PAM 799 Release

[Blshh]

I checked my rep pam616 with my friend's gen 616.its with cyclop . May be that is Pam's way .oster_oops:

 

[Blshh]

received qc photos

 

[mysterio]

WHY insist with the wrong crystal?????? It is such an obvious flaw, like a rolex submariner date without cyclop....
All new releases from Panerai have zero distortion crystals....



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Either the crystal subfactory can't make it or they want to consume all of the existing crystal design. Anyway people will buy the watches again when a new correct crystal is released.

 

[tridad]

received qc photos

Very nice, where did it come from?
Thanks.


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[rolexwatchfan]

Looks promising! Defo 961 on my list to get this year! Keep us posted.

 

[superspark69]

 

[themannier]

I like a lot the crown guard on the GEN 799 ; it is thick and rounded inside, at the edges.
It's a shame that they are not able to do the same thing for the rep; too thin and sharp in the inside angles.

See pics below

GEN

REP

 

[PolonusTM]

few moves with a file and we can have that CG as per gen... not a big deal
Maybe gen is a tad thicker on "pin area" but....

 

[themannier]

few moves with a file and we can have that CG as per gen... not a big deal

Not sure...You will remove more steel and this will be thinner than before; and the shape is different also !

 

[superspark69]

I don’t think it’s a very big deal imho

 

[GingerBubba]

I'm so glad I'm not OCD. Genuinely, it's a curse! You must be constantly dissatisfied with your watches. Hopefully it's moddable though to those that feel the need.

 

[themannier]

I think also this is not a big deal ...
I was only telling that this is not something you can mod.
There is no way to mod it because in that case you would have to add some metal.

I am not OCD at all

Six months ago i purchased a gen PAM submersible BMG-TECH 47mm...believe me or not but the CG being the same that on this 799 makes a nice difference next to a PAM1389 for exemple.

Other than that the rep 799 is great and i would buy it even with that CG !

 

[Virpag]

I think also this is not a big deal ...
I was only telling that this is not something you can mod.
There is no way to mod it because in that case you would have to add some metal.

I am not OCD at all

Six months ago i purchased a gen PAM submersible BMG-TECH 47mm...believe me or not but the CG being the same that on this 799 makes a nice difference next to a PAM1389 for exemple.

Other than that the rep 799 is great and i would buy it even with that CG !

Question is there a big difference in weight and finish BMG vs Titanium
I love the look hopefully they can release the brownzo as well soon


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[themannier]

Question is there a big difference in weight and finish BMG vs Titanium
I love the look hopefully they can release the brownzo as well soon


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Yes, when i went to the AD i had to choose between the 1389 and the BMG....the 1389 is lighter and the BMG is heavy like a steel one.
Unfortunatly i kept the BMG for only 5 days because the movement had a small issue...the watch gained at least 30 sec/day
They told me that they would send it back to the panerai service center, but i finally changed for another timepiece, i was not sure to wait to months for it.

 

[paulvillo]

Don’t get it, what’s with Panerai and the blue Bamford-esque lume?

Honestly, not exactly a great replacement for the overused vintage lume on the ol’ sub line 508/569/616/661.....

So much more love for the 1039 (please!) and the current 979!

 

[superspark69]

Don’t get it, what’s with Panerai and the blue Bamford-esque lume?

Honestly, not exactly a great replacement for the overused vintage lume on the ol’ sub line 508/569/616/661.....

So much more love for the 1039 (please!) and the current 979!

I personally like it in the models they have used it in, a break from the norm....

 

[Hazing]

WHY insist with the wrong crystal?????? It is such an obvious flaw, like a rolex submariner date without cyclop....
All new releases from Panerai have zero distortion crystals....



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What do you mean? The Gen 799 does not have a cyclopse.

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[GingerBubba]

What do you mean? The Gen 799 does not have a cyclopse.

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I think he's saying that the Gen crystal has no distortion whereas the rep crystal has a bit of distortion (which I actually like a lot).

 

[Hazing]

I think he's saying that the Gen crystal has no distortion whereas the rep crystal has a bit of distortion (which I actually like a lot).

Lol... okay. Yes, after reading your post I can kind of see what you’re saying. That makes more sense.

 

[mysterio]

I think he's saying that the Gen crystal has no distortion whereas the rep crystal has a bit of distortion (which I actually like a lot).

Glad to see I'm not the only one who feels that way. Although it totally makes the crystal inaccurate (which may be enough to discount it from being classified as a super rep), I much prefer the visual beauty of the distortion of the crystal when viewed at an angle. Methinks it's Panerai's way of (temporarily anyway) distinguishing replicas from the gen. From a practical standpoint it makes no sense, who views the time on a watch at an extreme angle? :lol: