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mellons 3T WIS
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Just in the door today and straight onto wrist! This is a homage recreation of the 1982 panerai mille metri- afaik only 4 prototypes made and no watches ever made it into production. Here are the specs of mine: esdee mm case set and pad printed sterile dial, steel case bead blasted (WR 60atm tested - designed for 1000m) rubber strap notched to fit 21mm lugs (sourcing prev 20mm screw-in buckle atm) pad-printed sterile dial relumed by dow, hands stock 2824-2 eta 2824-2 movement with h5 sourced and installed by andy schuhren (entire assembled by andy) I need to wear this and see where wear would have occurred to case- then cape cod for a while locally .... Cant take my eyes off this. So many times one purchases watches or assembles parts to be ultimately slightly disappointed. Not with this one.....        |
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mellons 3T WIS
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heres a comparison wristie with an autozilla taken when case only arrived made the zilla look like a dress watch!   Last edited on Wed Jan 9th, 2013 11:56 am by mellons |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Looks very Commando! Congrats on this prototype! I would have gone for some brown or black leather straps |
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mellons 3T WIS
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I have a custom waterproof sharkskin with sewn-in pre v buckle to go on this also! |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Congrats Mellons! ...do you know if he have any cases without movements left? |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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mellons wrote:I have a custom waterproof sharkskin with sewn-in pre v buckle to go on this also! This will be nice! |
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mellons 3T WIS
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I can shoot esdee a pm There were three case sets: steel, ti and bronze |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Very nice. Enjoy that one, its a beast! |
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mellons 3T WIS
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other shoes: mm mounted on coq straps 22mm waterproof sharkskin notched to 21mm with brushed sewn-in pre-v buckle   |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Not bad Mellons but I'm one of those who "gets shivers" when I see notched straps... For me it fits or it don't: Notching is killing the straps IMO or it have to come clean on the outside edge of the lugs like a B&R... Sorry |
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mellons 3T WIS
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i am the same about notching but this is as per original... Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 12:50 pm by mellons |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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mellons wrote:i am the same about notching but this is as per original... May I ask who made those straps?  |
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FnuSnu99 3T WIS 
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Holy Cow! Now that is one tank of a case you got there! Cool. and +1 on strap-size-issue |
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mellons 3T WIS
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budda jones, coq straps for the shark, the stock rubber modded was by casemaker esdee... time was against him welding in a pre-v buckle... Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 03:32 pm by mellons |
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mellons 3T WIS
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heres images of the prototype- notice the crudeness of the cut stock strap (it may have been a stock citizen one!) again this relates to its being a prototype never produced commercially. I am no expert but as far as I am aware there were 4 different dial designs also, one was engraved in brass (painted and lumed), one was a reverse-lume plexi dial, and two other variants. The rubber strap, particularly given how crudely it was cut never appealed to me, but on it seems somehow appropriate. I am looking for a 20mm preV screw-in buckle to see if I will keep it in this configuration. the watch is a real tool watch and the more crude rubber strap seems somehow right when on....      Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 03:51 pm by mellons |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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mellons wrote:budda jones, coq straps for the shark, the stock rubber modded was by casemaker esdee... time was against him welding in a pre-v buckle...This Coq guy should learn that you don't tighten as hard the stitches on soft leather like on the hard one... He should also learn that when the customer order a 21mm, he don't want a 22mm notched. Even that: He did the notching dirty. Sorry but I was making straps myself and did quit because the Asian competition would have forced me to work at 1$/hour: That's because I didn't want to send some fast dirty work like Coq is doing. The notching of the rubber wasn't good either: You should not care about how it was done on the original as maybe the guy who did it then, had 4 tumbs and was apparently not a strap guy at all...They just needed a pic and they did cut the rubber as they could: Period... |
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mellons 3T WIS
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The notched 22mm strap again was as per gen (there are other period images of a 22mm noched sharkskin also): the stock rubber moddded was again to be close to gen: pure personal preference. I have other "proper" straps that i will try on but dor me its also interesting to get close to what was done 30 years ago... Lol I guess its like someone putting a gunny with a crudely written 74 on an fiddy! Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 05:43 pm by mellons |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Oh, I get you Mellons with the 74 drawn with blue pen-ball: No thanks! On my side, I don't care about so called original straps: Many are just tool straps fitted by no-taste guys back in the days when they numbered them straps to find out who's watch was who's in the diver regiment after a drunken night playing strip-poker...? Who cares about that crap: The watch comes first. Lucky them, those guys who just want to have the exact same strap as the original vintage: That the number wasn't 69 and that the first military owner didn't draw a flying dick right under... Coz I'm sure that some clowns from replicunt@forum.cum would have worn that all day long, feeling like badass diving cockmandos... Sorry for being rude but I see a lot of non-sense plagia there... |
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mellons 3T WIS
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Lol no worries each to their own! I guess some people like the feeling of getting close to a classic piece without the cost and being able to wear it normally... For this piece the modded rubber feels right for me on...and the crude notching adds to it for some reason! Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 07:25 pm by mellons |
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mellons 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote:?..replicunt@forum.cum....... Interesting name though lol |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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mellons wrote:Lol no worries each to their own! I guess some people like the feeling of getting close to a classic piece without the cost and being able to wear it normally... The feeling can never be there anyway amigo: It's like wearing a good Rolex replica...You may fool people around you but each time you look at it, you know that you wear crap. I have some homages myself and wear them for what they are: I don't scratch them on the concrete walls, I don't dip my dials in tea and I don't hammer my straps with a pick-axe to feel like I own a vintage collector... For your watch, I would have gone for a deep brown oiled leather set of straps: I've seen it here on some Ennebi and it looked great. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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mellons wrote:Hammerfjord wrote: The domain is free, please guys reserve it before I change my mind  |
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mellons 3T WIS
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Lol its catchy! Atm i have it on an isofrane from timefactors and have another darker brown one next.... All part of the fun! Last edited on Thu Jan 10th, 2013 07:54 pm by mellons |
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That's a beast mellons!!! I like it!!! As you noted, quite the industrial tool!!!  Thanks for the additional reference info to the prototype Panerai Mille Metri. I certainly see where Ennebi Fondale got the inspiration for their cases. Enjoy that very cool tool! |
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mellons 3T WIS
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on a chunky timefactors isofrane:  |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Looking good on the Iso |
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blueradish 3T WIS 
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Mel that is badass bro. Looks great. |
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mellons 3T WIS
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thanks blue: wristie on 22mm plain rubber strap with deployment  |
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murphy j 3T WIS 
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Mellons... I saw this over at HF and think it's an AWESOME piece. |
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mellons 3T WIS
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Thanks: cant get it off my wrist since it arrived! |
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murphy j 3T WIS
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mellons wrote:Thanks: cant get it off my wrist since it arrived! as an aside, my 4 1/2 yr old saw it and thought it was neat  |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Congrats and enjoy!! |
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mellons 3T WIS
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mille metri on heavy blasted strapcode today   |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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That was a nice fit! |
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murphy j 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote:That was a nice fit! Agreed |
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leeye 3T WIS
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adding to Mel's MM. |
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Luminated 3T WIS
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That is a seriously big watch, don't think I could carry that off. Does it weigh a lot? |
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mellons 3T WIS
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mm on rubber is 170g- same as subbie on solid metal bracelet ti is on the way- ligher and have a planned mod to change from sapphire to plexi which will lighten further |
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1watchaholic 3T WIS
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That's one thick piece of Steel! Amazing! Enjoy that beast! |
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leeye 3T WIS
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here a group shot of the Kaventsmanns with Mille Metris. |
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mellons 3T WIS
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new prototype in the making... look at the weight of all the parts! |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS
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mellons wrote: new prototype in the making... look at the weight of all the parts! Is that with the movement installed? Very cool watch! |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Hmmmmm.....very interesting. Hope to see the final and fully finished piece. |
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watchdaddy1 3T WIS 
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leeye wrote:here a group shot of the Kaventsmanns with Mille Metris. Really like the looks of those. |
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