Officine Panerai

A huge ( 52 mm ) and super nice monster, issued in a limited edition of 150 pieces in 2015. Housing a Minerva movement, here in the PAM 300 Mare Nostrum in steel, from 2010: If only it was 4 or 5 mm smaller, I would have grabbed one! Best, Nicolas ...  

That design wise they made it look good, I am fully with you - there’s no reason why it couldn’t have been even 10mm smaller 😉 The Minerva movement inside is truly lovely, too 👌🏻👍🏻

But you’d lose none of the functionality or legibility at 42mm 😉

I really enjoyed wearing the 42mm Mare Nostrum... but gimme this one in 42mm and I'm sold for sure! ...  

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Mine was the 2000s reissue. A lot cheaper that way!

But then I'm not at all into this brand, so it's just a first sight impression.

..as big as it was, in the original design, I've never considered buying one (same applied also to the earlier brother PAM300) The cost, for a "show" model (no way I would have used it) was prohibitive, for me. I had already bought the 341 Egiziano, which...