Officine Panerai

This smooth bezel is the closest thing to the Mare Nostrum Proto. One of my Ex watch... Best, Nicolas

The whole Pre Vendome collection in blue prints. 5218-201/A Logo. 5218-202/A Marina Militare: 5218-203/A: Luminor Marina: 5218-205/A: Submersible Slytech: 5218-207/A: Daylight Slytech: 5218-209/A: Logo. 5218-210/A: Luminor Marina: 5218-218/A: Black Seal S

A picture I cannot remember where I found it, but I will credit upon request. Not a sandwich dial, but in this case, who cares? Minimalist, but strong looking, with these warm and juicy tritium indices... Perfect symmetry. Not much wording. I made a close

This is not a Mare Nostrum we see every day, with its extra " Slytech " line on the dial. The second specificity of this watch is Stallone's signature on the case back. Not many were made. From memory, I would say 50. Here it is. Credit picture: Antiquoru

which are the best kept secrets of the Panerai's production. The 5218-207A (poor relation to the black Slytech 5218-205A) and the 004 (a distant second to the 009).

Inspiration was the 1993 - 1995 SLYTECH DAYLIGHT 5218-207/A. A watch of which only 4 exist. Sylvester Stallone ordered 41 of these but at the ende did not like the blue and returned 37 of them back to Panerai asking to change the dial into one with black

I used to own all of them, and a bitm ore, at a certain moment of my collecting life... And I kept only one Pre Vendome, the Logo. Here is the Logo. Credit picture: Classic Driver. The one I had was very close in its patina to this one. Compared to the No

Credit picture unknown. Heartwarming souvenir. Best, Nicolas

come inside a big "Slytech" box with a S.L.C (pig) in it. In this one there's the M.N. (5218-304A "Demi Moore", which is an all time favourite of Nicolas) but 5218-205A and 5218-207A, have the same box. Inside the box of the 207A the "pig" is white instea

I took this picture circa 2006. I was so proud of this threesome. Those three apart, I also had, at that time the Logo 5218-201/A, the Marina Militare Non Matching 5218-202/ A, the Luminor Marina 5218-203/A, and the Black Seal Slytech, one of the protos,