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The Belkin12 Panerai Build Appreciation Thread - Post Yours Here
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Hey guys,
very nice builds and build quality of all your watches!
Where do you source all of your parts? Is nearly everything custom made or made from complete watches from the TD?
The only source I have found is helenarou (especially dials), the aliX ones (dials and cases) seem a little bit of or faulty.
Thanks!
very nice builds and build quality of all your watches!
Where do you source all of your parts? Is nearly everything custom made or made from complete watches from the TD?
The only source I have found is helenarou (especially dials), the aliX ones (dials and cases) seem a little bit of or faulty.
Thanks!
Why bother ?Hey guys,
very nice builds and build quality of all your watches!
Where do you source all of your parts? Is nearly everything custom made or made from complete watches from the TD?
The only source I have found is helenarou (especially dials), the aliX ones (dials and cases) seem a little bit of or faulty.
Thanks!
Just pm Belkin12 and have him custom made one for you, all parts sourced and assembled. Even the movement is fully serviced and the strap custom made to fit your wrist. All for a very reasonable cost.
Oh sorry guys, now I understand… this thread..
damn. Okay so now it’s clear to me. Sorry for the misunderstanding. In this case, of course I will contact him!Thanks.
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1. make a dream
2. tell your dream to belkin
3. let your dream come true
2. tell your dream to belkin
3. let your dream come true
you forgot a step:
2.5 After you give him the deposit on a build be very patient and don't email him every hour (like you want to). It's been 12 days since he confirmed receipt of my deposit on a 210.
Love this build! Any chance of some pics outdoors in the sunlight?
brushed 47mm case, destro, FIRENZE dial, special hands
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as soon as it arrives at home....2-3 weeks...it will be my pleasure.
I used the 127 style brushed case, more subtle than the all polished case that you may find in 605 or 372,557 , coupled with 673 style hands....and Destro Crown Guard, of course (UBI OMNES, EGO NON).
The dial is firenze style, I thinked to go with the 605 sunburts and stay just woth LP, but in the end I opted for LPF.
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Bought and built all the PAMs i wanted for my collection, this one is a gift for my father.
Damned romanian post, sitting in customs for over a week now.
Damned romanian post, sitting in customs for over a week now.
Just placed a custom order non-rep build to give as a gift, his response times are incredible. Mega excited to see how this turns out.
@matrixxu . . . I owned quite a few Belkin builds, including this 6154-based Rolerai, but I've never seen a movement like yours.
Tell me more!
Tell me more!
These are breathtaking! I may have to contact him to see if he has a smaller model that he can do for a lady.
@USA IN STOCK . . . Melisa, Belkin (we all know his real name) is 1 in a 10,000.
He is a highly skilled master watch maker and artist who can build a watch from the remainders of a crashed airplane and a Russian tank. His passion happens to be vintage Panerai and he can do anything with those watches, and every possible movement that ever went into them, including, but not limited to, Cortebert 616-based Rolex 618, the crown jewel of vintage Panerai. There seem to be no limits of what he can do and can't do. Every single one of his watches is hand built, not put together in a Chinese sweat shop.
And shipping, despite his location in Ukraine, has always been easy, most affordable, and quick.
He is a highly skilled master watch maker and artist who can build a watch from the remainders of a crashed airplane and a Russian tank. His passion happens to be vintage Panerai and he can do anything with those watches, and every possible movement that ever went into them, including, but not limited to, Cortebert 616-based Rolex 618, the crown jewel of vintage Panerai. There seem to be no limits of what he can do and can't do. Every single one of his watches is hand built, not put together in a Chinese sweat shop.
And shipping, despite his location in Ukraine, has always been easy, most affordable, and quick.
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@Hesekiel : i sent him my movement. It's a 6498 from a Certina , Anniversary edition, Kurth Freres , 18k gold pocket watch.
Someone probably melted the case and i was lucky enough to buy the movement.
I love unitas 6498/6497 , ETA 6497-1/6498-1 , and since they are amazing tractors that can be maintained with ease for 100 years, i use them in the vast majority of my builds.
I know the " original Rolerai " if there's even a true original out there would use a Rolex 618 ( wich is actually a Cortebert 616 made FOR Rolex ) would be the ideal movement to use, but i like a more modern and reliable movement, that also has shock protection.
Not a big fan of Molnjia either ( no shock protection )...also had enough comunism in my childhood to last me a lifetime.
Someone probably melted the case and i was lucky enough to buy the movement.
I love unitas 6498/6497 , ETA 6497-1/6498-1 , and since they are amazing tractors that can be maintained with ease for 100 years, i use them in the vast majority of my builds.
I know the " original Rolerai " if there's even a true original out there would use a Rolex 618 ( wich is actually a Cortebert 616 made FOR Rolex ) would be the ideal movement to use, but i like a more modern and reliable movement, that also has shock protection.
Not a big fan of Molnjia either ( no shock protection )...also had enough comunism in my childhood to last me a lifetime.
I just sent him my final payment.
I first contacted him 7/22, we confirmed specs on 8/5 after a few rounds of discussions for options, and build was complete on 8/22. Teaser QC pics (more to come):
I first contacted him 7/22, we confirmed specs on 8/5 after a few rounds of discussions for options, and build was complete on 8/22. Teaser QC pics (more to come):
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Dial: belkin
Everything else: From HF 026