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My Pam 111 Build (Case Mods + Movement Mods), [Pic Heavy]
- Thread starter hughesj
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I put the dead flat pin in a pin vise with it sticking out about 1/4 of a millimeter and polished it on a wheel.
Thank You. You and hughesj are a few steps ahead of me, I am not a watchsmith and unfortunately I cannot make all mechanical mods by myself, I have to get help from one of my friends.
I'm investigating especially the methods of finishing and aesthetic mod
Thanks Ale!
Btw Dochere, I already redid the pin before your post.
How does it look bozz?
("Macro shots" taken by putting a drop of water on my cell phone camera)
Very well done, excellent result
Update: I fitted the ETA jewels and got the gen gear train to fit. the redder jewels make a difference for sure. Pardon the crappy cell phone pic. i'll take better ones later today.
nice work on the mods!!! I especially love the brushing of the pallet bridge!!!! You figured it out already, but just to make it clear... Scotch Brite pads do wonders for gently brushing a surface without removing too much material. Sandpapers are a bit more harsh and will remove plating quickly.
Now you just need a gold plated hour wheel and you'll be holding a gen Go see your local jeweler and proceed into the depths of modding madness!!!
Now you just need a gold plated hour wheel and you'll be holding a gen
Go see your local jeweler and proceed into the depths of modding madness!!!
nice work on the mods!!! I especially love the brushing of the pallet bridge!!!! You figured it out already, but just to make it clear... Scotch Brite pads do wonders for gently brushing a surface without removing too much material. Sandpapers are a bit more harsh and will remove plating quickly.
Now you just need a gold plated hour wheel and you'll be holding a gen
Huh, never noticed the gold hour wheel. looks like the set bridge is brushed too. And the set lever is beadblasted
Huh, never noticed the gold hour wheel. looks like the set bridge is brushed too. And the set lever is beadblasted
Totally!!! Like this on my last Build, the PAM001C, although I didn't touch the set lever.
Sorry that the pics are late. There's a piece of dust under the crystal that I want to get out first.
LOL. Thanks NC
Nice work james.
Wonder where the cg method came from.......
LOL. Thanks NC
Just gave her a fresh polish. Also replaced most of the keyless with swiss parts. Now the wind feels like swiss quality. Here are some better pics:
Didn't know that these engravings got better:
Didn't know that these engravings got better:
Definitely an A+ for my ocd eyes! If you dont mind me asking, is that a noob v3 dial? if im not mistaken, the noob v3 has slightly thinner fonts compared to the gen but yours are pretty bold!
It's a noob v3. don't quote me on this because i'm not sure, but I think that noob made a few updates. I recently had another noob v3 (i'm assuming that it was an older one)about a month ago and a few things seemed different. I didn't pay much attention to the dial, but I noticed that the lugs were shaped different (mine were more like the gen) and the case back engravings on mine were a lot cleaner (see the movement comparison in my first post).
Are you guys sure the pallet bridge is brushed at a gen movement? I have now a gen ETA bridge installed and this bridge is not brushed. But the shine is different then the rep bridge
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