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 i know panerai hear us on here one way or another i LOVE the 341 but at 60mm case size... no way it would be suitable to fit a normal human wrist... unless injected with some strange thingy which blows a human  up to HULK's size... but then such a hormone doesn't exist.

  I know its a reproduction for an older watch... but time changes... people as well, and guess at current days we don't need a 341 to be as chunky as it is " as long as we have no intention to use a watch as a weapon " . so from a personal point of view i would suggest a smaller case in the range of 45-50mm MAX .

 

  that was my opinion how about your Fellas?!

 

 Faisal

 

A very good idea, I would definitly go for it.  Smaller would also mean cheaper right?

Best Regards,

 

George

 

 

 but wearable size  is my main concern mate.

 Best .

 

 Faisal

money shouldn't be a consideration.  Though sometimes it does get in the way of some of my watch projects.

As Nicolas says at 47mm I'm in, that is supposing they announce the production of such a model and then don't decide days before deliveries are intended to begin to withdraw it.

George

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Hope OP will do it.

Cheers,

patrickh

... a few weeks ago in NY Canal Street I saw a sort of mini 341, I could only guess the dimensions but I think it was 47mm, of course it was a fake but  nevertheless well made with a hobnail black dial and the forms of the 341 case.  I still regret not taking a pic but it was pouring rain at that moment and the Chinese shop was exposing these watches only a few inches from the street walks ... We all know that little Egiziano would be a 'hit' !

 

   but do they at OP know.... thats an important question ?!!

 

 Faisal

 

I hope JF doesn't mind but he was standing next to me at the moment i was talking above

PICS ARE JUST FOR EDUCATIONAL USE

here's JF pic :

 

 

and here's one next to the real (fake) 341 just tot show the difference in size

 

 

 

 

 For the illustration you've given to us, seeing that  size and imagining all the true essence of OP on it  cause me a watering mouth feeling. now the ones behind the fake one can jump around for once in life they somehow did a good thing " giving a live example of how it will look in a smaller size" but im dead sure they never intended to do good  :P .

 

 Faisal

is very popular in Canal St...  I miss living in NYC.

I think the two watches like a 341 together were both in a 47mm diameter or so

To be honest, I always wanted to see a Big Egy in a more standard diameter .... since we were on Canal Street I think the 60mm fit better this case's design

Hello to all of course,

So, what about your latest catches?

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Best, my friend.

Nico the Pirat.

FWIW..I think you did a public service with your photos

square, uncompromising chap. I believe certain things should remain...as is. Everybody is familiar with the saying: you can make a lot of people happy, sometimes. You can make fewer people happy, most of the time. You cannot make everybody happy, all the time. The Egiziano was created for a purpose and IMO shouldn't be "messed around with". Want something affordable and decently sized and reminiscent of the Egiziano rounded shape? About a nice 24A...

Cheers - Sergio

But if I were Panerai, I wouldn't make a smaller PAM341 until after most of the PAM341's are out of the retail channel and into collector hands.  That way, sales of the large PAM341 will be jeapordized as a result of the smaller PAM341 release.  Because if current buyers of the large PAM341 found out there will be a smaller PAM341 coming out, I can guarantee that a lot of these larger PAM341 buyers will jump ship and cancel their order for the large PAM341 and switch to the smaller PAM341.

- AT 

 

 i wouldnt even expect it to be anyother way.

 Best Anthony .

 

 Faisal

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and that's why it will NOT happen in 2011 SIHH! 

Make no mistake, the 341 is not a watch for everyone.  It's not even necessarily for individuals who have tremendous wrists to wear the watch. 

No, the 341 is a big watch for people with big personalities.  I wouldn't want a 341 to be any smaller, because then it would be just like other Panerais.  The 341 is special, because it is an unabashed big watch.  And anyone who wishes the 341 were smaller simply needs to consider acquiring one of the many other watches Panerai has to offer. 

I love that: Alone against everyone!



It is indeed true, Panerai has a wide offer of Submersible, which is the heir of the Egiziano.

But aesthetically speaking, nothing close to the Egiziano, and in the spirit, the Bomba was the closest, and it was in year 2 000.

Therefore, you have to think about one thing:

When Panerai decided to re makke watches, in 1993, they didn't make them in the same size than the original.

They decided to reduce, just a bit, the size.

And nobody criticized Panerai for that, or criticize them now.

I totally agree with you that the strong identity of the Egiziano has to be preserved, but believe me, at 47 mm, it will still remain a ' not everybody's watch ", and will still be a big, thick watch.

Well, in my opinion, of course.

Best and thanks for giving us the possibility to have an interesting discussion.

Nicolas

This message has been edited by amanico on 2010-10-14 21:04:29

they put the Mare Nostrum on steroyds (PAM 300 is 50mm) and I'm sure a lot of people will love it (I've never been a M.N. guy myself, but I see the logic in it) because of that. For some reasons a shrunken Egiziano doesn't want to "wedge" itself inside my mind. If Panerai will indeed consider...cashing out...on the Egiziano and make a smaller case for it, I'll have the chance to...get used to it, maybe....

Ciao - Sergio

There are several things to be think about.

1/ As for the Mare, I think it is even bigger, 52 mm, I believe. 10, or 8 mm more, that makes a big difference.

From difficultly wearable, to impossibly wearable.



2/ Do People love watches they don't wear?

I don't, but this is only me.I know some serious collectors who almost never wear the watches they own.

3/ Smaller Mare and Egiziano would not please to everybody, because everybody has different tastes, and even with a 47 mm case, some will still think that these 2 Historical references are too big, troo chunky, too macho, too .. much.

But, at least, we would be able to wear them!



Best,

Nicolas

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Because as what i believe to be the 1st and probably only Asian as of now to own a Egiziano and actually post shots of it here on the Purists, I totally back up Patrick here, and not just with words, but with actions!

I will be wearing my Egiziano during Christmas, and even to the new year's countdown with my fiancee, and she knows well about it, so does my parents and virtually my entire family, and boy am i proud to wear it!

It is not big at all mon ami, but if your personality as my brother here puts it to be is huge, or if you live for yourself, and not for the opinions of others, why does the size matter? 47mm, 52mm, 60mm, 77mm, it does not matter!

The watch is amazing, and i highly recommend you and all here to try it!

If you cannor pull it, then well i'm sorry!

Cheers

Stephen

I don't care about what others think, and if I did care, I wouldn't have the collection I have right now.

But I tried the Egiziano many times, and I can tell you that it is definitely not for may wrist, as well as the Mare, sadly.

On my wrist, such a watch is ridiculously too big, my friend.

But I can wait till the day they will make it " smaller ".

Best, and Enjoy.

Nicolas

It is a pity, but i hope that maybe one day OP will release the Egiziano, and the Mare, and also the Baby Egiziano ( of which I am very interested in, and I know that you do too!) for you then!

Best and have a great weekend!

Stephen

And indeed i love the way you put it to the max!

Thank you for this very powerful post!

Stephen