Officine Panerai

Wish I held on to this PAM. The tantalum color was gorgeous. Despite this wonderful case material, the watch was not as heavy as advertised. Like with almost all PAMs, I would prefer a solid caseback. But it was a very cool release at the time, and no dou...  

Those were fun days to be a Paneristi.

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Preference for the clean dial 172, but this chrono is nice.

as they are very difficult to come by today

It sure is gorgeous though.

but like you said not as heavy as it could have been. Was on my bucket list for years, but after holding one, I strangely decided against it...

But coming across other tantalum watches over the years, I would have expected the PAM to be much heavier.

Maybe the best one out there. I traded to get one and never looked back, I still own and wear in in rotation. The blue hues make it such and interesting metal, the movement and finishing are average but it doesn’t matter, looking at his watch is special l... 

Pictures of my Pam 172 tantalum, by and way my favorite metal, I put in a couple of pictures for the FP Journe Bleu as well, my other tantalum watch… Jim ...  

So awesome, Jim.

Thank you Michael I appreciate that. I considered doing a separate post but I don’t know how the etiquette works on these things… Jim

And we all drool over it!! So glad you have one, I surely should have kept mine and it is a regret to have let it go.

And yes, maybe you should have held on to that one !

Maybe they decided it is much easier to re-make all of their non-tantalum watches instead.

I never knew that PAM made a tantalum piece. Wow!!!!

I believe the 192 has a Lemania chronograph movement but was much less popular than the simpler 172 with a Panerai movement. at the time I could’ve bought either one but went with the simplest one that seems to show off the tantalum better because of the ...