Officine Panerai

...the watch that I've always considered the ugliest one, EVER produced, held a huge surprise for me. A revenge surprise, of sorts. I've been to only 1 SIHH, in Geneva. I'm not a "social" person and I accepted the invitation only for sheer curiosity and because I wanted the chance to see the 605FIRENZE. So I make it to Geneva, I get into the exibit's area and finally to the Panerai stand. The first showcase to my right, contained a 6154, the third one to my right contained a GPF 2/56 and dead smack in the middle of them, inside the 2nd showcase there was a 123. I almost fainted. They had to give me some smelling salts to revive me.

Dear Sergio, I had a good laugh reading your post.

There was a time when Panerai tried very hard to prove they could do everything…
Power reserve. GMT. Date. Cyclops. Chronograph. Text. More text.

I believe I might have some strong contenders for the competition “Ugliest Panerai” as well. At least they look rather … strange … to me.

What do you think about the 088?



Or perhaps the 125?



P.S. I sincerely hope we’re not offending anyone here… 🙏

I used to have a Pam 90 which looks like the 125. But ill get over it sniff. ..sniff.😪

Compared to the 125, the 090 is … a small! … (a very small!!!) beauty. 😎



And I hope that comforts you a little…?

P.S.: The 125 was MY first Panerai… I was so proud of it.
I sold it a few years later. Even today, I still get chills down my spine and shiver when I think of it.
I hope that comforts you even more. LOLLL

that was "early" days Paneritis. Watch shops, in Singapore didn't expose Panerai's in the windows. They kept them in the back of the shop, for the die hard fans. At the time I hadn't seen any "real" ones (for me) yet and was easy pray Lolllllllllllll

But the 123 is so bad it actually makes me go cross-eyed!