Officine Panerai

the "interpreters": 5218-201A + 5218-201NM - 5218-207A "Slytech" - PAM001 - 002 - 004 - 009 and 36, not necessarily in that order ...  

Always wondered the reason why the Tritium of the hands ages differently from the dial. As we have several pieces here , even though they were produced in different years, it's quite obvious the diference . Fabulous dial patina for most of them though...

has to do with two different manufacturing processes. The hands were industrially manufactured whereby the indices were manually "finished" by Panerai. The tritium was "hand applied/painted" in the grooves in the dial, for the Pre-V and the Pre-A dials. I... 

if you ever need to re-tritium the dial or hands of your T-dials, you'll discover that, getting the colour "just right" it's not as easy as one thinks lolllll

Beautiful patina and your straps are a good choice. Perfect 👌

models in the drawer (the 002 and the white one) have custom made Panerai straps with swen-in, original Pre-V-style buckles. I wonder how many know that you can order a custom made strap, in a Panerai boutique

So many great straps available and I’m always impressed by the small artisan makers. Hope that you had a great week.

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Who is the maker of the strap on the 2nd to last watch photo?

the one on the 009Pre-A it's an OEM, PAV99. I don't remember if it was manufactured by Ormil and Brelli, the two straps suppliers of Panerai at the time. Also, I have asked Panerai what PAV stands for, without any luck, since they also don't have any reco... 

Love that strap