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The Mare are not the stars of the auctions. Some Pre Vendome are still doing well, like the Logo and the Marina Militare, but not as well as some 14 or 13 years ago! [nt]
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Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM 8.
Among the Pre A watches, came the Mare Nostrum. Compared to the Pre Vendome model, Panerai changed the dial and the bezel. I always loved that reference, and the Mare. I had all the Pre Vendome, but I could never find a nice Pre A Mare. I don't know why.....
You couldn't/can't find....
a MN Pre-A, because they were never produced The T-swiss-T MN: PAM006-007-008 are A models produced (200 pieces each) in 1998. The one in your picture is the PAM008. The PAM006 has a blue dial and the PAM007 has a white one. If you have a closer look at t...
I thought the same...
for a long time. After checking and cross referencing, I am convinced that they are A models. For one thing, the "inventory" dials they received from Panerai in 97, were all carved and painted since they were Pre-V ones. The NMs have A indices (much like ...
The problem is that....
the records of the time, are a bit "fuzzy". As I wrote, I was also convinced that there were Pre-A MN. That being said, the indices are not Pre-V style, which means they cannot be Pre-A since, that production used all the..left over material of Panerai. I...
I've only seen one, with blue dial...
But long enough ago that I didn’t fully understand what I was seeing. I'd love to see one again some time. Kent
I alway wonder how would all these pre millennium PAMs fetch in auction.
Given that PAM watch prices seem to defy gravity like how zenith defy Zero-G did more than decade ago.
