sergio[Panerai Moderator]
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Your historical knowledge of Panerai.....
Oct 22, 2012,12:48 PM
is amazingly....missing. I enjoyed your quote.....
The 398 and 399 special editions are a 422 without the crown protector and with huge premium. Who can justify the price and the logic behind it? i can't wait to hear it.
end quote....
Don't worry about the 398-399, they are models made for people like....me. Go buy yourself a nice TUTTONERO....
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just a thought
By: Bruno.M1 : October 22nd, 2012-09:26
Over 500 FIVE HUNDRED references. Why ? Do we need 50 slightly different versions of the 111 ? I don't think so. Do we need 16 new models at SIHH( 8 standard production and 8 limited editions). And even after SIHH, during the rest of the year we get a lot...
I began losing track after Reference 300...
By: jay.pulli : October 22nd, 2012-09:37
Especially since I have been collecting since 2001. My lowest number PAM now is a 27C. I had a PAM 2 up until last year. Of course many of these references are minor variants of other versions (how many 4xx Boutique Editions are there?), so development co...
I do like the PAM 205 ...
By: bimbeano : October 22nd, 2012-10:54
... oh sorry ... i meant the Peugeot 205 .. preferably a GTi ... :-)
In fact there is 438 Vendôme refs
By: Fireace : October 22nd, 2012-10:22
Including Diamond pieces, SL replica (26, 27, 28), instruments (like PAM 302) and all one piece SL (like tourbillon PAM 205), I exclude sets refs (like PAM 780, 783, 791)
hello... You think anybody can afford less is more?
By: Fricks : October 22nd, 2012-10:35
I agree with you but hype on Panerai went down already since a couple of years. Don't take a reference forums and paneristis, check with dealers you know, they are a much better indicator. The zillion new models thrown to the market are supposed to pump i...
Boy!
By: amnaggar : October 22nd, 2012-11:20
Boy did this thread strike a chord with you Fricks :) I'm kind of thinking this SE thing is way overdone and has ripping us off all over it, simply as most of them are ridiculous in style, etc. IMO, with pictures of places carved on the case backs, etc. A...
Your historical knowledge of Panerai.....
By: sergio : October 22nd, 2012-12:48
is amazingly....missing. I enjoyed your quote..... The 398 and 399 special editions are a 422 without the crown protector and with huge premium. Who can justify the price and the logic behind it? i can't wait to hear it. end quote.... Don't worry about th...
This may not be the right thread...
By: travelller : October 23rd, 2012-17:09
...but you are certainly the right guy, Sergio... ...to ask about the 399. I've tried to relate it to OP's vintage models and the best I could come up with so far is either: A 6152 retro-fitted with an Angelus 240 SF & associated secs sub-dial and exh...
I am, also, not turning cart wheels....
By: sergio : October 24th, 2012-03:12
about the no-9-small-seconds only models but the transitional (not quite an Egiziano Piccolo) flavour of this piece, plus the handsome Minerva movement makes it an intriquing model and, for my money, definetly a collector's piece. Ciao
I like your ability to synthetize but, what about....
By: sergio : October 22nd, 2012-12:39
accuracy? Firstly there are 5 "types" of models: Luminor, Radiomir, 1950 (btw the 372 IS a 1950), Mare Nostrum and Submersibles. Secondly, why not? The difference in references is very useful to Panerai when keeping track of mechanisms, spare parts etc Th...
Hi Bruno. I think it is their strategy to reach out to their fans and
By: KC74 : October 23rd, 2012-05:52
collectors even when it is a Radiomir or Luminors designed differently. To the untrained eye like me I am lost in some of the numbers and models which they call on their limited production pieces. Don't forget each piece is produced yearly to as many as 2...
it's a simple strategy in fact .....
By: P@trick@Belgium : October 23rd, 2012-09:47
..... create a need to buy a new Panerai :) of course we don't need 500 ref. but it's just a great way to be in the picture as often as possible by launching a new model that is only a fraction different from an other ref. For me personally the lust for P...
Could NOT agree more
By: MasonBella : October 23rd, 2012-10:31
I love panerai, I love my 372....But it's ridiculous already. Has turned me off actually to the brand. Too many variations of the same thing over & over & over. I'm sure everyone is happy to hear this...One less person chasing the next hot LE!
My answer to Why? It's because Panerai can :)
By: AnthonyTsai : October 23rd, 2012-15:43
That's the power of Panerai. There's so much demand for their watches that they can make all these different variations. Do I like all the variations? No but I'm happy to see them so I can easily pick out which ones I'd like to buy. If Panerai only made 5...
The more talks the more PAMs
By: PoyFR : October 25th, 2012-01:17
Anthony, I agree with you completely, well said! The more they are talks of Panerai the more PAMs are needed. In those 12 or so last years, we saw different approaches, different watches, different people too, but we have not seen less PAMs…
The topic has become so amusing, really.
By: MichaelC : October 25th, 2012-08:04
We discuss it on AP, on Hublot, here, and elsewhere. While I understand many hardcore collectors wish a brand would only make a a handful of models in limited numbers, that is not a sensible business model. It is like all of the people who complain about ...