Painted it black again (short review)

I realized that my previous review of this watch was too lengthy and had plenty of nonsense. So here's a direct one: 

Background

This watch is conceived based on inputs from members of the Gruppo Gamma Owners Club or the GGOC. Although not the company's first limited edition watch or the least produce ( GGOC LE has a 100 piece production, the coy's Japan edition has only 50 or 52 pieces made) 

Waiting time from scratch till collection of watch is about 6 months. 

This watch pays great tribute to the pam 532 or the paneristi's own limited edition watch. Except this watch is about less than 2% the price of a pam 532. 

Case

The case is made of 316L stainless steel like most watches but it has one of the most unique pvd coating I've yet to see on a watch. 

The shade is not pitch black but pencil lead black. Abit darker if not the same as the slate iPhone 5. 

The coating is uniform throughout the case and it's satin feel is nice to the touch. 

The watch, with all it's other offerings, has a 'brevet' wording with a Swiss cross etched on the dial. 

Lucky mine had the correct orientation. 

Another feature unique to this piece is it's solid caseback. 

The solid case back is a nice touch and adds to the ruggedness of this piece. Honestly, I'm finding the decorations on movement plates and bridges abit tacky. And this also happens to be the first watch that features the brands logo. 

My piece has serial number 015/100. 

Dial/Crystal

This watch sports a single domed sapphire crystal with AR coating on the underneath. As a result there is a bluish tint under the right light and it is so crisp and clear. 

The dial is has the 12, 3, 6, 9 numbers and a sub-dial which is the second hand. The dial surface is neither grainy satin nor glossy. It's just smooth pitch black. 

The markers instead of pale green or white like most of their watches is of a yellowish tint to emulate vintage lume. 

I find that in some lighting it can be very yellowish yet in some it has the perfect vintage coloured lume. 

The watch's dial layout is true to the original panerai watches that was issued to the Italian naval divers the panerai 6152/1 with angelus movement

Photo from the net

This is how the pam 532 dial looks like

Photo from the net 

The casing of the watch wise, panerai wins but the dial design definitely is own by the GGOC LE for being accurate and more 'balanced' looking. 

Movement

The heart of this watch is the seagull ty2555 which seems to be working fine in  its time keeping 

Only gripe is two minor things-

1) the rotor is quite noisy. This seems to be a common problem with this movement. Neither of these reports indicates that the noise affects the accuracy. 

2) this movement has a date feature evidence from the fact that the crown has 3 positions or settings. The first one when unscrewed is the hand winding, second is the date (no date on the dial), third position when the crown is completely pulled is to set the time. 

Lume

One important aspect for most of my watches is the lume. I find it to be one of the most attractive feature in a watch. The lume has a glossy finish instead of powdered surface, not sure how it affects lume. The lume has a yellowish tint in daylight and the lume is quite greenish and glows visibly through the night. 

Conclusion

This delivered more than what it was promised, the watch was great and exclusive yet most important of all, it's affordable at a low cost of less than S$400 (Singapore dollars)!!! As the owners always says, exclusivity and affordability can co-exist.