Officine Panerai

after being on hiatus for a long time at the bank. ...  

The Richemont Panerai market has crashed (except for some of the Bronze pieces). Grey market dealers have told me "Panerai are dead" and won't accept any for trade.

I try to wear each watch for at least four hours ;-)

there's an awful lot of Panerais with killer dials, out there. It all depends on personal taste, isn't it?

Best to wear a watch for a few days or at least a week to get a real sense of it. Often, I'm too impatient, and some watches are admittedly fun for a brief period. The ones I like most for extended wear are typically smaller (e.g., a 36mm Explorer comes t... 

I rotate my watches weekly so this week it's this Panerai's turn.

The dial looks really good in this lighting

Sunlight makes it pop.