Panerai at the office?

[emakris]

Originally Posted by gdl203

The "imitation" phase started before Vendome got anywhere close to OP. There isn't much difference (except from a collectibility point of view) between a Pre-V Luminor or a PAM 1A or 1B. The Panerai family itself decided to re-issue the Company's designs and that was a brilliant idea. Not everyone can drop six figures on a vintage 3646...
You are probably correct, although one might disagree about the degree of difference on the aforementioned models. Just to make it clear, I don't have any problems with Richemont per se; as a matter of fact, the group owns some of the top tier watch manufacturers (Vacheron, Lange, JLC, Dubuis) which I absolutely love (well, except Dubuis perhaps). I just wish they had left Panerai in Italy where it belongs. If they wanted a mid-range Swiss-Made brand, their Baume et Mercier brand could have filled that space...

 

[fuji]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

I rotated a JLC Master Control Grand Tourbillon, an IWC Portuguese Minute Repeater and an Audemars Piguet Jumping Hour Minute Repeater all throughout junior high school and nobody seemed to notice. So just wear what you like and don't worry what other people think!

But I do echo previous posters' sentiments not to have your shirts made up with different-sized cuffs... sloppy.

wow, I thought I wore expensive watches in high school.

 

[lichmd]

Originally Posted by gdl203

This sentence defies logic - unless you're a scientist working on a time machine.

Not at all.
PAM's worn by folk in the medical field took off in the past 6 or 7 years.
I bought mine in the late Nineties.

 

[Jumbie]

Originally Posted by fuji

wow, I thought I wore expensive watches in high school.

I wore a casio G-Shock.

 

[dopey]

I like Panerai threads. They remind me that there are some things I will never understand.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by lichmd

I then bought a PAM 183 that no one noticed until Panerai really exploded.

Originally Posted by gdl203

This sentence defies logic - unless you're a scientist working on a time machine.

Originally Posted by lichmd

Not at all.
PAM's worn by folk in the medical field took off in the past 6 or 7 years.
I bought mine in the late Nineties.
I'm confused - you bought in the late nineties a PAM183, which first series (G) went for sale mid 2004? My point is that by the time PAM183 came out, Panerai had, by all measures (including your "past 6 or 7 years"), already "really exploded". Not that anyone cares but your first statement above seems illogical in that context. Maybe you were thinking of your first PAM bought in the late nineties? What model was that one?

Originally Posted by dopey

I like Panerai threads. They remind me that there are some things I will never understand.
Can you see my eyes rolling from all the way up your high horse?

 

[btinl]

Originally Posted by gdl203

I'm confused - you bought in the late nineties a PAM183, which first series (G) went for sale mid 2004? My point is that by the time PAM183 came out, Panerai had, by all measures, already "really exploded". Not that anyone cares but your first statement above seems illogical in that context. Maybe you were thinking of your first PAM bought in the late nineties? What model was that one?

Can you see my eyes rolling all the way up your high horse?

lol.

 

[otc]

Originally Posted by eric77

On wall street a lot of guys in your office will probably know what a panerei is. I wouldn't rock it for the first few weeks if not longer. You don't want to be wearing nicer **** than the actual employees.

I havnt read every post so maybe this has been said, but there is a case out there for just wearing it.

some of the high finance firms can get a rep for liking people with debt loads, expensive tastes, and a desire for fortune. Not so much that you could become a blackmail/bribery target but enough that you will work your ass to the bone and pull long weeks without complaint to pay the bills. If you actually need the money (or more) you are going to keep working and working for a promotion.

 

[Atlantic herring]

Originally Posted by amerikajinda

I rotated a JLC Master Control Grand Tourbillon, an IWC Portuguese Minute Repeater and an Audemars Piguet Jumping Hour Minute Repeater all throughout junior high school and nobody seemed to notice. So just wear what you like and don't worry what other people think!

But I do echo previous posters' sentiments not to have your shirts made up with different-sized cuffs... sloppy.

If i ever get such a collection.. I'm struggling to motivate a GO senator sixties, and I'm at the university.
I concur with the previous post