Noob looking for advice after my 1st Rep Purchase (Pam104)

[seraphe]

Hello to all,

I recently ordered a PAM104 Luminor Marina Automatic 44mm from Trusty. I have yet to receive it, however I was wondering if anyone had exerience with this particular watch.

Hi badfish!

First of all, welcome to RepGeek I see you already have a watch in mind. Before I can help you out with anything, may I know if there's any particular reason why an automatic 44mm?

The reason I asked is because manual wind Marinas (reps) are more popular than the automatics. Most of us PAM collectors, if you can see, are moving around the PAM reps with manual-wind ETA 6497 movements, which are the same swiss Unitas movements that the gen PAM movements are based from. As opposed to manual PAMs, (most, if not all) reps of contemporary automatics are fitted with Asian 7750 movements. So you may say that the manual PAM reps are more desired for reliability and durability.

But don't let this stop you with your choice. We love both manual and automatic PAMs.

Are there any mods you would suggest?

First thing that most PAM rep collectors would do to their reps is to get a good relume job. Manual wind PAMs would have the cannon pinion corrected. Those who are going more extreme will have the crown, crown guard (CG) and other details modded.

The watch comes with the Rubber Sport strap, but I was considering a black croc strap.

There are many 3rd party PAM styled leather straps retailers/makers on the internet. You may search 'Panerai straps' here or in Google. Alternatively, you can ask anyone of us.

I am looking for a little hand-holding hear, as I am very new and alot of the terms are pretty foriegn to me.

I am in the Denver area, if anyone knows of any regional shops that can perform the mods.

I doubt there will be any watchsmith who will openly agree to mod a rep watch. The best way is to approach our in-house mod experts.

Good luck