The Great Anti-Hype Watch: Rediscovering the appeal of Panerai

[logan2z]

Entertaining article at Revolution Watch. Published several months ago but I just stumbled on it...

https://revolutionwatch.com/the-great-a ... f-panerai/

[HapaHapa]

I like the Fleming series 1 design

[hoppyjr]

Wait, Terry went to Vassar?

[TSD]

I think they could probably only say that about the two and three digit Pams at this stage, having been the OG "hype watch". Modern Panerai marketing references in eSteel™ and Navy SEALs Submersibles feels a lot more about hype.

[CGSshorty]

I need another 000 to go with the $4k worth of straps I have sitting in a drawer.

[kempoman]

Good read. Thanks for the link.

[DocHollidayDDS]

I'll own a 177 again someday...

[bedlam]

I would have said Panerai is one one of the watches most based on hype

[Henryj]

I tried reading the article, but painful purple prose pimping Panerai pisses me off prodigiously.

[CGSshorty]

All those guys who spent crazy money on overvalued PAMs 10 years ago are praying for a resurgence.

[hoppyjr]

All those guys who spent crazy money on overvalued PAMs 10 years ago are praying for a resurgence.

No doubt.

I’ve always stayed with the fairly basic pieces, which seem to hold fairly steady. The lower price of entry is nice too.

A Panerai with complications, gold, and other nonsense seems wrong to me.

[TSD]

A Panerai with complications, gold, and other nonsense seems wrong to me.

No offense taken. Lol

[hoppyjr]

A Panerai with complications, gold, and other nonsense seems wrong to me.

No offense taken. Lol

I always liked the 233, mostly because of the case shape and domed crystal. I owned a few 1950 autos, but they aren’t as comfortable due to the thicker profile. If Panerai made a non-GMT 233 I’d probably own one.