Personally I found it a little self serving…And I’m curious about a watch that’s discussed in the article, wasn’t the SlyTech Black Seal 5218-218/A confirmed as being fake? Nevertheless, one can’t overlook the fact that Panerai has made some really bad ma

Not a single one of these was ever produced. All the known pieces are fake, made by Luciano Rinaldi with Coro parts he got his hands on after the company went bankrupt. All the known watches have lug screws on both sides and the casebacks are marked 5218-

That was the state of my Panerai collection in the first months of 2006. I had many more, but those were the ones I kept, before letting the MM 202/A go, as well as the Mare Nostrum Slytech smooth bezel and the Daylight Slytech. I kept the Logo and the Ma

The Sea Snake, the watch which never went to production at the exception of some very few protos, due to the fact that it was conceived during Panerai takeover by Cartier Richemont in March 1997. A close up of the dial. I worked from a picture found on th

Read my posts above, you will find all the answers… In short… I did not ever claim that those pieces were sold directly by Officine Panerai Firenze! Dino Zei’s book does not mention the 5218-218/A because the watches, those 5 units, were completed post th

I've always been partial to black dialed watches over white dialed, so I never fell in love with the any of the white dilaed PAM's. Either way, you sure do have a rare piece, and the Black Seal Slytech ref 5218-218/A is a killer!! Cheers, Anthony PS. Whic

The Daylight Slytech... This watch deserves a quick post. This is the only pre vendome White Dialed watch, the "mother" of the Vendome Pam 3, and the grand mother of the Pam 113... This watch belongs to the Family of the slytech watches, which are: The Su

The models Panerai made for Stallone and branded 'Slytech': Pre-V 5218-205/A, Luminor Submersible, 95 pieces + 12 prototypes with 5218-201/A casebacks. 5218-207/A, Luminor Daylight, 105 pieces, including the 10 'blue indices'. 5218-218/A, Luminor Blacksea