Officine Panerai

Any thoughts on this watch?? I never seem to hear much about it nor see any posts referencing this particular model. Saw it on a friends wrist last night and it sure looked good. (although what panerai doesn't). Juat curious to get personal opinions on this piece. thanks in advance.

The unique hue of the tantalum case with the combination of blue hands is simply to die for.  If the 192 was priced lower, I bet it would be one of the "hot" PAM's such as the PAM127, or if the dial and hands were in Tritrium, demand would be through the roof.

A couple people here in this forum have the PAM192, so hopefully they can share their thoughts as well as a couple pictures.
Are you thinking about getting one yourself?

Cheers,
Anthony

 

This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2008-05-05 19:27:42

Thank you for your feedback. I very much appreciate your input and obviously respect the opinions of the members of these forums. Am I going to buy one?? good question! I don't know right now. I have a 26 and a 309 confirmed ordered with deposits so at some point I have to make a decision since I did not win the lottery last weekend. I just thought it was a great looking watch and I personally like a heavier watch, so the weight did not bother me. I started this post because I never really see anything about this model and for such a great looking watch I was surprised. I'm going to try and swing it but I doubt it will happen honestly. By the way Anthony, Great looking watch you are selling..Hmmmmmm

I owned a Pam 192, and I loved it for the reasons you put very well, and sold it for the reasons you said..

With a T dial, and not tghis greenish luminova, I'd keep it...This is a fantastic chrono, and I'd even accept to make an exception to the one ond only one legitim choron for me , The Mare.

Best.

Nicolas

Hello,

I agree with Anthony.

It would get much more attention if the price point was better.

Very, very beautiful watch indeed!!

Jonathan

I fall in love on both model and they are just great looking. I think Anthony has correctly point out the reason why its not that popular (yet), I agree the pricing is a bit high and that might put people off, but in my opinion its a great collector item. When you wear them, you can feel the weight and the strength of such material.... can't describe it in words.

I feel the greyish color looks like a worn out PVD (since I don't have any PVDs, its like a substitue for me), but the color of tantalium will never fate... beside its one of the hardest metal around, this metal is used to make anti-tank missle, it penetrates tank armour like butter.

With Panerai's military historical linkage, this tantalium seems quite suitable and brings out incredible strength of their product. Since these 2 models are the only tantalium model, someday they might be sought after.... who knows....