Would like to do a review about the movement we saw in PAM 111 or other basic see through case back models .
The spec of the movement is :
Panerai Calibre OP XI
OPXI Movement
Specifications
Caliber: OP XI
Base Movement: ETA 6497/2
Year Introduced: 2002
Power Reserve: 56 hours
Jewels: 17 Jewels
Description:
Manual Winding Movement with Swans Neck Regulator. Hours, Minutes and small Seconds Hands. 21,600 vph.
OK . I have to explain a important part about the movement for some new members if you're new into PAMs .
The movement is 6497 , basic in 17 jewels hand wind movement . And ETA offer two different models as 6497-1 and 6497-2 .
6497-1 is low beats (18,800 vph) , and it can be sourced from ebay or some watch material shop . And it's popular in some classic models in lots brands . So , rep PAMs with Swiss movement are all with this 6497-1 movement . Some might swap to Asian plates to make it looks closer to gen . But just movement plates only , so the hairspring , gears , sometimes even the shock system are different from Gen .
Gen. is from 6497-2 , the model is not available from market or any watch material shop . It's only offer to the big Watch company like PANERAI . So real Swiss 6497-2 are rare and expensive .
However , we're lucky !Asian copy the 6497-2 directly , so we can have the movement with same vph and also almost the same power reserve .
But there're always flaws can be fund to tell it's rep , so the game never ends , we still have to do some on it .
First , let's check the new A6497-2 movement from N . The movement is done the incabloc Y shape fix , base on it's original Asian incabloc system . And here's the link about how it done
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.168129146608948.45163.122906881131175&type=3
After the incabloc , I also replace the barrel gears to make it looks closer to gen .
So we will get the result like this .
For most of the fans , this is almost perfect and won't ask any more .
And to me , the result is the best in price and also quality .
But for me , I have to do my best build one very very close to Gen .
I share some pics about my 111M yesterday , and I took some pics today with Gen. 114H and also my rep 111M .
Let's check how close they are !
ALE , you're right , the movement is really very close to Gen .
The spec of the movement is :
Panerai Calibre OP XI
OPXI Movement
Specifications
Caliber: OP XI
Base Movement: ETA 6497/2
Year Introduced: 2002
Power Reserve: 56 hours
Jewels: 17 Jewels
Description:
Manual Winding Movement with Swans Neck Regulator. Hours, Minutes and small Seconds Hands. 21,600 vph.
OK . I have to explain a important part about the movement for some new members if you're new into PAMs .
The movement is 6497 , basic in 17 jewels hand wind movement . And ETA offer two different models as 6497-1 and 6497-2 .
6497-1 is low beats (18,800 vph) , and it can be sourced from ebay or some watch material shop . And it's popular in some classic models in lots brands . So , rep PAMs with Swiss movement are all with this 6497-1 movement . Some might swap to Asian plates to make it looks closer to gen . But just movement plates only , so the hairspring , gears , sometimes even the shock system are different from Gen .
Gen. is from 6497-2 , the model is not available from market or any watch material shop . It's only offer to the big Watch company like PANERAI . So real Swiss 6497-2 are rare and expensive .
However , we're lucky !Asian copy the 6497-2 directly , so we can have the movement with same vph and also almost the same power reserve .
But there're always flaws can be fund to tell it's rep , so the game never ends , we still have to do some on it .
First , let's check the new A6497-2 movement from N . The movement is done the incabloc Y shape fix , base on it's original Asian incabloc system . And here's the link about how it done
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.168129146608948.45163.122906881131175&type=3
After the incabloc , I also replace the barrel gears to make it looks closer to gen .
So we will get the result like this .
For most of the fans , this is almost perfect and won't ask any more .
And to me , the result is the best in price and also quality .
But for me , I have to do my best build one very very close to Gen .
I share some pics about my 111M yesterday , and I took some pics today with Gen. 114H and also my rep 111M .
Let's check how close they are !
ALE , you're right , the movement is really very close to Gen .
