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stew77 Admin 
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Arriving earlier this week, the Hamilton Pan Europ, a cool tribute heritage piece to the original Hamilton Pan Europ from 1971. The Pan-Europ from 1971 featured a movement that was co-developed on a Buren base along with Tag Heuer (as seen in the Monaco and Autovia and referenced as the Caliber 11), and Breitling (as seen in Breitling's Chrono-Matic pieces). These vintage watches, with the date at 6 o'clock and a left-side winding crown, have a pretty strong following by vintage watch lovers. I don't have very many chronograph pieces, but this limited edition chrono (1971 pieces total), from Hamilton is a real stunner!  This re-issue is done with an interesting movement too, the Hamilton H31 caliber (base Valjoux 7753), which Hamilton has modified with a longer barrel for 60 hours of power reserve, reversed spiral for better accuracy and stability, and a beautiful modified balance bridge which I've only seen pictures and animations of, but has nicely decorated Hamilton "H" decorations on the bridge. Hamiton has stated that future Hamilton offerings will selectively use this H31 caliber as well as the recently introduced H21 caliber. This is the first piece I've ever owned with a push button quick-set date (located at 10 on the case side of the Pan Europ). You can check out an animation of the H31 caliber here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l9KzohZJdk] First impressions are very good!  - Very nicely finished case (love the 'sunburst' finishing on the top of the cushion case versus the typically seen radial brushing which is a highlight of this piece). And the case size hits the sweet spot for cases at 45mm, with short lugs that have it wearing slightly smaller than 45mm IMO. - Love the beautifully done dial work with guilloche patterned subdials and raised, concave surrounds that rise nicely off the equally beautiful blue sunburst dial - Very nice action in the solid 120 click bezel (which is a bit hard to grip if I'm being picky, but this is not exactly a diver...so I can live with that). - An interesting note: the watch is fitted with a gorgeous, 'better than your typical Hamilton' big-hole croc strap on a really sweet, high quality Hamilton deployment strap (Really nice combo on the Pan Europ IMO). But, the 22mm strap is fitted with curved lug bars (which works great with this OEM strap and the very short cushion case lugs of the Pan Europ, but may make future non-OEM strap combinations an interesting exercise). Really basic technical specifications: Size - Swiss made 45 mm Case - Stainless steel Dial - Blue sunburst Movement - Hamilton Caliber H31 Crystal - Sapphire Water resistance 10 bar (100 m) Here's the original 1971 Pan Europ compared to the 2011 tribute piece:  And a couple pics of my own...sorry, haven't had the time to do a full photo shoot, but pics are out there.   Last edited on Thu Dec 8th, 2011 11:36 pm by stew77 |
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Gregger 3T WIS 
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 I'm liking it!! Congrats and enjoy... |
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mcwright Admin 
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Super nice watch! present2.gif |
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FnuSnu99 3T WIS 
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Now that is one sweet looking watch! Congrats! |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Really a beautiful Timepiece, enjoy that one antlers.gif |
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Veritas99 3T WIS 
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Great looking watch. |
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watchdaddy1 3T WIS 
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Chris thats SMOKIN' HOT all the way around & that strap islove the tutorial link you included as well. Enjoy that BEAUTY...WOW is all I can say, I keep going back to your post & drooling. |
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joecb 3T WIS 
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That is such a great looking retro, chrono!!! Love the shade of blue, Congrats, Chris!! |
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stew77 Admin
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Gregger, mcwright, Rolf, Tony, Mike, William, and Joe...thank you guys for the kind words and Congrats!  This has to be one of my favorite Hamiltons...they did a great job with this one! |
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AntFarm 3T WIS 
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Awesome watch Chris... Beautiful colors on the dial and I just love the strap. Looks great! Enjoy it and wear it well. |
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wisebadger 3T WIS 
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Love the watch I was just at my local Hamilton dealer and I was told that Pan Europ was all sold out  How did you find one? I guess it's time to get my X-Wind modded  |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Congrats Chris!...this is a awesome Hammy! |
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leeye 3T WIS
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great looking watch! |
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exc-hulk Moderator 
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Big congrats to your newbie Chris ! Really a nice chrono with unique dial. I love the two sub dials. I think the crown on the left side of the case like the original I like more. Wear in good health ! |
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stew77 Admin
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Tony, wisebadger, Oscar, leeye, and Philip...Thanks for the nice words and Congrats! wisebadger - Yes, I've heard that these are all sold out at Dealers! I consider myself lucky as I had procrastinated on going after one of these (had been thinking about getting on the list like 4 months ago, but got distracted ). I ran across a dealer that had exactly ONE left, and jumped on it!!!Philip - agree...really nice detail in the dial and subdials on this one, and like you, I agree that it would have been very cool if Hamilton had done a left side crown on this one like the original. I'm really enjoying this one!   Last edited on Sat Dec 10th, 2011 01:38 pm by stew77 |
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Graham 3T WIS 
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Magnificent, Chris! I have been eying these for a while now..... Santa, Santa do you copy?present2.gif Guess I'll have to wait for one on the secondary market.... |
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stew77 Admin
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Graham wrote: Magnificent, Chris! Thanks very much Graham!!! You have a collection of some of the most magnificent chronos around, and I think you'd like this one quite a bit. Hopefully Santa already has one in the bag for you! elf.gif |
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BA211 3T WIS 
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A very nice watch. Enjoy! |
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Axelay2003 3T WIS 
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This is one of my favorite chronos, but the 45mm case scared me off. I really love it though. Question: What is the L2L on this watch and the size of your wrist? Looks great on your wrist....perfect size. |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Stunnung beauty, Chris! I love that one...dial, hands, case, profile. All of it. Big Congrats, amigoEnjoy it on good health for a long time. |
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tombs 3T WIS 
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WOW that`s a good looking watch |
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stew77 Admin
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BA211, Axelay, Jeff, and tombs...thanks guys! Axelay - Would not let the 45mm case dimension scare you. The outer bezel dimension is 43mm with the case width measuring 45mm. With the short lugs, the Pan Europ has a lug-to-lug distance of only 49mm so IMO, it will fit a large range of wrist sizes (my wrist circumference is a very average to small 7.25", and the Pan Europ is very comfortable). |
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ncvol17 3T WIS 
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to say it is a great looking timepiece is an understatement. A classic look about to be a new classic. well done |
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Devin 3T WIS 
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WoW Chris I am late to the party  but Congrats on a sweet Hammy!I really like the dial layout and colors and the strap looks very high end! Enjoy that one buddy! |
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afc14284 3T WIS 
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Chris.. Congrats on a great and unique purchase buddy!!! I love what Hamilton did with this one and it's certainly worth every penny... |
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