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 373 I was wearing, for the occasion. When I saw the "2", I was absolutely sure it would be a success. He wasn't very good at answering questions though. Of 3 or 4 I asked, he smiled and nodded 3 times and gave me a monosyllabic answer to the 4th. And that's all she wrote