Officine Panerai

A watch which was a proto. Never in production. Here is the Proto 003. Best, Nicolas ...  

In a way it was an inspiration to watch collecting. I recall being a teenager in the 90’s and seeing Sly Stallone wearing a panerai in one of my dad’s WatchTime magazines. When I finally got a PAM 0010 in 2003 I thought it was the coolest. Still do. Thank... 

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I remember reading about Sly buying dozens of these and giving them to all his friends in Hollywood. That really stuck with me.

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California actually worked! Love this guy.

Not a single one of these was ever produced. All the known pieces are fake, made by Luciano Rinaldi with Coro parts he got his hands on after the company went bankrupt. All the known watches have lug screws on both sides and the casebacks are marked 5218-... 

Ah, now I know who you mean. Well, our common friend is not up to date it seems. Here is for instance the caseback of the 5218-209 made by Coro. No /A at the end. Same with the 5218-210 made by Coro. Blue print of the 5218-218, no /A either. Compare this ...