Hi guys,
ever since I started on my new job earlier this year, the Panerai(s) of one of my collegues are growing and growing on me. I don’t even really like big watches – usually – but there’s just something about the overall look of the Panerai that makes me want one.
I might be able to scrap together the money for a gen over a certain amount of time, however I’d like to “test drive†the feeling of wearing one for a while before shilling out THAT amount of cash for a watch.
So, in short the watch has to be as close to the real deal to fool myself into believing it’s a gen. I can be EXTREMELY “detail oriented†(to put it nicely) when it comes to such things as finding small flaws and I know that they’ll start bothering me after a short period of time, so in order to feel good during the “test drive†it is very important to have a rep that is as close to the gen as humanly possible.
I see that some of you guys have modded your reps and I’m deeply impressed on how much closer the end results are to the actual gen. However, knowing myself, if I had to do so myself, I’d start reading books about how to repair watches, then take the rep apart completely and basicly rebuilt it from scratch – which would take me years. So that’s not really an option.
Now I hope that you guys can help me with finding the best rep for my purposes. Since I live in Germany, it would be important that I can get the watch from someone here in Europe. I’d be MORE than happy, if one of the expert modders is willing to give the watch a full “pimping†and then to sell it to me.
Here’s my wish list:
Steel case Luminor or 1950 steel case
Automatic movement with auth. look
Sapphire glass bottom
Sandwich dial (preferable tobacco brown)
Seconds
Date
NO magnifying over the date
Flat sapphire crystal
So water proof, that I can wear it when swimming
Ok, ok: I’m VERY well aware, that “get a gen†would be the easiest way to go and I’m not saying, that the rep needs to feature ALL of the specs. above. Just listing what I like. For example, I think this one is EXTREMELY nice: http://www.replicame.com/images/uploads/panerai/luminor/panerai-luminor-29100-1-replicame.jpg However I don’t know the seller, I doubt that a good rep can be had for that price and I don’t know if I can simply exchange the back with a glass version (since the movement isn’t shown).
Well, that sums it all up I guess and I hope you guys are willing to help me out.
Thanks,
Marc
ever since I started on my new job earlier this year, the Panerai(s) of one of my collegues are growing and growing on me. I don’t even really like big watches – usually – but there’s just something about the overall look of the Panerai that makes me want one.
I might be able to scrap together the money for a gen over a certain amount of time, however I’d like to “test drive†the feeling of wearing one for a while before shilling out THAT amount of cash for a watch.
So, in short the watch has to be as close to the real deal to fool myself into believing it’s a gen. I can be EXTREMELY “detail oriented†(to put it nicely) when it comes to such things as finding small flaws and I know that they’ll start bothering me after a short period of time, so in order to feel good during the “test drive†it is very important to have a rep that is as close to the gen as humanly possible.
I see that some of you guys have modded your reps and I’m deeply impressed on how much closer the end results are to the actual gen. However, knowing myself, if I had to do so myself, I’d start reading books about how to repair watches, then take the rep apart completely and basicly rebuilt it from scratch – which would take me years. So that’s not really an option.
Now I hope that you guys can help me with finding the best rep for my purposes. Since I live in Germany, it would be important that I can get the watch from someone here in Europe. I’d be MORE than happy, if one of the expert modders is willing to give the watch a full “pimping†and then to sell it to me.
Here’s my wish list:
Steel case Luminor or 1950 steel case
Automatic movement with auth. look
Sapphire glass bottom
Sandwich dial (preferable tobacco brown)
Seconds
Date
NO magnifying over the date
Flat sapphire crystal
So water proof, that I can wear it when swimming
Ok, ok: I’m VERY well aware, that “get a gen†would be the easiest way to go and I’m not saying, that the rep needs to feature ALL of the specs. above. Just listing what I like. For example, I think this one is EXTREMELY nice: http://www.replicame.com/images/uploads/panerai/luminor/panerai-luminor-29100-1-replicame.jpg However I don’t know the seller, I doubt that a good rep can be had for that price and I don’t know if I can simply exchange the back with a glass version (since the movement isn’t shown).
Well, that sums it all up I guess and I hope you guys are willing to help me out.
Thanks,
Marc
