KW PAM312 recessed cannon pin and lume issues.

[bronica]

Hi guys!

Looking to buy a PAM312 for my brother but he is very meticulous about minor details such as flush lever, lume etc. One of the things that bother him is that the KW PAM312 version has a recessed cannon pinion while the Z-Fac does not. Overall the KW is a much better watch with this tiny flaw, how easy is it to fix? We are not familiar with watches enough to be able to open it up and do it ourselves unless it is really simple.

Also, reading through an earlier KW PAM312 QC pictures thread, a lot of people commented that their lume was poor, ranging from 10 - 80% of the lume of a 111 v3. I know this was the first batch that came out and there would be issues, as there were a few people as well complaining their watches were DOA or broke in the first week of owning. Have these issues been resolved?

Any recent owners of the watch have any input?

 

[Mikmihai]

Me from september lume is ok (decent)
just recesed cannon pinion
I recomend is a stunning piece cg and sapphire are perfect
... And you must put locktite on the CG

 

[bronica]

Me from september lume is ok (decent)
just recesed cannon pinion
I recomend is a stunning piece cg and sapphire are perfect
... And you must put locktite on the CG

What do you mean, the screws of the CG aren't good?

 

[thefever]

What do you mean, the screws of the CG aren't good?

Just a precaution to keep them from coming loose. Loctite the screws.

 

[d4m.test]

Locktite: I don't really feel it is necessary. Before I put my watch on in the morning, I quickly check the screws for tightness.

Cannon Pinion: sometimes the shaft of the hands is too tall and needs to be filed down or sometimes the minute hand has not been pressed all of the way. I am not sure what the issue is with KW, but either one of these is an easy fix for a qualified modder or one of the forum smithies.

I'd venture a guess that this would be a $40-$50 fix or free if you get lucky some guys do this stuff for fun

 

[bronica]

Did you guys buy your 312's recently? Or is it still a version 1 of it?

 

[Rudy40]

I don't know,,But my KW312 has strong lume!
Looking at ways to fix the recess canon as we speak!

 

[TESLA760]

Lume looks fine to me

 

[airfix163]

the centre pin would give me the shits no end

 

[PeterRei]

the centre pin would give me the shits no end

As far as I saw: that changed meanwhile...