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Initially ridiculed, the author was pleasantly surprised by watches at SIHH. Seeing the 605FIRENZE, 6154, GPF 2/56, and 123 models caused them to nearly faint, requiring smelling salts.

The writer recalls a wet and frigid day feeling like Bladerunner, remembers a 'shadow' watch, PAM123, a sample for Panerai salespeople. These pieces were not part of production, sold to the staff when no longer needed. The PAM123 is considered one of the ugliest PAM watches.

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Hi, I have come across a PAM22B T dial. Everything I have read seems to indicate that an OP6522 case should be an L dial and not a T dial. The B number is around 150/500 so early in the B Series. Can anyone shed light on when T became L and thus legitimise this model. Thanks in advance.

with you. Unfortunately for you all, only 800 of these..beauties have been produced and it's not easy to find one LOLLL

After score of nice, NICE, N I C E watches, let's pause for what is...possibly...the ugliest PAM ever produced (together with the 380) IMHO. Drum roll....da-daaaaaaa, I give you the PAM123. The only redeeming quality I can think of, is that they only made 800 of these..things...which makes bumping i