A superb reference. With a tantalum case!

Panerai contributed to make Tantalum famous. It was in 2004, if my memory serves me well. 44 mm time only ( 172 ) and Chronograph ( 192 ). The grey blue hue of this metal is just fascinating. Since then, I always wanted to see more tantalum watches, but i

8 days of brown sugar Can be sweet to your coffee. Or be very attractive. Or just a very nice watch. It comes with a great dark brown strap and a titanium clasp. It's not the model you see everyday. It's a base model (that I really like) with the 8 days m

From let to right: PAM 198, PAM 249, Logo Pre V 5218-201/A, Mare Nostrum 301 and Slytech 304, Marina Militare 5218-202/A Non Matching, Daylight Slytech 218-207/A and Marina Militare PAM 36. I also had the 127 / 217, the PAM 40, the PAM 1 PreA and the 5218

I believe the 192 has a Lemania chronograph movement but was much less popular than the simpler 172 with a Panerai movement. at the time I could’ve bought either one but went with the simplest one that seems to show off the tantalum better because of the

Frankly, the 740 is not a keeper because it is, to the best of my knowledge, not a limited production. However, I have always wanted a Cali dial but 44 or 47 mm is too big for my wrist, hence I went for 42 mm. With the exception of the PAM 192 (which is 4

Nicolai- this post is for you The most notable feature of the watch (18k WG, 42 mm) is the movement which features the dead-beat second The 7400 movement is manufactured by Chezard which, in the 1960s, is arguably the leading manufacturer of dead-beat sec

To avoid repetition, I am omitting the Perpetual Calendar Chronographs that I have already posted in another thread. Still, I found this to be the largest contingent in my portfolio FPJ Octa Chrono Audemars Piguet Offshore Queens Road Patek 5170G Vacheron

1988 seems to be the first wrist watch using a tantalum ( with rose gold ) case, and it is a... Jaeger Lecoultre. The Odysseus Chronograph with Moon Phase. We also had the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Off Shore Orchard Road, And the Royal Oak PuristS 10th An