Officine Panerai

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 ...  

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...numbe... 

I removed the number, enjoy! Mech. ...  

What kind of tool did you use to open up the caseback?

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 require... 

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. ...  

older posts and pix I took back then, and amazingly, I still have most of these watches! timeless I hope.. Mech

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...

Their XXIX ( only 100 or 150 times used) but this is one for the history books LOL

Shrug. - AT

...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... ;) ...  

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 amp;fi=717&pi=4961688&ti...