Addition to collection - Panerai or IWC??

[Winton]

jules_s said:

An IWC Portuguese Automatic has to be one of the most plain watches I've ever come across.

I doubt 99% of people would even know what it was, let alone know whether it was a copy or a swatch watch tbh lol

And that is why folks buy them. The Portuguese Automatic is one of the finest watches on the market with a stunning in-house movement. If I had 6k to splash it would be top of my list.

I owned a PAM177 for about 12 months. Nice watch, good build quality but very large and too flashy for my tastes. Plus the Unitas based movement is a little hard to take in a 3k watch. Currently have a few Omegas and and IWC GST Aquatimer which is by far and away my favourite. For me, the choice would be an IWC over a Pannie.

[Dominic H]

F1sh said:

Dominic H said:

Bell & Ross..... That's an oversized cat amongst the metaphorical pigeons....

Dominic, I'm working back around the corner from you again, I might have to pop down one lunchtime.

Danny

Cool!

[Dominic H]

Well, well well......

I took one of these monsters in P/X this morning (Panerai PAM00025 Luminor Submersible).



I've had the watch on all day, and it's growing on me...

PS. Still love the Doppel 3713.....

Edited by Dominic H on Friday 16th May 21:23

[S6 Devil]

How about a IWC Quantum PERPETUAL GRAND COMPLICACION. Real Mans watch! :

[F1sh]

Dominic H said:

Well, well well......

I took one of these monsters in P/X this morning (Panerai PAM00025 Luminor Submersible).



I've had the watch on all day, and it's growing on me...

PS. Still love the Doppel 3713.....

Edited by Dominic H on Friday 16th May 21:23

I'll trade my Bell & Ross for it.

Danny

[lowdrag]

It's just as well we all don't like the same thing because frankly I wouldn't give it house room - ugly! Now this watch I bought for fun having learned about them from another thread and frankly I am having fun with it. My friends think that, knowing me, it has to be an expensive watch but, well, it ain't!

[Dominic H]

lowdrag said:

It's just as well we all don't like the same thing because frankly I wouldn't give it house room - ugly!

Toady, until the weekend I would have totally agreed with you. I always considered Panerai to be crude, agricultural timepieces. But this PAM00025 is growing on me. It is still second to the IWC 3713 Doppel, but a lot closer than I would have thought.
The Doppel is a commitment, while the PAM is a brief flirtation....

Added an image of the Doppel, to balance the debate..

Edited by Dominic H on Monday 19th May 23:50

[Pesty]

This is the Panerai I saw in a shop in Leeds that changed my mind about Panerai. PAM 279

I have long lusted after IWC,Breguet and Blancpain. The day I saw this I was looking at some amazing Breguets but this one for some reason really caught my eye. If I was able to flip my watches I would have sold all 17 and bough this and been happy but I can't I'm a hoarder
the face is brown but looks black from some angles, the watch is manly yet beautiful. Ok it doesn't have coin edges like a breguet or the quality look of a IWC IMO but this one went to the top of my list.