- 17/12/13
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Torneau's in Chicago.
The lady behind the counter was nice enough to let me try on a couple of PAMs (which were sadly off to one side, getting no love at all from the other customers). I tried the 177, 086, 346 and a 40mm model as well. She was reluctant to let me take pics inside the store, though.
Was truly amazed at how close my rep 177 case and dial feel to the Gen. Slight quality difference if you look closely and squint hard but otherwise virtually identical in look and feel.
Of course the Gen movement looked a lot nicer and more polished, but I won't complain since I paid literally 1/40th of what the Gen costs...!!
The lady also handed me a nice brand new 2014-15 catalog to take with me, and signed me up for their mailing list.
Here's a link to the pdf version of the latest catalog (be warned, > 100MB file!)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/qcu5kolwfh8pfa1/pam_catalog_2014-15.pdf
The lady behind the counter was nice enough to let me try on a couple of PAMs (which were sadly off to one side, getting no love at all from the other customers). I tried the 177, 086, 346 and a 40mm model as well. She was reluctant to let me take pics inside the store, though.
Was truly amazed at how close my rep 177 case and dial feel to the Gen. Slight quality difference if you look closely and squint hard but otherwise virtually identical in look and feel.
Of course the Gen movement looked a lot nicer and more polished, but I won't complain since I paid literally 1/40th of what the Gen costs...!!
The lady also handed me a nice brand new 2014-15 catalog to take with me, and signed me up for their mailing list.
Here's a link to the pdf version of the latest catalog (be warned, > 100MB file!)
http://www.mediafire.com/view/qcu5kolwfh8pfa1/pam_catalog_2014-15.pdf