Rare Pre-A 001

[taiji]

Hi guys.

Had problem loggin into RWI. I almost give up after countless time of trying. Anwyay, manage to finally figure it out.

Below is some pics of my new PAM - Pre-A 001.

Compro pic

Comments welcome

Thanks for viewing

 

[hooligan]

Looking good, mate! t48 crown? What caseback are you using? I'm working on a project with that dial, too. It will probably end up a 004, though. I have a toro CG that I'm trying to reshape to be more correct for Pre-A, though.

 

[COLDI]

hooli. Best is the sneed cg for that project IMO. File the tope "curve" off and you should be money

 

[hooligan]

How is the Sneed/Snembo CG better than a polished Toro CG in that regard?

 

[taiji]

Looking good, mate! t48 crown? What caseback are you using? I'm working on a project with that dial, too. It will probably end up a 004, though. I have a toro CG that I'm trying to reshape to be more correct for Pre-A, though.

Hi Hooligan,

I'm using this CB

This is CB is correct for Pre-A 004 but I'm using it since this is the closest Pre-A CB I can get. There is another Pre-A CB with OP6502 but it has the "300m" engraved instead of "30ATM" which is incorrect for the Pre-As.

 

[avenger007]

Looks great, Taiji.

 

[hooligan]

DSN caseback, taiji, or.....?

 

[taiji]

DSN caseback, taiji, or.....?

DSN's. Nicely done engraving but the CB is too thin. Unlike the old skool EL's CB for 01B.

 

[hooligan]

I have one of those old-school 001B casebacks for my project (sourced from Angus a while ago). The weight/thickness is good, but B series is a bit of a stretch for a Pre-A dial. I know strange things happened at Panerai, especially in the early days, but....

 

[flyby75]

Looks good!

 

[mjcrna]

very nice, other than the dial font, nothing real obvious for me (newbie in determinging quality). What ever happened to Eddie Lee anyway? My first Pam was an EL 111h

 

[ohmycocker]

I think the hands exposed that these are not even Tritium hands. There is no method apart from you have original pre-V hands to swap with. Plus pre-V hands and T hands are also slightly different.

 

[taiji]

Really like this watch.

More pics ...

Gen pics for comparo

 

[hooligan]

We need Jakob to hurry up and do a run of Pre-A casebacks!!!!

 

[Big L]

Looks dead on. Nice piece!