any 1 may enlighten me on the so called "riginal sandwich dial for Italy Marine"? some say the pam 000 and 005 are more close to "original" sandwich design?? the version i heard is the watch maker insert the luminous to the sandwich dial to fill up the gap and some even protruded out from the gap and forms a painted dial look and they call it "original" sandwich dial...
i intend to get a Pam 111e from a collector but i look at the dial it seen like painted dial not sandwich dial...i m confursing so i hope the sifu here may clear my doubt
sandwich dial is like the old vintage designed...
but pre vendom till older version of pam111 n 112 also painted dial....
then the rxw made a more close to vintage pam/rolex 6152 with sandwich dial in their 47mm mm20...
pam realize ppl like the sandwich dial very much... so quickly make the 47mm 1950 with sandwich dial....
the historical line also change to sandwich dial
same happened to the pam249... california dial, it was made after the rwc1938 replicate the old pam/rolex...the of course u hv alot of the california dial cushion case been made later before pam249...
even the egiziano... so many ppl made that before pam as well....
my question is u buy because is close to original?
the logo actually was a modern creation, and not exist in the original vintage pam/rolex...
my conclusion is, the sandwich dial pam111 is closer to vintage design... but again vintage pam is 47mm, gold or blued hands not black n white second, none see through case back...
filled in dial (pam000 n 005 is not printed actually, the automatic contemporary pam is printed) is closer to pre vendome small production pam...