Is it worth it?

[ckswartwood]

I have a 111H with an Asian 6497. One of our kind modders will do a cannon pin fix and a lume job on the hands and dial for 200 clams. --Being that i paid 160 for the watch i am a bit reuluctant---not because the cost would be more....but because i am unsure of how long the movement will last.
If the movement dies...can it be repaired?

Do you think it is worth it to have the Mods done? -ck

 

[d4m.test]

First ask yourself...how much does the pin recession and lume bother you?

I have modded pams and unmodded ones...and they all get equal wrist time...i enjoy all of them...

 

[takashi]

I have a 111H with an Asian 6497. One of our kind modders will do a cannon pin fix and a lume job on the hands and dial for 200 clams. --Being that i paid 160 for the watch i am a bit reuluctant---not because the cost would be more....but because i am unsure of how long the movement will last.
If the movement dies...can it be repaired?

Do you think it is worth it to have the Mods done? -ck

That's a tough question. Worth it or not, it's up to you to decide. However to me, I would rather spend the money on another PAM. Perhaps you can consider the 036 from Ruby. It has no short pin problem and the movement is Swiss too. When movement dies, it depends on the faulty components. May/may not be repaired or the cost of repairing it may/may not be justifiable.

 

[ckswartwood]

Dont get me wrong--i love wearing my pam(as i am now) and no--it doesnt bother me per se. I would just like to have a PAM thats close to a GEN (or closer) I wont be able to afford a GEN anytime soon so this is my option. I guess i could sell this for 100 bucks and put it towards a Davidsen 111H. What do you think about his 111H's

 

[coop]

I love my 111h (got for $110). I am considering the lume job. If your is like mine, after about 10min it goes completly dark. The cannon pin issue on mine doesnt bother me, you have to be RIGHT ontop of the watch to really see it. I would probably buy a Davidson 111h before i fixed the cannon pin on an asian movement.

 

[d4m.test]

I don't care about the cannon pin flaw but weak lume is so un-panerai. A lume job should cost $100. Get that. You can always take you dial and hands to another watch or just swap out a defective movement and still keep them. However, with lume only, your investment totals $260; with also cannon pin fix, $360. That's about the cost for a Davidsen w/ swiss movement. That's why Davidsens are better value. But I won't be buying his new batch (with the correct font) because the indices are too close to the rehaut (the "L Swiss Made L" text got squished under the "6" indice which bugs the heck out of me). The older dial, even with the skinny font, looks better to me.

-bm