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You have good pieces there....
Sep 19, 2019,06:33 AM
Always wondered the reason why the Tritium of the hands ages differently from the dial. As we have several pieces here , even though they were produced in different years, it's quite obvious the diference . Fabulous dial patina for most of them though...
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T-dials from my....drawer.
By: sergio : September 19th, 2019-05:48
the "interpreters": 5218-201A + 5218-201NM - 5218-207A "Slytech" - PAM001 - 002 - 004 - 009 and 36, not necessarily in that order ...
You have good pieces there....
By: Rui : September 19th, 2019-06:33
Always wondered the reason why the Tritium of the hands ages differently from the dial. As we have several pieces here , even though they were produced in different years, it's quite obvious the diference . Fabulous dial patina for most of them though...
The difference between the dials and the hands...
By: sergio : September 19th, 2019-12:25
has to do with two different manufacturing processes. The hands were industrially manufactured whereby the indices were manually "finished" by Panerai. The tritium was "hand applied/painted" in the grooves in the dial, for the Pre-V and the Pre-A dials. I...
Tritium still exists and it's still used
By: sergio : September 20th, 2019-06:23
if you ever need to re-tritium the dial or hands of your T-dials, you'll discover that, getting the colour "just right" it's not as easy as one thinks lolllll
Two of the...
By: sergio : September 20th, 2019-06:39
models in the drawer (the 002 and the white one) have custom made Panerai straps with swen-in, original Pre-V-style buckles. I wonder how many know that you can order a custom made strap, in a Panerai boutique
Hi Sergio...
By: Cpt Scarlet : September 20th, 2019-06:48
So many great straps available and Iām always impressed by the small artisan makers. Hope that you had a great week.
Nice drawer!!! š...
By: Darron : September 19th, 2019-20:22
Who is the maker of the strap on the 2nd to last watch photo?
All the watches have original Panerai straps....
By: sergio : September 20th, 2019-06:14
the one on the 009Pre-A it's an OEM, PAV99. I don't remember if it was manufactured by Ormil and Brelli, the two straps suppliers of Panerai at the time. Also, I have asked Panerai what PAV stands for, without any luck, since they also don't have any reco...