great question ... now should I get it??

A brand new 317K is offered to me at a price of USD30.8k ...

I was about to take the offer, but after reviewing all the Pam experts' comments and info here, my mind of getting it is shaking ..
1) 317 is still going to be continued in production ... ie, it will be more than "500" of 317 down on the road ...
2) PVD movement is rare but doubts in servicing as per this thread ...

assuming the retail price of 317 is about 25k, I am paying more than 20% as a premium in getting this K series ...
try to analyze this pricing with 292J .... assuming 292K market price is about 7.5k, and 292J is about 12.8k ... the premium for having the "pig" on the dial is close to 70% (a lot right?!?), comparing this 70% premium with the 20% premium on 317, sounds like the 20% one is pretty fair .... having said that, I guess no one here knows if there will be a 317L or 317M, would there be any "differences" on the dial that could allow one to identify the L or M with the superior K, ie if there are NO DIFFERENCE on the dial between K (PVD movement) and the other new series (non PVD movement), the 20% premium wouldn't be shown on the dial whereas the 70% premium on 292J is!! Of course, one could argue that the 20% premium is worth every single dollars because of the PVD movement!!

Please advice if the 20% premium does worth its value .... plzzzz

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PVD movement servicing

By: AciDShOrT : May 12th, 2010-14:43

Sooo... though I am not sure what is going to happen with whether the 317 will go forward in production or what its movement makeup will be, I was wondering how servicing of this piece will work if there truely is problem in manufacture of the movement. W...

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By: ameriddd : May 12th, 2010-19:55

Wondering this as well! Would also be curious if anyone thinks the movement will be unreliable given the rumor that there was so much difficulty producing the movement to begin with.

I guess none of us will know until a few years from now

By: AnthonyTsai : May 12th, 2010-21:04

when the 2-yr warranty is over. I would assume that any parts that were PVD'ed would be replaced with spare PVD parts. My guess is

Boutique confirms that 317 will only be serviced back at HQ

By: kys1944 : May 14th, 2010-02:38

For servicing, it is not done locally and is stipulated by PAM to send back to HQ for servicing. There is no such requirement on any watch except for 190 Depth Gauge so I was informed.

That is a good question my thoughts are that no matter what happens it will be the same..

By: doubleup : May 14th, 2010-11:31

done to every watch, I wish I could have gotten one of those when they were making them in PVD mvmnts. It reminds me of being somewhat of an Error baseball card. Whether it was intentional or not only a few are like that and will, IMHO, increase the value...

great question ... now should I get it??

By: lionlei : May 30th, 2010-15:13

Too much premium

By: ameriddd : May 30th, 2010-18:59

That's too much premium. You can probably get one for $28k BNIB right now, which is pretty close to retail after tax depending on your state and local tax rates ($25.6k retail plus 9.375% tax). Guys are listing it at $30k, but none are trading at that lev...

thx for your comments ...

By: lionlei : June 5th, 2010-11:48

really appreciated that .... my problem is I currently reside in Hong Kong right now, where I am not familiar with the boutique there .... and I pretty much could make a wide guess that their waiting list for 317 would be unimaginably long!! my wish and e...

lion, if you look around, 317 has been falling off the skies like frogs

By: kys1944 : June 7th, 2010-01:35

honestly, I had 3 friends of mine who acquired the 317 within the last 2 weeks all at list. Many got called from Boutique. At second hand dealers, there are 5 of them flowing around and they wouldn't even take any trade in... too many dead stocks unfortun...