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I never met the gentleman, but given his retirement and the development of this last piece for him they were very few available. I had a pretty good relationship with the company back then and he authorized one for me.
I can only imagine the life he led
One more shot before it goes back to the safe
Panerai reference 911. This one was offered to me just before Angelo Bonati retired. It’s very special to me for a lot of reasons. Have a wonderful day everybody. Thanks for looking, T. ...
I was in love with this brand for a while. You may have noticed the "AB" engraving for Angelo Bonati.
I would be interested in Sergios relationship with him
I agree with you 100%....
Dr Bonati took the brand from the catacombs and made it all the way to...main street. So my hat off to the man. During his tenure, he had to make some decisions that turned out to be less than popular with the grassroot Paneristi. As a top executive of th...
I haven't had any relationship with Bonati...
I met him in person, 3 times. Two during Florence boutique's functions, in the shop. One when I attended the gala presentation of the new Panerai 2 model. In that occasion I actually asked him to "swap" watches. He gave me his Panerai 2 and I gave him the...
Sounds pretty close to the teachings...
of my mother. If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing
Well, if you're referring to...
...omerta', I'm afraid you're about 1,200 Klicks from the truth. I'm from the North :P That particular "feature" exists only in the South Lolllllllllllll
Yeah that's about right....
that happens in Sicily a lot. I, on the other hand, have an Austrian ancestry and was born in...Milan. Lollllllllllllllll
My grand mother...
from my mother side was born in Austria, then moved to Venice..etc etc The NorthEast part of Italiy, was part of the Austro-Hungaric Empire for some 40 years... ...
Not Triestina.....
as a matter of fact I've never known where she was actually born. She was an orphan and grew up in an orphanage in Venice. back in those days (end 1800/beg 1900) records were sketchy to say the least (or so I was told)...
Interesting!
And yes, the Regno Lombardo–Veneto was an union of Lombardy and Venetia and formed after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It was a country within the Austrian Empire for a short time (almost 50 years). I notice this every time I walk through Milan and noti...
Yeap, that's the one Lolll
....an urban legend suggested, that that's what he thought about Panerai, at that point in time Lollllllll
LOLLL
From time to time I've also had a slight suspicion with other brands that someone who is passionately interested might know more than the management. Or be more passionate. Or maybe they're deliberately not giving you an adequate answer? 😎
