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PAM 309 to house Minerva movement FINISHED BY Minerva!

Ciao everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend!
Anyways, last friday there was an event here in Tokyo that was about Montblanc's collection villeret watches this year, which i'm sure many of you know houses a high-end finished movement from Minerva ( when i view it with a 10x loupe, i can testify to it being ALMOST Lange standard; the cotes de geneve, the bevelling etc.), the exact same brand who is supplying the movements for PAM 309 & 322 this year.
Well, i met one of the maitre horloger ( Monsieur Julien Miribel) who came here, and I got the chance to talk to him a bit about the manufacturer.
I took the opportunity to ask him about the movements that Minerva will be supplying to OP for this year's special editions PAM 309 & 322 , and i found out that the movement are not only being provided by minerva, but that they are also FINISHED BY MINERVA!
I dont know how many of already know this, if you do I apologise.
BUT for those of you who do not know, like me before friday, I WAS SURPRISED! Because up till now,AFAIK, if a movement is not in-house from OP ( e.g OP X, which is unitas 6497 based), they would usually finish it in house up to their standard as they always say on their website etc. But for the movement Panerai OP 27 Calibre that will be powering the 309 & 322, OP will just be casing it up without doing any touches to it!
Unfortunately though, Monsieur Miribel also said that this calibre will NOT be finished to the same standards as those found on their other movements ( like those in the villeret collection) simply because OP did not require them to be. Also i realised that if OP told Minerva "Ok, give us your best" the 309 will NOT cost JUST $18,000. I wouldnt be surprised at all if it is in the order of $30,000. Now, before you all become sad at this news, I just want to comment IMHO that even though we wont be getting the BEST that Minerva can give, we will be getting a finish that I believe to be much more superior to that of OP own finish. (A little bit about me, I admire Lange the most and thus for finish level, the industrial standard I set is Lange's, and i know you all know that there is virtually NO other manufacturer whose's finish can beat Lange's, NOT if you examine them under a 10x loupe)
Thus, after hearing this, I am now more than ever determined to get the 309 if given the chance! I'M sure many of you out there will agree so too.Prior to this, i already saw the value in a PAM 309,but now, I view it EVEN MORE SO.
Now i simply cant wait to receive mine ASAP!
Thanks for reading till here guys, and feel free to comment!
Ciao!