Post by atomic on Jun 2, 2009 19:02:51 GMT -6
Last year with the help of WWF's friendly neighbourhood watchmaker, I made my fiddy base project come to life. While I was very happy with the project, the quality of the aftermarket case was nagging at me. The crystal was plastic and prone to scratching and the case was not water resistant and one time I had some condensation on the crystal.
After much digging around I found a great aftermarket case with a solid SS caseback and most importantly, a domed sapphire crystal, I also sourced some silver hands and once again my fiddy base went back to Al for the swap.
The results are stunning and Al pressure tested it to 8 ATM and it is likely good to 10. I put it on a nice Atomic Strap and it's good to go...
Enough with the talk, here are some pix:
After much digging around I found a great aftermarket case with a solid SS caseback and most importantly, a domed sapphire crystal, I also sourced some silver hands and once again my fiddy base went back to Al for the swap.
The results are stunning and Al pressure tested it to 8 ATM and it is likely good to 10. I put it on a nice Atomic Strap and it's good to go...
Enough with the talk, here are some pix:
Not sure if Al did a timing test on it but it's as accurate as either of the Panerai watches I previously owned that use the same movement. 
But with all the high tech gagetry you have now, it's a no brainer to check accuracy, right? 
