We recently had a discussion about the 127, this Luminor Marina in 47mm...

Basically there are only 3 47mm Luminor Marina:

The 127:







The 217:





The movement of these 2 Panerai Watches is exactly the same, an ETA, which don't have the same decoration, but this is strictly the same...



And the special Pam 203:



Special because this watch has an interesting movement, the Angelus 8 Days Credit pic: Asi ).



All the 3 watches are related to the History of Panerai, but with some reserves...

The 127 and 217 don't have the right movement.

Here's the one and only one correct movement for these watches: ( Credit pic: Ralf..Thanks, my friend!).



An Angelus one, as the Angelus was housed on any Luminor equipped with a small second at 9...

If the 127 and 217 were bases, I mean without small seconds, this ETA would have been a correct choice, as very close, esthetically speaking, to the Rolex Cortebert which equipped the 6152, and 6152/1.

In these 127/ 217, the finest choice should have been a Manifattura movement, closer to the angelus than the ETA.

Now that you saw the Vintage Angelus, here's the watch:



And, while you see this pic, you see another problem...

On All the 6152 equipped with an Angleus movement, you'll never see on the dial the writing " Otto Giorni brevettato", never!

This writing was only to be seen on the Egiptiano 2/ 56:



So, now you know the answer:

On the 127 / 217, the dial and the case are good, but the design of the movement not, nor the power reserve.

On the 203, the case and the movement are good, but not the writing on the dial which is a confusion with the GPF 2/56 so called Egitiano.

So, it remains one question: Why Panerai didn't do the right things on these 3 watches, which have a strong link with the History of the Brand???

Hope you'll enjoy this quick discussion.

Best.
Nicolas

PS: Sorry for the credit of the other pics, but really don't know who to credit, so please let me know, if you're the author of these pics. I will of course immediately credit you.

Pic Nr 1 to be credited to SCL...Thanks a lot, Mate.

Pic Nr 2 to be credited to William LOI.Thanks, too!