Passionata_george
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Thank you guys , I mean
Jan 15, 2020,07:12 AM
feel pity for the brand , they are not the first and definetly not the least who became the victim of their own greediness
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No flames , I used to be a fan
By: Passionata_george : January 15th, 2020-02:31
but then I sold and turned to other brands , however still interrested what has happened with the OP market , used to be it seemed to be they got the most loyal customer base , well performing secondary market and even better early and vintage prices . Bu...
Huuuuge topic. I am sure Sergio will chime in... To make it short...
By: amanico : January 15th, 2020-03:54
1/ Panerai had a lot of fans in the early 2000's, the vintage and the pre vendome pieces were very hot, sought after, and people was fighting to get one, even the early Vendome pieces, since around 2005, let's say. 2/ From the mid 2000's to nowadays, two ...
Nicolas summarizes it well. How the tide turned for this brand...
By: MichaelC : January 15th, 2020-05:16
I bought my first PAM in 2001. It was difficult to get certain models. LEs announced in Spring would take 9-12 months or longer to come out. The brand was a fireball. Most everything sold near retail. Then all the "re-editions", OOR series, saying a watch...
Another factor that didn’t help
By: EinPa : January 15th, 2020-05:52
Outside of OP’s internal shenanigans you also had a huge move towards large format dials which I believe OP and IWC benefitted from and a subsequent move back to 38-40 formats driven by the higher end independents. I think this also played a role for the ...
Thank you guys , I mean
By: Passionata_george : January 15th, 2020-07:12
feel pity for the brand , they are not the first and definetly not the least who became the victim of their own greediness
I feel zero pity for them
By: EinPa : January 15th, 2020-09:18
They had a good thing going and they manipulated and abused their customers as a means to an end.
From a clueless and amateur point of view....
By: Clueless_Collector : January 15th, 2020-11:18
They all look the same or similar, lol, apologize in advance if I offended the diehard and big collectors. An expensive or rare model can have a cheaper version that looks the same so that is a no for me, although some may like this devilish level of deta...
Indeed ,they should limit their
By: Passionata_george : January 15th, 2020-12:39
Output in 3-4k ,double the retail price and outsource the mvmnt as before they did ,they d be still on the top.
It's a Pandora's box....
By: sergio : January 15th, 2020-22:16
you've opened, by asking the question The short version: the bubble exploded BEFORE a new grass roots layer of Panerai lovers could be formed. In MY PERSONAL OPINION; the early days, hard core Panerai enthusiasts (the ones that used to go unearth the vint...
The boutiques are empty.
By: jonrus : January 17th, 2020-04:10
AD that lost the franchise has placed every watch on clearance. Yikes!