I suddenly have a taste for the Pam styled watches. I just bought this on a ebay sale and know nothing about it except it's 45mm, a hand-wind Asian 6497 movement (supposedly), luminous dial and screw-down crown. Don't know why they bother with a screw-down crown on a watch that has to be wound every day. For the price I paid I don't expect anything too flash, but I liked the vintage look. The strap looks pretty crappy but I have a spare that will look OK.

Enjoy it when it arrives

cheers~sp

the Chinese watches now! good on you!....mark my words...in a few years Chinese watches will rate higher than now with growing respect for their guality lines....
My only two watches with Chinese movements....Alpha and PO replica....both keep good time....

Lew Brown has the PO and says it's the biggest piece of junk he owns. I don't know if he has one of the early ones and they've improved since then, but I'm quite happy with the quality of my Alpha Radiomir.

A, AA, and AAA...A being their 'best quality'....In europe Angelo tells me he has lumed many replica POs and the good ones with swiss innards sell over $400.....so go figure....

flip me that blackun.

CHEERS
PennyDAN&Griffy

I used to lust over Pannies in the beginning but the price is just beyond me. Homages are a good alternative but there so many to choose from and i am afraid that after 'settling' for a homage i might get the itch for a real Panny!

PS : I read on WUS that ebay is cracking down on sellers of Panny homages. Not sure how true this rumour is.

there's still plenty of "homages" on ebay. A lot have sterile dails but there's quite a few that still have Marina Militare on the dial.

they've shut down several popular ebay sellers and even a couple of guys who offered homages on WUS. more specifically they are going after folks who sell homages that use all or part of panerai's copy righted names or patented features. for example, if a watch says marina militare on it, panerai has been going after sellers. to a lesser extent they have been going ofter sellers offering their flip-lock crown guard.

As far as I know (and I'm no expert), I have seen no instance of them going after a seller of homages offering their own brand or sterile dials.

the funny thing is that the chinese factories that produce these continue to do so unabated.

As for the mod thing. I recently picked up a marina militare with a destro configuration and a 6497 clone with no second hand. I sourced a sterile sandwich dial from another seller and I'm currently having the dials swapped. when I get it back it is off to someone else for blasting and coating in flat charcoal. Hopefully I should have it back by the end of January.

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