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New PAM01628…very nice…but!
Seeing news articles about the new PAM01628. Looks like a lovely watch. But the chap writing it up in Fratellowatcges.com points out that it’s retailing at €10,700 - €3,500 more than the 914 with an eight-day movement (but without the simple cool looks and the ‘patina steel’ case finish.
That whopping pricetag hit me between the eyes with the first article I read and this one drives it home. I was all excited that maybe Panerai was starting to nail the product, after so many easily-criticised decisions…but…sorry, the value part of the equation just feels totally off here.
Thoughts?
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New PAM01628…very nice…but!
Seeing news articles about the new PAM01628. Looks like a lovely watch. But the chap writing it up in Fratellowatcges.com points out that it’s retailing at €10,700 - €3,500 more than the 914 with an eight-day movement (but without the simple cool look...
Comparing apples and oranges
as the 914 is 44mm and has a bettarini case while the 1628 is 47mm and has a 1950s case. That being said I would go for the 914 personally
So from what I see, the 1628 is the same as 372 except for a different dial.
I’m guessing a preowned 372 is more worth it given the current price of new pieces.
Why comparing a.....
...44mm luminor case with a 47mm 1950 one? If the cost is the...only....factor, it's even more absurd. I.M.O.
I think size has little or nothing....
to do with the price differential. I'll play broken "record": for a Panerista a 47mm 1950 luminor, clean and simple, it's worth twice as much as a 44mm with a "8 giorni" on the dial. For other people that look at a watch "on its mechanical merits", the 8 ...
