Officine Panerai

New arrival. I was suprised that it came as NOS and had stickers, tags on it without a single scratch. The strap - aged - but also never worn…

So close for 20 years the watch sat in its box without being worn a single time.

I was even more amazed that the movement is still very accurate and had very good results in todays testing at a watchmaker.

I really like its heft with around 185g

Is yours is 200 piece limited edition?  I want to say the platinum model, which I think was PAM0201, was 50 pieces.  Both featuring this in-house movement.  There were many conversations in those days about Panerai starting to make in-house movements, and how this was the one brand where that should not matter.  And look where we are today, most every PAM has an "in-house" caliber.

Yes it is the LE in WG. I also considered the PT for a while, but it “only” had a whitegold deployment clasp, but mixing metals is not my taste.

Indeed one of the reasons I looked at that reference was the P2003 inhouse: 3 barrels - 10 days not bad!