As for the Panerai that stayed with me… the ones that endured weren’t the rarest or the most complex, but the ones that marked the important moments. My 124E has been with me since my early twenties — it was my first Panerai, my first mechanical watch, an
a 312 case, on steroids (500mts w.r.) with the addition of coloured sunburst dials? They added the wording "annual production" which I don't remember seeing before. The quick release, looks a lot more user friendly than the old tubes+2 miniscule screws
it can't be a 312, it can't be the 670 etc etc An ICON of Hollywood cannot be Raphael Joaquim Ortega (if an actor with that name has ever existed). You have to go to Gable, Wayne, Stewart etc
If you had to recommend a model, which one would be the 2-3 most iconic and classic Panerai? I have PAM312, bug at times I don’t feel is iconic enough, I don’t know, maybe is the case proportions, maybe the dial or the cristal.
I used to wear a kevlar strap in the summer but canvas is so much more comfortable. The 312, now eleven years old, just came back from service all freshly polished.
With all due respect to the wise and learned Paneristi of this site, I have to start my admitting that I never thought much of Panerai. Too big, too showy, etc. etc. etc., you've heard what people say, I don't need to repeat it. But last spring I took the
911 has the “benefit” (my choice) of an un marked dial of 8 day manual movement, not like 312. 995 has nice clean dial absent of “automatic” 3 day. 995 has dome sapphire vs plexi; so that is nice plus (for me). And as mentioned it wears thinner due to the