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actually Nico, it was more than that,,,,
All vintage (1930's-1950's) Panerai cases apart from the last one (2/56 aka Big Egiziano) were made by (or on behalf of) Rolex. And indeed the Rolex/Cortebert Cal. 618 was used in all these case variations.
So one may argue that Panerai is in fact...
...well that's not true, but if you want to open up that debate, you must visit the Panerai forum. Sorry. 
Asi
Rolex and Panerai
I'm really excited that we now have both a Panerai and Rolex forum here. Last month I bought a Rolex Daytona and only recently have been adding a few Panerai's to my collection. So now, I am starting to see parallels between the two Companies. There are a...
If the watch Gods are listening
I am sure Panerai would love to be the next Rolex. But surely only by reputation and demand. With 900,000 + watches on the Rolex side VS. maybe 50k watches the on Panerai side. But having said that there are similarities between the two as well as some ea...
And more than that, Panerai and Rolex were historically very close
The 1st Panerai watch was ...A Rolex case with a Rolex Cortebert movement, ....The Cali! Best. Nicolas
actually Nico, it was more than that,,,,
All vintage (1930's-1950's) Panerai cases apart from the last one (2/56 aka Big Egiziano) were made by (or on behalf of) Rolex. And indeed the Rolex/Cortebert Cal. 618 was used in all these case variations. So one may argue that Panerai is in fact... ...w...
