Advisory : DLC/PVD Panerai

[waltergoh]

DLC/PVD coating in singapore

Where can i send my panerai for DLC/PVD coating

Any recommendation

[Roylex]

Anyone have the website or link I cannot seem to find any thx

[unregistered]

Have used them too (2Geeks) and similar results as Ants. I'm comfortable with the dark grey shade versus flat black. Can't complain on the price. Have had 2 custom pieces done with them.

That said, Avitt is the best by far. Great customer service and the quality of the work is phenomenal.

[nick168fng]

Cheers, Z

[zameenzahari]

I believe it it to make sure that all the important information such as mellisimation, casenumber etc remains legible. DLCed/PVDed Luminor PAMs like the 195/360 etc have ss/non-pvd caseback

Thanks for the sound advise, Ant! Btw, I have seen DLC'd PAM 000, 0005 in pictures but the case back remains SS.

Anyone knows why it is not coated?

[nick168fng]

Thanks for the sound advise, Ant! Btw, I have seen DLC'd PAM 000, 0005 in pictures but the case back remains SS.

Anyone knows why it is not coated?

[Ant]

Thanks for sharing your experience, Ant. Yeah, getting DLC done on a PAM a bit of a leap of faith! Sorry that you had to go through some heartache but luckily it was a buckle, not your watch.

IWW & Avitt has been mentioned quite often in watch forums. Question is, would anyone dare send their watch all the way to the US? Risky, no?

Btw, I heard that Time Will Tell do offer this service. However, I've heard they have ceased this offering. Anyone care to comment?

Haha not headache at all, I actually lose interest on their dlc service after the first redo.

Actually I dlc the buckle with the intention to dlc a watch.
It is always wise to test out the water before taking a leap.

You can send just the watch case without movement to USA, or called Max (fedmax) to hand carry for you.

My advice is dun dlc your watch unless you are confident about the dlc service they provide and be mentally prepared if the watch does not turns out as what you expected.

[nick168fng]

Additional findings. Can anyone verify if there places offer DLC service?

1) E'Collezione at 333 Orchard Road, #01-14A, Mandarin Gallery
2) PRO HUNTER
3) Time and Gems

Thanks in advance.

[nick168fng]

Thanks for sharing your experience, Ant. Yeah, getting DLC done on a PAM a bit of a leap of faith! Sorry that you had to go through some heartache but luckily it was a buckle, not your watch.

IWW & Avitt has been mentioned quite often in watch forums. Question is, would anyone dare send their watch all the way to the US? Risky, no?

Btw, I heard that Time Will Tell do offer this service. However, I've heard they have ceased this offering. Anyone care to comment?

I did sent my Panerai MX buckle to them for dlc, from their website you can see that it is like carbon black.
And my buckle was like ping pong ball back and fro 2 times and re-sanded & re-coated for 3 times and waited for 6 months.
And the final result was a disappointing titanium color MX buckle and they claimed it to be pencil lead color and asked me to rub it with oil to darken it and make a comment that they never have so much problem in dlc servicing before. my buckle was a special case and one of a kind.

As far i know, they send to their vendor to dlc so likely they do not have the control of the final color they wanted ( try your luck kinda of thing)

My advice if you want to dlc a watch case, send it to jack IWW (black dlc color) or avitt (pencil lead color), both of them in USA.
Quality come with a price.
Good luck.

[feilong108]

Wow...6 months for a buckle to DLC????

That is one loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggggg waiting time...somemore not to the customer specs.....

[Ant]

I did sent my Panerai MX buckle to them for dlc, from their website you can see that it is like carbon black.
And my buckle was like ping pong ball back and fro 2 times and re-sanded & re-coated for 3 times and waited for 6 months.
And the final result was a disappointing titanium color MX buckle and they claimed it to be pencil lead color and asked me to rub it with oil to darken it and make a comment that they never have so much problem in dlc servicing before. my buckle was a special case and one of a kind.

As far i know, they send to their vendor to dlc so likely they do not have the control of the final color they wanted ( try your luck kinda of thing)

My advice if you want to dlc a watch case, send it to jack IWW (black dlc color) or avitt (pencil lead color), both of them in USA.
Quality come with a price.
Good luck.

[nick168fng]

DLC Coating Services in SG

Hi folks,

I recently found out that 2Geeks @ HK street provides DLC coating services. Has anyone tried them before? Please comment.

Any idea anyone else is offering this service?

Thanks.

[GadgetGuy]

Plus you have to pay GST if value of watch is declared/insured full value of watch when ship it back to Singapore. Unless you go through lenghtly process of declaring and filling forms PRIOR to shipping out of Singapore. Call DHL/etc and they'll tell you the process of declaring prior to shipping out

[Ant]

Yes, you have to send your watch there.
I would recommend you to get it from the resale market it is too much hassle and cost of shipping won't be cheap either, unless you have a friend who flies to US often.
They are one of the reputable watch repair,restoration & modification shop in US, pretty reliable if you asked me.
Below is the link of the cost of the pvd:
http://www.industrialwatchworks.com/ship.html

[sanbecky]

Nice!! How does it work actually? Have to send my watch over to them? Reliable? How much it will cost?