Officine Panerai

in brushed titanium, 44mm, Luminor GMT, Anthracite, black sub-seconds, and OP VIII movement (a modified Valjoux 7750) on a third-party rubber strap. Doing some gardening this month and decided to bring out a watch that can handle the work even on rainy da...  

It sits much smaller that I thought it would... Casey

Finally received my invitation to get vaccinated from the middle of June... registration at the medical facility will be the challenge...

Which is a shame considering how photogenic it is, that dial is a real chameleon depending on lighting conditions!

which makes it fun to photograph ; )

have to unbutton my shirt cuff to slip on a shirt with the watch already on...

I only brought three watches for a six month stay in Nagano Prefecture... that said I will be back to Tokyo from time to time ;-)

I am enjoying in the summer months...

as you can easily imagine. Enjoy the gardening

the gardening goes well... the professional landscaper stopped by earlier this evening and looks like we have the beginnings of a plan ;-) Casey

so I was dressed up in flannel, sweater, and raincoat... I hope it warms up ;-) Casey

I remember almost buying this watch in Hong Kong in the summer of 2003. There was very little supply at any AD, anywhere, or indeed at the Boutique in HK at that time. So it was a game of walking from AD to AD in the sweaty humidity of the HK summer to se... 

On a short holiday trip I purchase a rather nice watch from one of the big stores in HK... a little over three years later I was back to HK from my home in Japan and walked into a different retail shop, but the same sales guy... He greeted me by name afte... 

It is different. Very different, yet it retains the DNA of the brand. The large lume hands are my favourite part of it.

... luv the Pam89. ...