Officine Panerai

Some old pictures from a small part of what was my Panerai collection, I was browsing some older pictures this morning. Below are the 372, 448, 190 and 318. The 372, the last Panerai I purchased. This was the first run, with the Plexi. Very cool watch, ju...  

I was heavy into them back in the day. Then some management changes and I could no longer keep up with the pace of new releases. I guess I was nostalgic with the type of collectors who were not disappointed to be on the waitlist as it was all part of the ...  

and then will see if I can trade in Panerais as partial payment.

Like you, I had a 127 too. It was brief as 47mm wasn’t really for my wrist. Even still I bought the 372 years later. I agree with your comment about folks being not disappointed with being in a line or on a list for something. I owned a few of those watch... 

Here doing a wrist check with my 6 year old son. ...  

I did really love the 372 when I first had it. And the 190 was a long time love, I was genuinely sad to let it go.

The only one I still admire is the PAM 518. Great journey with a sad ending.

Clean, strong design. ...  

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Those were the days…good that the 360 remains in your collection, the 190 is special with the JLC movement. Having both the Unitas and Pam’s own inhouse movements, I still prefer the unitas visually. Has been a long while since I pay any attention to the ... 

But let me say I'm not an addict anymore. I'm down to 12 (or is it 13-14) Panerais these days. From the 30 or so I had at one time, I consider it an improvement Lollllllllll There are days in which I keep repeating to myself, I'll sell this model and that...