The unidirectional bezel was introduced by Doxa in 1967. From the CH489048 patent: "est montée une lunette rotative 5 qui peut être entraînée à la main dans le sens anti-horaire. Cette lunette présente à sa périphérie un profil formé d'échancrures 6 qui offre une prise plus forte lorsqu'on entraîne
Picture of me wearing one during a visit to Montecatini in 2018. Btw, the very same watch was also seen featuring a Radiomir dial. Given that 1950s Radiomir dials are unwearable due to the high amounts of radiation they emit (> 1,250 mSV/h), I see no problem here. Cheers Jose
This very watch got me banned from Paneristi.com in 2015 The dial was changed and the movement is from a 1940s Rolex pocket watch. perezcope.com Cheers Jose
by the shark of Montecatini, who in the early 1990s was seen walking out of the old Panerai premises with a box full of watch cases At least 16! 6154s came from Montecatini. They have all kinds of weird movements. When I visited him the first time in 2016, he told me he had found them in Egypt. Late
...has even the correct 15 jewels movement with Incabloc. Not sure about the hands though. Watches which surfaced far from Montecatini Terme have blued hands. Check out the overview of all known 6154s I published here: perezcope.com Cheers Jose
From left to right: GPF 2/56 from 1956 with mid 1960s Luminor dial, Rolex-Panerai Ref. 3646 anonymous 'Kampfschwimmer' from 1943 (delivered in 1944) with later added Rolex print, Rolex-Panerai Ref. 6154 'Little Egiziano' from 1954 (never went to Egypt ), Rolex-Panerai Ref. 3646 from 1944 with Arturo
They were the 12 first 205s made. Stallone needed them urgently and so it was decided to only change the dial on already existing 201s. All 205s and 207s were made with unsold 201 stock. perezcope.com Cheers Jose