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Old 22 December 2011, 03:03 AM   #21
dukerules
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Originally Posted by rolepam312 View Post
Its great for the ristis and the collectors, and they will continue to gobble them up.. But for the newbies, they won't know enough about the size and gravitate towards the bigger 47 cases, it's all they will know, look at the 40mm cases? They will be obsolete, the 44 on the secondary market will feed the few who likes the smaller case, but majority will pay the big bucks for the big watch .. This will further increase panerai's bottomline..they are after a whole new market.. Days of 5000 dollar Pam's are history...
You could be right, but I doubt it. 44mm is still a very large piece for just about anyone. While I think OP will produce more 47mm pieces (for instance, the 305 at 47mm is a regular production model), I still see Panerai's bread and butter in the luminor range being 44mm pieces.
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