Officine Panerai

Very wearable. And it does not have 'in your face faux patina' lume. ...  

There are a handful of examples where I find fitting but often it's abused IMHO and the result is less, rather than more. Btw. you also have the wrist to pull this off!

Nice blue dial & strap. Blue is the magic color it seems ;-)

Panerais are not known for wearing smaller Did you go for it, or were you just checking it out?

I've go something on my radar and if that will work out it will mean no more watches for quite some time. Or sell some off... and I'd rather not do the latter.

Which I hope will not be necessary!

Yes but don't count on me selling my most loved ones. I can only see me selling a Panerai, a Rolex, and maybe my AP when push comes to shove.

There is a lack of AP, Panerai and Rolex lovers around here

But easier obtainable I guess. And cheaper?? (don't know what they ask for this one tho)

And movement wise? The same? Different?

Other than that, between an..original..and a copy, guess which one I would choose?

Same manufacturer, same movement...

Are there differences between this production year and the early 90's?

Let me try this tack: if you could buy an original "Black Penny" stamp, for a reasonable price, would you buy a..modern..re-make? A tourist would buy the newer/cheaper one, I guess. A purist/collector would buy the original. No?

When upholding PuristS standards (like those) for that matter...

the first MN was never produced and was a 53mm model. The 42mm. 5218-301A is as original as they get. The PAM300 is a remake of the original (if the original had been produced). A bit convoluted but that's just about correct.

Anyway as they are both identical (apart from serial/ref. numbers?) I feel they did a good job. And if I couldn't find a NOS from '93 for more or less the same price I would happily be the tourist

anybody does whatever THEY like, and that includes you and the "re-edition" of the MN with full satisfaction and genuine congratulations from your fellow forumists, me first. Being a unabashed lover of Panerai, I always suggest to buy a little piece of th... 

They are very informative and people like you make this forum what it is: very knowledgeable.

Or a general release? Can information on reference number? Trying to get more information but there are very limited details available online. It's not on the site from what I have seen this morning. Ian

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I can't say it will happen, but it is an interesting reference, maybe added to the latter part of my wish list... but on my radar. Cheers Ian

Just test driving it at a watch fair

Would like to get my hands on one to relieve some of chrono duties of my 214 ...