Quick mini review of mine while waiting for a Zoom meeting to start . . . .
Received last week and straight out the box I knew it was a good choice. Quality is far better than any other Pam I have ever owned and the light feel on the wrist is incredible. I actually got rid of an Omega NTTD because the ti case felt
too light, the Carbotech just seems perfectly balanced, enough to know it is there, but not too light to seem like a toy.
The case construction is very well done, layered but the machining on the bezel produces a great swirl that along with the black / blue sandwich dial is the watches USP in my opinion.
The dial printing is very good, even under a macro there is no obvious bleeding of the font, all nice and sharp. Same goes for the hands, lume and production finish all good. On the subject of the lume. . .
IT POPS, even in daylight the blue dial and hands have a slight glow if you come away from the sun.
The date wheel is well centered on my piece, date change is slow and on this piece starts at around 10:30pm, I may move the hands on a bit to fix this small irritation if it become too irksome. The date wheel colour is very black, I haven't seen any up-close gen photos but on the rep at least the colour differs from the dial colour which is a very dark grey. Not an issue, just something I have noted.
The caseback is very well done, engraving good with nice depth and all looks correct to gen.
The strap is in my opinion a master piece. Comfy, good pattern and detail and the stitching colour is ace. I received the rubber with the watch, but it remains unwarpped, the material strap goes so well it i will not be changing for anything else (incredibly rare for me to do so). The buckle feels very much like carbon, while I am sure its very strong, it does feel fragile, this may be due to the weight of it?
All in, I'm very happy with the purchase of the 1661, it sits well with my AP Bumblebee rep in the carbon section of the watchbox and wont be replaced anytime soon.
