Officine Panerai

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Speaking about UNITAS ETA..

I don’t mind that those pieces of old didn’t have an “inhouse” movement. In fact, I think part of the charm is that they were NOT inhouse. It just needed to WORK. I remember the first time that I cranked up that pre-owned Pam000 that I bought last year.. Far from being buttery smooth.. quite rough sounding, like a rattling empty tuna can.. so that’s how winding a UNITAS felt.. I loved it

As much as I love my 372, I know what it is and more importantly, what it isn’t. But I’m just glad that they still make a really simple PAM under regular production. Outside of the 372, I’m not sure there’s a real basic time only PAM in the current lineup that hints at their old DNA (Not discounting the destro version of course or the 422 for that matter). In fact, I’d probably have preferred for the 372 to have a solid caseback and maybe do away with the faux patina. Wish they can come up with a basic regular rad and 1940 case which ain’t limited. Maybe make them low production. But not limited. Something folks who missed trains can aspire to ;-)