Officine Panerai

Apart from the obvious resources concerning the modern PAMs (catalougues...what else...) this is my short list of the 'Risti 'must have':

For the history of Panerai, the company -

For the military history:

Some books about the SLCs and the sorts:

Extra bonus, just a great book to have:

HAGWE

Asi

Now you'v given me a job to wanna search for them all!

Btw, i haven't seen the last book before, may i ask what is that book mainly about?

Cheers

Stephen

The very first 4 books i have, i am wondering for the rest, are they widely available?

Alepos

Volker and Ralf's book is available directly from the authors, send me a PM for a link if you wish.

The last book was a free giveaway, some ADs may still have it.

Cheers,

Asi

I also have the Volker and Ralf's book i will check through the net for the rest if i can find any.

Alepos 

Panerai did in 1999 with the WWF concerning the Mediterranean Sea. Panerai came out with a reference PAM 037 (just like a PAM 001, L dial) that had signatures of famous Italian celebrities on the caseback. Each individual watch had two duplicates, one to be auctioned and one to be retained by the celeb. The book is actually an artistic photography book, where on each page the  celeb is pictured wearing the watch. The book was available as a free gift at boutiques and ADs.

BTW, one of the watches bears the signature of Maria Panerai.

Cheers,

Asi

Thank you very much Asi for explaning about that book!

SOunds good! Hopefully i can acquire it one day!

Cheers

Stephen

I am missing the first book! Where can I find it?

At the boutiques and ADs. I had some copies, but eventually I gave them all away. Keep your eyes open, they do pop up from time to time....

Cheers,

Asi

Nice to see you Asi, how are you my friend?

Good list of must read books indeed!

Cheers!

Nicky

All is good I trust?

Missed you at this year's SIHH.

Take care and ATB! 

Asi

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is that you mate? Long time?

Cheers,

Asi

Thanks Asi it’s a great list. I have a few of them already and ordered one yesterday. I like to add a book to the list J

It's the book L'orologio Panerai . In march 2007 Panerai held the exhibition L’orologio Panerai in Florence. The exhibition  was based on a journey taking the visitor from the First Panerai watch up to the latest inventions. The book contains pictures of the exhibition, an overview with a selection of watches produced between 1997 – 2006, a chapter about the manifattura movements and some pictures from the exhibition opening.

Below a picture of the book.

Cheers,

Pierre

The Firenze event was the best watch event I have ever participated in and that book is indeed a special memorabilia! There many books from Panerai concerning the modern Panerai watches, but I decided to concentrate in this post on Vintage and pre-V. More to come for sure.

Cheers,

Asi

Cool that you went to the event! Do you know if there going to be Panerai events held in the (near) future (in Europe)?

Thanks!

Pierre