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PAM 360 DLC Versus 26K PVD
Can experts on this forum enlighten me on the durability and corrosion/scratch resistance of DLC materials n PVD materials? Of course the best would be ceramic which would scratch less frequently but crack but PVD and DLV? I had the experience of an acquaintance telling me to never buy the old PVD pams because the mere cuff of your shirt would scratch it up over time. How about DLC? Do hairline marks show up easily as well?
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PAM 360 DLC Versus 26K PVD
Can experts on this forum enlighten me on the durability and corrosion/scratch resistance of DLC materials n PVD materials? Of course the best would be ceramic which would scratch less frequently but crack but PVD and DLV? I had the experience of an acqua...
PVD is the process
and DLC is the material being applied to. True that the old PVD'ed Panerai were pretty fragile and the current lines of 26K, 28L & 360 are all PVD'ed w/ DLC which is supposed to be a lot tougher. Having said that, I never had the ball to see how scratch r...
Tks. Understood and well said. Ceramic is the new way to go.
Better yet, Panerai Ceramic Composite which I suspect would have delayed delivery well into 2011...
DLC
i have not tried to test the DLC coating on my PAMs either but I had a Sinn once and I did try to test its coating durability by using a screwdriver to scratch against the back of a bracelet link, and guess what, there was no mark left on the coating. so ...
Hairline scratches do not show easily in the new PVD and DLC models
I don't know about the old PVD models since I never had one. But my PAM195 uses the newer PVD coating and I wear it all the time as one of my beaters. Not a scratch except when I rubbed it against a metal pipe once. But for regular wear and tear, the PVD ...
Tks Anthony ! What I like about DLC is the gunmetal tone
I preferred the gunmetal tone on my DLC to the pure black on 317 and 292. Nonetheless, I presume DLC holds up against hairline better than plain 316L steel. 195 is a great watch. Do u know when the 339 is coming out? I heard next year as the whisper.
I heard November but you never know when since Panerai
seems to be slow with release dates. - AT
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Hi chaps, I believe the old Panerai DLC coating was probably like the old Anomino Ox-pro just my opinion I've never handled the old DLC watches. Imo any coating will scratch but a 2,000HV DLC coating will have about the same hardness as sapphire also the ...