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Panerai Calibre OP I
I had to open up my Pam 2BT recently for some research work and was quite impressed with its ETA 6497 movement and decided to take some pix of it.
Panerai seldom (or never) brags too much of its stuff inside the case and the only time I had the chance to see one was with my 36BT see through crystal spotting its OP II movement, which to be honest didn't really impress me either.
So back to the Pam 2, spotting the trusty 6497-2, hard to photograph but I spotted some other letters/numbers on top of it. Anyone knows what that means?
Enjoy
Mech.
Panerai has always been an...assembler..
not a movement's manufacturer. It's natural they wouldn't "focus" on the movements their model house, ain't it? Now that Richemont DO make the stuff, the "visual" has improved dramatically and they can "brag" a bit, too 
As for the...additional...number, I haven't got the foggiest, as to what it might represent...
As for the...additional...number, I haven't got the foggiest, as to what it might represent...Ciao - Sergio
Alec, it's so simple and I didn't know it before
until a watchmaker friend taught me this little trick of using a lump of Blue Tac the size of a golf ball, press it firmly against the case back and turn. It does pretty effortless unscrewing and totally not causing any scratching to it at all.
It required slightly more force opening my Pam since it was a 'virgin' hahahaha.
Hope it helps.
Mech.
Pre-V Logo Movement
I haven't really seen one on the internet and I suppose most owners wouldn't open up their pre-v logos and photograph them, also not many literature of it.
Here's some I took recently...
and what does "Y3" means.....?? "1993"
enjoy
Mech.
how time flies..still amazed by some of my
older posts and pix I took back then, and amazingly, I still have most of these watches!
timeless I hope..
Mech
Great idea...
Although I'm always a bit nervous of doing so for fear of compromising the water resistance. I shall give it a try some day...
Looks good enough, but nothing beats the XXIX :-))
Their XXIX ( only 100 or 150 times used) but this is one for the history books LOL This message has been edited by Bruno.M1 on 2012-11-26 23:58:29
Those were the good ol' days...
...because I really doubt you will find that finish in a 000 N ... :|
I'm also a macro buff - fortunately for me, I didn't have to remove the caseback on mine...
I'm also a macro buff - fortunately for me, I didn't have to remove the caseback on mine...
000 and 005 are not that bad
the OP I and OP II are okay, not haute horlogerie ofcourse but imo good enough
scroll this link and you'll see pics of an OP II ( boutique Pam 41x)
Only look at the pictures on the left, you don't want to see the right LOL