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Well, the PAM 217 and 557 are for me the best Panerai Destros.
I meant the nicest.
Now, Destro sounds italian and I would link it with Panerai.
Outside the brand from ( originally ) Firenze, I would also mention, as you did, the RD 01 from GP.
Best, and thanks for this interesting post.
Nicolas
Long Read: The most desirable Destros in the World
Long Read: The most desirable Destros in the World I love destro watches. There, I’ve said it in public now. Comments from fellow purists aside, I want to tell you the whys and wherefores. Since I was a wee little one sitting on my father’s lap, I’ve been...
Well, the PAM 217 and 557 are for me the best Panerai Destros.
I meant the nicest. Now, Destro sounds italian and I would link it with Panerai. Outside the brand from ( originally ) Firenze, I would also mention, as you did, the RD 01 from GP. Best, and thanks for this interesting post. Nicolas
Destro... hmmm
Yes, I never really thought of the etymology of the word in itself. My understanding is that it refers to left sided pushers nowadays, much as we use manufacture to denote an in-house maker of watches rather than the dictionary version. Yes, love the GP, ...
For me, your choice of the Reverso Duoface is the best of both worlds...
since most Destros tend to be inverted movements, which leads to inverted pushers, etc. The Duo in any of its various forms (Duo, Duetto, Duetto-Duo, Grande Duodate, Grande GMT) is the only watch (set) that is "all things to all people," and NOT fixed in ...
Yes Dean, I agree in a sense.
The reason I added it here was that it almost never gets mentioned in the left-handed watch "box," which it really should do, given its pedigree and lasting appeal. Plus, I look at destros as not particularly any kind of specific box, but just another var...
