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Originally Posted by Panerol Forte
Lost Paneristi in the making here !!! I am a little bit confused  How come there are 2 PAMs with the same number, one with a dot and one with am/pm? what's the relation with the 270? And the one in the picture, which one is it?... I love the domed sapphire, I NEED to have it!... is there other PAMs with domed sapphire? which ones?... I am close to a brain meltdown.. too much data absorbed in too little time  |
The 233 has two generations - the original "dot" dial (the dot being either black or lume, depending if it's night or day in the "reference" timezone"). Three productions years later OP decided to change the format to the current-day "AM -PM" version. I have no idea why and while I love my 233, I find the Dot dial to be the cleanest version and in Paneristi's "keep it simple" terms, the more desirable.
Domed crystals can be found on these 1950-cased PAMs:
127 203 217 267 233 289
368 270 335 ...
If I'm not mistaken, there are a few newer blued-dial beauties with domed crystals, like the 670 (Equation of Time - "372" case?), 690 & 932 ("1940" cases)
p.s. synequano's pictured PAM is the amazing 368, an 8-day with the PR-indicator on the movement side & tobacco dial. It's also a Destro like my 217.
About the 270 & 335 - they are 10-day, automatic movements. Most of the others are manual wound, 8-day mvmts or the classic 56hr ETA 6497 mvmts.