sergio
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Have you ever seen this one?....
After producing the GPF2/56 Egiziano, Panerai tried to "ride the wave" and created a model intended for the Israeli Navy. A prototype was manufactured and this is the end of the...official..story. The "project" never took off and according to the experts the model was never manufactured. Some people "in the know", maintain that some pieces were actually produced BUT not by Panerai. Long story short, our "friend" Perez wrote some interesting presentations/essays on the subject, which can be perused in Perezcope, should I have been able to arouse your curiosity 
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Have you ever seen this one?....
After producing the GPF2/56 Egiziano, Panerai tried to "ride the wave" and created a model intended for the Israeli Navy. A prototype was manufactured and this is the end of the...official..story. The "project" never took off and according to the experts ...
The GPF2/56 Egiziano...
had an Angelus movement. My guess is that they would...probably...have used the same. I can't confirm it, though. Furthermore, in the 50s Panerai started to utilize movements from Angelus 240 with 8 days P.R. in order to reduce the..wear and tear...of dai...
Why "Friend" Perez, if I might ask?
Isn't Perez the Guy who exposed the fakers and moders who sell "authentic" vintage PAM's on auctions?
Friend because Perez...
frequents this forum on occasions and we like the input that he brings. Perez is a person that knows a lot about Panerai and this is a.....Panerai forum. Fair?
Yes
I was confused with "Friend", I though you bumped up some sarcasm there. All clear
I actually put the word friend in inverted commas only because is not a...regular...in our forum.
He visits us, we like that he visits us but calling him...friend...could be a bit presumptious on our part.
I really like the fact that there are individuals that expose the other side of the coin
I mean, watches in general have became such a huge business in last 15 years, that any guy with mobile phone and instagram account can become a "dealer" (sarcazam here ). And in any business where is huge amount of money to be made, it attracts some indiv...
