Do you think Panerai is a fad?

[TswaneNguni]

Originally Posted by directioneng

My 231 Pam was originally designed in 1938.

So here is a new pix of an old FAD.

This is the most accurate watch in the world.
A COSC movement with NO second hand or minute markers.

I dont like rosegold much.




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[Tony-GB]

I definitely don't think Panerai is a fad. They are very fashionable right now but I do think they will plateau. IMO Panerai started the big watch movement.

I had a Pam Sub A series. Loved it, but was disappointed with the quality. So sold it & returned to Rolex.

One thing that shocked me (and Panerai fans always get annoyed when I say this) is out of all the London dealers I spoke to, NONE of them rated Panerai. Two actually treated them as a joke because of the movements & ridiculed owners for simply buying into a fashion. This is not my opinion- please don't flame me!

I think most Panerais's look fantastic & mine was very comfortable, but for me, quality was an issue when paying that kind of money.

[MAC4130]

Panerai is a well established brand that has become the envy of other brands first because of their sucsess, caused by influential people using them more than spending big dollars on publicity. And second and this is the best, they have made the turn to position themselves as a true manufacturer. Which by the way is making these watches a lot more complicated! (and not the inverse) why? have you seen their 1950 Chronomonopulsante GMT? it has an in house chorno movement with a vertical clutch design for the Chorno, it has 8 day power reserve supported by 3 barrels giving it constant power with a linear 8 day indicator, it has a GMT complication and a day a night window for the GMT >320 pieces for the movement!!! They also have 10 days movements and 8 days movements as well as a tourbillon that goes for above 100k, and now they can really justify having those outrageously high grey market prices for the collectors pieces!
A FAD???? don't think so! the market is hot and it will continue like that! The watch industry is growing all over, the watch has become a part of our culture not as a time teller but as an expresion of he who wears it, and Panerai has a privileged spot with a pair of designs that look like anything else out there but a Panerai. It has a cult like following close to none.
It will be easier for all of us to just acept it and eventually buy one and be part of it!