Here's My 372

[omgiv]

Everyone is showing their new 372's off and I just wanted to be a part of the crowd. Here is my 372 I ordered from Andrew .

Now that the shock has worn off, I should start by saying that there was nothing wrong with the watch. I took it completely apart because I wanted to fix a few things with the cg and also wanted to check out the movement. My concern was that they disabled the running seconds like they did on my 390 (snipping the off long pivot).

I found a few interesting things that I thought others would also find interesting. The first was the thickness of the dial. The dial is extremely thick, which allowed the fourth wheel pivot to be left long. There is a small cutout on the back of the dial for the long pivot.

Because the dial is so thick, they had to add a cap onto the canon pinion. It is a very interesting solution.

Because there is a cap on the canon pinion, the hour hand had to have a long tube. Haven't really seen one quite this long before. This allows the hour hand to fit over the cap and grab onto the canon pinion.

The last thing I noticed on my watch was that there was a ton of adhesive on the faux plates. It looks like they used double sided tape or dial strips to hold them on. There was no way my plates were coming off without a lot of help.

Now it's time to get her back together. Thanks for reading!!!!

 

[Tonyy]

Looks good! I plan on servicing my PAM once it's delivered as well. Didn't realize the dial was adhered to the mainplate though.

 

[hado67]

WOW! I know what you are going to do the rest of the weekend :cheers:

 

[omgiv]

The dial doesn't use adhesive. It has dial feet and uses the dial screws to be secured.

 

[Tonyy]

The dial doesn't use adhesive. It has dial feet and uses the dial screws to be secured.

Got it. I got confused when you were talking about the dial strips. Good to know!

 

[omgiv]

Oh...sorry about that. They used them to install the faux bridges.

 

[ALE7575]

Thanks ongiv for this interesting "point of view" of this replica
Really original and with a lot of personality
Interesting also the indications about dial thickness and CP modified.

Good luck in assembling again
Already included this link in PAM GUIDE. Thanks

ALE

 

[PolonusTM]

Pretty interesting! Thank You


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[FrenchBully]

Really interesting to see everything taken apart. Perfect screen shot to add labels to the various parts. So noobs like me know what everything is.

 

[PolonusTM]

Omgiv: what about the movement? Bone-dry or oiled?


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[omgiv]

Thanks for the comments. The movement I had was pretty well oiled. It was not dripping and the balance jewels were properly oiled.

 

[ALE7575]

Thanks for the comments. The movement I had was pretty well oiled. It was not dripping and the balance jewels were properly oiled.

Glad to hear that
Interesting

ALE

 

[Q5?]

Very interesting thread. Thank you for the effort!

Rep points for you,

 

[marlin2284]

Those faux plates have failed and come loose in a couple of occasions, one of my biggest peeves with those decorated movements. I love the look of the 372 but because of the decorated movement I'm holding out for the PAM 399 with the cloned Minerva movement.

My advise is to scrap those plates and put on some nice rep OP bridges and go from there....I won't be accurate but it already isn't accurate with those plates.:cheers:

 

[omgiv]

I agree with you on the faux plates. I must have had an overzealous worker glue mine off because I had to work to get all three of my plates off. I thought about just leaving to plates off since there are nice cdg underneath or putting a more attractive movement in, but I don't have one right now.

 

[PolonusTM]

Glad to hear that
Interesting

ALE

The movement (the real one under the plates) is not marked Panerai in any way. So maybe it is just regular movement, properly oiled etc. ?

So far, the movement in my 372 runs like a champ, with 0 secs/day, being a daily beater these days. Amazing is the right word...

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[ALE7575]

The movement (the real one under the plates) is not marked Panerai in any way. So maybe it is just regular movement, properly oiled etc. ?

So far, the movement in my 372 runs like a champ, with 0 secs/day, being a daily beater these days. Amazing is the right word...

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Yes, I agree
Nice to see this good working
Congrats
ALE

 

[slaughterer62]

Is the dial/movement top loading like with the Fiddy?
Is there a movement holder for the 6497, ie. is there room for a Cortebert 616 etc in there?

 

[omgiv]

The dial and movement come out from the back. The faux plates have to be removed first to gain access to the case clamps.

There isn't a movement holder in the case and I do not know if a Cortebert would fit. The measurements for the two movements aren't the same so you would have to modify something.

 

[marlin2284]

The dial and movement come out from the back. The faux plates have to be removed first to gain access to the case clamps.

There isn't a movement holder in the case and I do not know if a Cortebert would fit. The measurements for the two movements aren't the same so you would have to modify something.

Cortebert(35.9mm) is smaller in diameter than the 6497(36.5mm) it might fit loosely or you would have to machine a very thin movement ring or spring to seat it properly, the you need to figure out how to fix it all in place so it doesn't move around in there unless you can somehow to use the tabs..