24 meets 25
A lot of charm the early series, a 24C seen today vs my 25H. Nothing much to say, the pics do the talkin'! At roughly twice the price of a luminova 24 and 25, a bit of a hard sell but a lot of tritium for the money if funds were available. The 25 dial is ...
To show off
At the bar or in a club shiny is the way to go, but deep down inside, real men know brushed Ti is where the real stuff happens Joke aside they are both lovely, the fully polished 24 is in a class of its own.
This was the post I needed
Both look great and I share your feeling that both are 100% collection-worthy, but I think I might just be a 25 guy after all!
As often with Panerai
There is no wrong answer and you may well end up getting both in the end!
I've actually got my eye on one
a 25 with tritium dial. Best of both worlds? Or maybe, on the other hand, the duller ti works better with more modern looking luminova, and the steel with the more vintagey yellowed tritium? I'm having trouble!
Interestingly
It was a Tritium 25 which pushed me to look into this model again (red strap below). My primary intent was to use the watch for scuba diving to replace my pam562 and luminova was a no brainer. Here are the 4 models which I considered at that time before t...
Thank for that lineup and the continued supportive advice!
As I may have mentioned, I'm also looking for the sake of diving. Only got my certification in the past year! On the certification trip I alternated between a Doxa Sub 300 and IWC Aquatimer. I ended up feeling that the Doxa was, stylistically, too great o...
One thing to be aware of
If you intend to use your pam for diving I would recommend an overhaul and I have been told before that they always replace hands as a matter of internal procedure, part of the reason being hands can fall off if reused. You may want to check with your loc...
All of them are truly beautiful vintage old school Panerai's.
But for me the easy choice would be the 24C even if it is shiny the dial and overall look is just stunning and the one I would go for. I really hadn't realised that the tritium versions have such a big price differential but I suppose on some level it mak...
Whenever I read old school Panerai....
I stratch my head. What does that mean...exactely?
I have a different opinion....
of course. For me, the "old school" should refer to the Florentine period. Timepieces with 3-6-9-12 dials or 3-6-9-12+small seconds counter, manual winding. Something like the 21, 232, 249, 002, 009 etc. A Submersible with the date window+cyclop, with an ...
