Officine Panerai

Dear all,

I watched the video below regarding PAM 425. However current 425 has a small torpedo on the dial over 6 (for me the reason not to buy it at least for now), whereas the 425 on the video does not.

https://youtu.be/AXvFH5sRKi0

I am a bit confused so wanted to ask experts here. Was there another version of 425 before, without the torpedo engraving?

Thanks

AK

...with an S.L.C. (the one you call torpedo is, in reality, a Siluro a Lenta Corsa=SLC)  I've watched the UTUBE video and still have no idea as to where he found the model he's featuring in his presentation. Also he mentioned that the PAM425 comes with a SLC on the dial. That being said, do you know the PAM449? It also has a 2533 dial, like the 373 and 425, but it features more "historical" blue hands and NO SLC on the dial.

It is interesting that even you don’t know what he presents. I thought it could be an older reference.

I know 449 but it is limited or a special edition and very hard to find in second hand.

At first I thought it may be a 449 with gold hands but the inscription between the lugs confirms it is a 425. The only documented example I can think of is the prototype presented at the SIHH, which didn't have the pig on its dial. It would be amazing if the prototype had gone on a life of its own. The case number and the movement number appear to suggest this is a very early model compared to the prototypes shown at SIHH (33xx vs 28xx for movt, B14980xx for the 424 proto and the 425 in the video).
Good hunting, maybe worth just asking that youtuber!

badly photographed 373, the golden hands, the clean dial

But the 373 has platinum written on the caseback as far as I can remember which the watch in the video doesn't.

I will ask him, will let you know if he replies.