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Review-Panerai: PuristSPro Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique SIHH 2012 Event: Part 1
PuristSPro joins
Panerai North American President, Rafael Alvarez, and the Panerai
Beverly Hills Boutique staff to host fellow Purists for a viewing of the
new SIHH 2012 novelties. It was great to see familiar faces
and also a lot of new folks as well.
We
began the evening at the Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique.
A familiar sight to all watch enthusiasts is
Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique Director Chad
Warrick:
PuristS guests and Rafael Alvarez reviewing the
SIHH 2012 Novelties.
Panerai offered a large range of new Radiomir watches for 2012 including the California dialed PAM424 in 47mm with a 3 days power reserve and P.3000 movement. Another interesting version is the Radiomir SLC PAM425 with the dial combination of bar and dot hour indicators.
We also had a pair of special editions; the Radiomir PAM338 with the California Dial and 3 day power reserve, and the PAM449 with the bar and dot hour indicators. Each of these utilize the 47mm sized case and the P.3000 movement.
Another pairing is the special edition Radiomir 1940 in steel and rose gold. These had a wonderful vintage look and includes a domed Plexiglass crystal.
One of my favorite features of the 1940's is the view from the caseback where you can view the Minerva pocket watch movement. The movement was nicely decorated showing off the large balance wheel. I'll post detailed pics in a separate post.
And speaking of decorated movements, we have the Radiomir GMT 8 Days Oro Rosso in 45mm. This Panerai is fitted with the P.2002 movement however this caliber has open worked bridges and barrel which provides a view of the gear train and mainspring. This type of movement looks great on the Panerai and I hope that they continue with this on future models.
In the Luminor collection Panerai debuted three new ceramic models. From the watch case in the bottom row from left to right is the Tuttonero, the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT, and the Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT.
The Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic and the Tuttonero side by side. The caseback has a grey tinted sapphire cyrstal with the P.9001 movement.
The Tuttonero ceramic bracelet with a matte black color coating that matches the ceramic case. The overall watch was hefty and much heavier than I expected.
Next up is part two as we head over to the Montage Hotel for dinner.
Regards,
ED-209
This message has been edited by DRMW on 2012-06-22 13:13:38 This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2012-11-16 17:12:32
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I saw the 45mm Radiomir with decorated movement
did you catch the PAM reference on this piece? Ciao - Sergio
Yes, the PAM reference number is
Hi Sergio, The Radiomir 8 days GMT Oro Rosso 45mm reference number is PAM395. How do you like the looks of the decorated movement? Regards, ED-209 This message has been edited by ED209 on 2012-06-22 04:21:57 ...
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I tend to agree, although...
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Great report, Ed!
It is great to see many familiar faces having a great time. Thanks for the coverage, Ed, and kudos to Panerai for continuing to share their novelties with the PuristS community. Cheers, Alex
Thanks for checking out the report
Thanks Alex and yes kudos to everyone at Panerai for being such gracious hosts. Regards, ED-209
Wished you were here buddy!
Hope you're doing well! Recently had a very nice tasting of fine tequila and it reminded me of the one I tried that you had brought with you when you and Andrew visited a few years back. The tequila was good, but not as great as yours. Wished you were her...
Bottoms up, Patrick!
Great to hear from you! Ready to enjoy the summer? All is well on this side of the border. I am glad you had a chace to try some tequilas recently. Hopefully soon I can plan a visit and for sure bring some tequilas or mezcals for us to try. Talk soon, Ale...
Great Report!
Great Report Ed! It truly was a wonderful night to remember! It was great to meet a lot of familiar faces and it's great to see a few new ones as well! Thank you for the report Ed! And many thanks to PuristSPro, Panerai, The Beverly Hills Boutique Team, a...
Such a fantastic event...
you wouldn't be able to find folks any nicer...such a wonderful group of people. As always, Chad and Marcel from the boutique were delightful and it was great catching up. It was also a special honor to meet and chat with Elizabeth and Rafael from Corpora...
It was a pleasure meeting you and Autumn
Hope to see you again at future PuristS events! Cheers, Anthony
Great to meet you both
Thanks for joining us with Panerai. It was nice to meet you and your wife and hope to see you in future events. Regards, ED-209
Really enjoyed your company!
Really enjoyed your company and discussing with you about your collecting philosophy. Welcome to the fold and I look forward to seeing you an Autumn at future events!
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Fantastic Evening with PuristS and Panerai!
Thank you again to PuristS and Panerai for a great evening of food, watches and friends! What a great event to meet new PuristS and to catch up with friends of old. Its always a good time and again, I enjoyed myself immensely. I am always amazed at how th...
First time I handled the 390
Hi ocwatching, Great to see you at the PuristSPro Panerai event. Your 390 was awesome, it was the first time I was able to handle a 390. And thanks for sharing your pics. Regards, ED-209
NIce report, great pics
Thanks for the coverage. The 399/398 look amazing! Filet Mignon looks pretty good too. ;)
Thanks Anthony!
Great event, it looks like I missed some nice appetizers at the boutique. The food at the montage was excellent though. Thanks for all your hard work, it was a memorable event. Darron
it was a great event
i enjoyed every bit of it specially meeting other fellow purists for the first time (and my first time to meet 4 twins in one outing) food was great but the company was greater and the watches well i could say that i have my eye on 3 so far that are very ...
Glad you could join us
Thanks for attending and it was great meeting you in person. I'm eying the ceramic too. And still trying to convince myself that a 47mm Radiomir looks good on my small wrists. Regards, ED-209
It was a pleasure to have met you too!
A true pleasure to have met you! Very pleased that the opportunity presented itself! Looking forward to meeting again! Truly! Hopefully soon. Many thanks to Panerai and PuristSPro for putting on this event so that I could meet so many new and old friends!...
Thanks. I have been eying on...
.. 338, but what is "California" dial? Sounds nice, though! Thanks for the report on the wonderful event. Wish I were there.... Best, Ken
This particular dial is...
Hi Ken, Wish you could have joined us for this fun event. The California dial is a combination of Roman (upper half fo the dial) and arabic numerals (lower half) for the hour indices. I like the 337/338 and particularly the 336/378 in rose gold. The 42mm ...
Thanks to Panerai and the Purists for another great event
The event wasn't just a great time, but it provided the motivation to rejoin the Paneristi. I stopped by the boutique earlier today and picked up a piece I have had my eye on for a while now: A PAM 337. Sorry about the quality of this photo. It is just a ...
Hey, big congrats on the new PAM!
Wow, congrats on the PAM337, looks great on your wrist and a cool addition to your collection. Regards, ED-209
Thanks Ed
While I have always liked Panerai I find that many of their models are just too large for my taste which I why I ended up selling my PAM 219. While I loved the design of it, I didn't love it when it was on my wrist. At 42mm the 337 is right in my preferre...
Congrats!
I knew you were going to do this! I just knew it. You mentioned it with so much veracity, yet casual-ness last night as we were all departing that you wanted such a 42mm dressier Panerai watch. Congratulations my friend! Good to see you again last night! ...
Thanks Patrick
It was good seeing you. I'm always glad that you are able to make it down from the bay area for events. Yeah, when we were talking I was pretty sure that I was going to do it. I have been interested in the 337 since it was introduced but just hadn't pulle...
I think I need to reconsider...
I think I need to reconsider that G, I don't imagine it getting much better than 7 in town.
I think If I drove it a bit differently...
I might be getting a little bit better milage, but I really do love the acceleration so I tend to be a bit heavy on the accelerator. Of course by better milage I am referring to 9 MPG.......
LOL!
love it..yeah but THAT instant gratification is just too good to give up...despite the MPG
major congrats
you sure act fast, lol enjoy in the best of health i might follow on your footsteps soon just need to contact chad first
Thanks!
As I mentioned in my reply to Patrick, I didn't have much of a choice. I knew I wanted one and it is almost always easier to acquire one before they are completely discontinued. What are you thinking of getting?
Thanks Phil
I have to admit that the new 42mm Luminors also caught my eye, but In the end the 337 was the right choice for me. When they do a 42mm Luminor with a manual wind movement I may be in trouble.....
Panerai knows how to organize an event, definitively. Happy to see that you had a
Great moment, guys! Love the picture of Ed and Ming. Let me guess, Ming is on the left? All the best. Nicolas
I miss LA and Santa Monica... I would like to come back, for sure.
Will work on that... Best, Nicolas
I had a different impression of the weight of the PAM438
Hi Patrick, It's odd, I have a different thought about the PAM438 than what Anthony had posted. I thought the 438 was quite heavy, similar to a all steel Breitling Bentley. So to me it felt much heftier than I expected. I personally prefer the look of the...
Thanks Ed. Seem like the only way is to find out the actual weight but that's not
Available now. Cheers PAt
Looked like a great event! Can't wait for the 2012 to roll
into the Boutiques. Thanks for sharing the event with us, Anthony.
Any of the 2012 novelties that you like?
Hi L(uke), It was a fun event and Panerai did a really nice job as always. Did you have any favorites from the 2012 novelties? Regards, ED-209
Always the tough ones to get a hold of...
The 399 is the belle of the ball. However, it is limited to a 100 pieces and 50 of which, will be part of a set with its rose gold counterpart, the 398. In the US, only 10 sets will be available. The next must have for me is the 449 and then followed by t...
