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Panerai 6152 Marina Militare: For the pleasure of the eyes.
True Panerai DNA, brutal and sexy.
Best,
Nicolas
Yep. A Grail. Here is another one which is close to the one I had on loan for one day.
Short hands...
from a table or alarm clock. These models had swords hand originally. Amazing dial though. Where is this watch now?
Cheers
Jose
Cheers
Jose
Wow crazy.
Vintage watch collecting can be a minefield. It’s part of the reason why I stay away from it. Too dangerous and I don’t want to get burned.
Totally made-up watch
Wrong dial for this type of watch plus all hands are fake.
4-liner dials were only used in mod. 3646s with welded lugs and 6152/1s without crown guard, both from the mid 1960s. These watches were made to introduce and showcase the new tritium-based Luminor lume and the Angelus 240 8-days movement (ergo display caseback).
The following picture shows what the original small seconds hand looked like. The shape is different, rounder at the base and pointier at the top. The one in the picture above is a copy of a modern small seconds hand.
Cheers
Jose
That is Crazy and Interesting, thank you 🙏
Do you know about the sword hands and why they were used?
Most of these watches were found with sword hands.
The same hands can also be found in Angelus alarm and table clocks from the era. Some time ago, Richemont bought the old Panerai premises where the workshop was located (Villino Panerai) and the other day they found a bunch of Angelus 240 parts, a NOS Angelus 240 movement plus lots of hands, among them around 50 sword hands. Sure, they look weird on these watches but that's how they came.
Cheers
Jose
Cheers
Jose
Thank you Sir 🙏 very interesting 👍
I have a naive question, how did you become so good at spotting the fakes? Many many years ago I did a post on Vintage Panerais, their differences, which seamed real to me and those which were not, I did my best at the time because I was tired of the drama and misinformation, having said that it was an amateurish effort as I am an amateur and always learning. I was burned at the stake, received hate mail, threats and was banned 😁, I had hit a nerve and made many collectors and dealers unhappy.
How do you deal with backlash when you expose a fake? And how are you sure you are right? Do you ever feel any doubts about your conclusions?
Sorry I asked four questions 😇🙏
How do you deal with backlash when you expose a fake? And how are you sure you are right? Do you ever feel any doubts about your conclusions?
Sorry I asked four questions 😇🙏
