches & also sells spares.
-People mod all sorts of things in watches....you name it....hands, dial, lume, crown, bezel, movement etc etc....They replace parts for both aesthetic and functional reasons.
-Lume on reps can stretch from being lame to being fantastic....Getat's (another homage builder) Superlume is incredibly good....
-Generally speaking there are usually various qualities of reps on the market. As far as Black Seal goes, I am not too sure but I hope someone else will jump in with some info

 

[chromed.]

What does DSN mean?
- DSN is Davidsen, who basically builds his own pams with parts he sources on his own, u can get parts frm him as well although fit might be a issue.

What do people mod on the watches?
- anything&everything tt can be stripped out, swapped or changed.. dials, hands, movements, movement parts, cases, casebacks, crowns, crown guards&crown tubes. it can range frm replacing with similar source parts to swiss parts to GEN parts, depending on fit as well.

Does it mean "vintaging" the watch or do they replace parts for functional reasons?
- it CAN mean vintaging a particular watch. &it can be for functional reasons. but mostly it done to get it as close to GEN as possible. tho frm time to time, its just cux it looks nicer, even if its not part of e GEN article ( eg. APs having ARed crystals )

How's the lume on the reps?
- rep lume to most of us, is rep lume on a scale of 1-10 (1being e dimmest&least lasting to 10being really bright&lasting up to hours) rep lume is prob 0/10 - 3/10, except e newer pams released by e hublot factories, they r as gd as any dial tt has been lumed by a modder or by urself..&they'd be within e 8/10-10/10 range.. another aspect of lume to consider is its daylight accuracy, esp on pams..usually rep lume's daylight colours r totally off frm e GEN, again with e exception of e newer hublot factory pams..

Are there different qualities of reps for the Black Seal out there?
- there are, tho it may not vary that much esp if u stick to our trusted dealers as they mostly share e same sources. impt thing here is, QC-ing urself to make sure all is well..

Any suggestions?
- my suggestion is Supermirrors or sead1999.. he's a dealer on probation but he does great stuff, i have a 183G frm him&i love it.. here's e link to his section:-
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/forumdisplay.php/supermirrors-236

drop him a pm if u have any other question regarding what he has..

cheers&hope i ans all ur questions tho i dont really understand ur 1st

 

[Rubi]

Thanks for the answers, helped me a lot!

The 183 is pure beauty. Can't wait to get one.

 

[chromed.]

indeed it is.. here's a close up of mine, dont mind e dust specs..

 

[karesz501]

All your questions answered, here are some of my newly bought (already on its way) 183g 's QC (quality control) pics from Sead1999 (trusted dealer here, under Supermirror "brand):

The front:

The nicely decorated movement with swan neck on the back:

And the torchlight lume:

As step one, type into google pics "pam 183g" and "pam 183h" and find the differences and decide which one you like better. Try to avoid falling in love with an all black ceramic pam 292, the reps of those are not ceramic but PVD-d ones, quite off to the gen, but at least having a closed caseback.

Any more questions yet?

 

[chromed.]

wow, looks like sead has upped his game as well..

mine came frm a fellow local member, who prob got it early last yr..

notice e slightly tinted blue AR..not obvious, unlike e older pams which have tt horrible blue tint..haha

 

[Rubi]

One question left: what's the swan-neck and what advantages does it have? I read a lot of people writing about it....

 

[chromed.]

basically it just looks accurate to e gen.. its a part above where e wheel is..

not all r functional.. but it is, its some form of a regulator for e watch..helps keep its time accurate..or smth like tt..