Haha other way round for me... my crew all have several Rollies, PAMS, Corums, APs and what not...

tritium vs luminor.... it's no contest in terms of brightness but the lume decreases over time and requires light for its juice... the tritiums are not dependant on any form of light and is good to glow for a (claimed) 25 years...

my guys are the irresponsible sort in thier 30s who buy cars & watches before a home haha...

May i suggest joining a couple of the world wide Panerai forums online for a massive pit of information

Post pics when you get your watch... but from now till then...do stay open to ideas of basically ANY timepiece that you can acquire in your budget...


From a fellow PAM312 owner...

This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 8 2012, 03:24 PM

I think its rare to have the words "oversized" and "dress watch" in the same sentence...


Dress watches are generally slimmer cases with small/medium diameters and little complications...some purists insist dress watches to be made from precious metals and paired with a leather strap but I feel such guidelines to be outdated....

But yea, back to size again, unless you have the wrist size of Shaquiel O'Niel anthing over 42mm cannot be considered dressy...

Some iconic dress watches are the Jeager LeCoultre Reverso, Patek Calatrava, Piaget Altiplano, A.Lange & Sohne Saxonia, Vacheron Patrimony...

P.S Ignore Bill Clinton with his Panerai/Suit combo (WRONG)

This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 8 2012, 10:19 PM

yup what he said

that to me looks more like a sports watch

IWC is the easy choice of those 3
If you have a smaller wrist then consider the IWC "Baby Pilot" (ref: 3717-01) (and save a few bucks in the process)

This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 9 2012, 05:38 PM

Watch World announces winners of its European Watches of the Year 2012

http://www.retail-jeweller.com/news/00/24-...&contentID=3379

MeisterSinger’s Perigraph Anthracite took the “up to £2,500” award, beating Bremont’s Solo, Christopher Ward’s C9 Jumping Hour and Edox’s ERC X-Treme Pilot III Limited Edition.

In the “£2,000–£8,000” category, Christiaan van der Klaauw’s CVDK Orion, Jaeger LeCoultre’s Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph, Officine Panerai’s Luminor Submersible 1950 3 days Automatic Bronzo were all beaten by Grand Seiko’s Hi-Beat.

It was F.P Journe’s Chronometre Souverain that took home the title of the best watch in the “£8,500–£21,00” category, impressing the judges over Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Offshore Diver and Hermes’s Arceau Le Temps Suspendu.

It was A.Lange & Sohne Richard Lange Tourbillon “Pour Le Merite” that triumphed over Audemars Piguet’s Openworked Extra-Thin Royal Oak Limited Edition 40th anniversary, Chopard’s L.U.C Triple Certification Tourbillon, Richard Mille’s RM 038 Tourbillon Bubba Watson and Tag Heuer’s V4.

The Women’s Watch accolade was taken home by Zenith’s El Primero 36,00, which fought off stiff competition from Bovet’s Amadeo Fleurier 39 Joaillerie “Rose” and Dior’s Grand Bal Piece Unique Model Number 2.

IWC still...

but bear in mind that in the core... its still a (heavily modded) Valjoux 7750...

In the name of science i have over the past week, been trying to measure the accuracy of my automatic watches over the course of a week.

The base time is provided by my Luminox 5051 BO which utilizes a Quartz movement.

The Rolex Daytona is in a separate winder which spins about 850 turns per day in alternating clockwise and anti clockwise motion.
Four of the other watches have been placed in the same winder set at 750 turns per day in alternating clockwise and anti clockwise motion.

Please note that the results recorded are via my VISUAL comparison (my eyes switching back and forth between the base watch and watch to be measured) hence is no way absolutely accurate recordings

The results are as follows:

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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2011 Rolex Daytona 116520 -3 -6 -9 -12 -15 -18 -21 (Avrg: -3.00s per day)
2009 Panerai PAM312 +1 +3 +4 +6 +7 +9 +11 (Avrg: +1.56s per day)
2009 Bell&Ross Phantom +3 +6 +9 +12 +15 +18 +21 (Avrg: +3.00s per day)
2006 Rolex Lady Datejust -4 -7 -11 -16 -19 -22 -26 (Avrg: -3.71s per day)
1998 IWC DerFleiger Chrono -9 -19 -25 -34 -45 -53 -62 (Avrg: -8.86s per day)

Conclusions:
The Daytona results are within COSC standards. I was anticipating +-1s per day accuracy but alas its not quite what i had hoped for.
The Panerai was the surprizing one here with an amazing average of +1.5seconds over the course of a day!
The results of the B&R prove that the ETA movement inside is a reliable work horse.
The lady datejust of my wife has never been serviced before and still provides decent accuracy.
Finally the IWC has not been serviced since the year of purchase in 1998 and it's timing shows that perhaps it can use with some regulating.
Just sharing some of my unbiased findings to fellow enthusiasts.
Have a good weekend people


This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 12 2012, 09:38 PM

nice!!! such a simple factor to improve the integrity of the experiment....
i will be setting my watches to this website from today onwards and will use it for my next set of trials when my AP arrives in two weeks time...

Anyone have any experiences with the following methods of regulating an automatic timepiece?

1. To gain a few seconds, lay the watch flat face-up overnight.

2. To lose a few seconds, lay the watch vertically with the crown downwards overnight.

3. To lose a few more seconds, lay the watch vertically with the crown up.

that's fantastic!!!
more evidence they are doing good things in the house of Seiko


EDIT: oh is it an auto or a quartz movement?

This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 14 2012, 03:27 PM

did someone say skeleton?

then we just have to slog it out on our own to fuel this sick habit

MODEL: A.3152.BO
• Article number: A.3152.BO
• Series: STEEL COLORMARK 3150 SERIES
• Family: Sea
• Function: TimeDate
• Movement (technology): Quartz
• Size of case diameter (mm): 44.00
• Case material: Stainless Steel black brushed
• Case back: Screwed
• Crown: Security Screw-On
• Crystal/Glass material: Hardened Mineral
• Water resistance (m/ft/atm): 200 / 600 / 20
• Strap/Bracelet material: Stainless Steel
• Illumination: Night Vision Tubes (25 years)
• RM 1380 NETT

And you'll have enough change to buy your mum a nice dinner afterwards to show her your new toy


This post has been edited by yonggoh: Oct 19 2012, 07:53 AM

on another note...
after two months of waiting....my AP Royal Oak has arrived on Singapore shores...
The two week wait for it to be hand delivered to me will be pure agony!

The tambours do look nice and i had a chance to play with a friends one once upon a time but to me they are quite expensive from a fashion brand that doesn't specialize in time pieces...though i have read that the movements they deploy are quite solid...

dare to take the plunge?

LOVE that watch!!!