DUE TO SEVERAL REASONS THE QC PICS OF THIS WATCH COULD BE INTERESTING
QC PICS ARE ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD
ALE
With the PAM629 with the California dial just released, it was only a matter of time before it's brother with the familiar Panerai dial came out. Obviously no one has it yet but let's see how well the factory (in this case the SF factory) did.
The gen for reference:
Off the bat, here are my initial thoughts.
1. Case finishing seems to be okay, although it would have been better to go the DLCed Titanium case from the beginning.
2. I thought the lume should be patinated based on website photos but in the live picture of the gen above, it shows the lume being lighter in color. The rep lume looks yellowish. Also the gen lume thickness on the markers, on the hand, the OP logo, the LP text and the numbers are thinner than on the rep.
3. Minute hand seems to be a bit shorter on the rep.
4. CG on the rep is not chamfered. The factory should already know this.
5. R.E.G. T.M. markings on rep CG are wider than on the gen.
6. The inner shape of the CG is wrong.
7. Pin on subdial on the gen is silver, it looks white on the rep.
8. CP on the gen is bigger than on the rep.
Overall, an okay release but the factory could have done much much better with some attention to detail. First class low to medium level would be my initial judgement. Opposing/complementing thoughts and opinions are both welcome.
QC PICS ARE ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD
ALE
With the PAM629 with the California dial just released, it was only a matter of time before it's brother with the familiar Panerai dial came out. Obviously no one has it yet but let's see how well the factory (in this case the SF factory) did.
The gen for reference:
Off the bat, here are my initial thoughts.
1. Case finishing seems to be okay, although it would have been better to go the DLCed Titanium case from the beginning.
2. I thought the lume should be patinated based on website photos but in the live picture of the gen above, it shows the lume being lighter in color. The rep lume looks yellowish. Also the gen lume thickness on the markers, on the hand, the OP logo, the LP text and the numbers are thinner than on the rep.
3. Minute hand seems to be a bit shorter on the rep.
4. CG on the rep is not chamfered. The factory should already know this.
5. R.E.G. T.M. markings on rep CG are wider than on the gen.
6. The inner shape of the CG is wrong.
7. Pin on subdial on the gen is silver, it looks white on the rep.
8. CP on the gen is bigger than on the rep.
Overall, an okay release but the factory could have done much much better with some attention to detail. First class low to medium level would be my initial judgement. Opposing/complementing thoughts and opinions are both welcome.
