sergio
[Panerai Moderator]
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The PAM318 "Brooklyn"....
is an L.E. with the Brooklyn bridge engraved on the back. One of the owners, having experienced some problems with his piece, brought it to the N.Y.C. distributor and to his chagrin found this nice movement inside 
Image obtained on the Web.
Big stink, Panerai recalled the 318 and changed the "incriminated" movement with a better quality one. End of story..
Was in a time when Panerai started to go down ( see Brooklyn bridge boutique edition) and my new 372 was running super fast more then two hours after winding
Going back to normal after that ,so I was felt letting down with the after night new in-house Panerai still in that fase,I wouldn’t buy any new Panerai with in-house mvt. anymore
But nice watch the 372 though
And is that special kind of watch that is looking even better when you can only have a short glimpse of it ...
If I may....
Panerai didn't...start to go down because of the Brooklyn fiasco. It kept on climbing for quite a number of years after that
Clearly not all Panerai customers knows about that ,they where going down for me though,
Not to mention this days when they sell watches that can’t get even close to the water
Oh.....
so YOU were "not impressed" and started looking at Panerai in a different way. I, for instance, bought some 30 to 35 Panerais AFTER the Brooklyn fiasco
I used to be up on all stuff Panerai until i could no longer follow all the new models.
So i still have my collection which is frozen on time 5-7 years ago. What is the Brooklyn bridge fiasco. Thanks
The PAM318 "Brooklyn"....
is an L.E. with the Brooklyn bridge engraved on the back. One of the owners, having experienced some problems with his piece, brought it to the N.Y.C. distributor and to his chagrin found this nice movement inside Image obtained on the Web. Big stink, Pan...
Let's say that....
there are companies and company managements that would not...ignore...the possibility of maximizing profit. Also, we're talking about a L.E. with a relative low cost and not a PAM21 I'm not justifying Panerai's actions by any stretch of the imagination, I...
The fact that Dr Bonati had his...own ways...it's beyond any doubt, in my mind.
The proliferation of L.E. in number ever higher (a 1500pcs L.E. is, IMO, a bad joke). Still the brand..exploded..after Asian buyers had enough of being "milked like golden cows" for every T-dialled model in circulation Had some of the "insiders" been a bi...