Blue_Orca
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You are correct that the AM/PM indicator on your 270 is not working right...
Mar 16, 2010,17:11 PM
On my 270, when the GMT black hand is at 12, the AM/PM indicator hand (the little triangle) should point straight up or down, to indicate that we are transitioning from AM to PM or vice versa.
In the example below (my watch):
It is almost 5pm on the GMT hand. The AM/PM indicator hand is half way between the "PM" and the previous 2-hour marker, where the hand would point at if GMT hand is at 4pm.
The AM/PM indicator subdial has nothing to do with the main (local time) hands. However, the date wheel is incremented / decremented when the main hands are advanced / reversed past midnight.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Blue
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Pam 270 not set correctly by factory?
By: hon8500 : March 12th, 2010-15:27
I just got my pam270 back from repair. Waited 10 weeks for them to adjust the watch, it was losing 5 minutes/day. I'm a bit confused with setting the time. From pictures on the internet and from what I remember, when watch shows 12 o'clock using the gmt h...
If I am reading your post correctly,
By: CaliforniaJed : March 12th, 2010-19:53
...I think you may be confusing the AM/PM indicator in the subdial for a GMT hand. At 12:00, the AM/PM indicator should either register "AM", pointing to the right, or "PM", pointing to the left. Sounds to me like yours is working properly. Best, Californ...
But..
By: hon8500 : March 13th, 2010-06:48
Thanks for responding. I understand the gmt subdial is also an indicator for AM/PM. My question is at what time should the subdial be crossing the left side (pm) to the right side (am). I believe it should be at 12 o'clock (using the non-adjustable black ...
I see what you are asking.
By: CaliforniaJed : March 13th, 2010-08:01
I can't recall, but I think the AM/PM indicator is aligned with whichever of the two hour hands trigger the date change, which I believe is the silver hour hand. Can someone else confirm? Best, CaliforniaJed
GMT subdial
By: THWatch : March 14th, 2010-22:21
"Thanks for responding. I understand the gmt subdial is also an indicator for AM/PM. My question is at what time should the subdial be crossing the left side (pm) to the right side (am). I believe it should be at 12 o'clock (using the non-adjustable black...
Hello THWatch!
By: DRMW : March 14th, 2010-23:27
Congrats on your first post, welcome here to the forums! Hope you share some pics of your watches with the rest of us! -MW
confirmed
By: hon8500 : April 5th, 2010-17:18
Thanks for your help. The technician at Panerai did confirm my watch was not in sync. I have to wait another 4 weeks! No wonder I couldn't set the watch to look identical to any of the photos I see on the web!