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RSoovy4 said:
No.
Buy second hand from Hackett Watches, watches.co.uk or Blowers Jewellers.
Buy second hand from Hackett Watches, watches.co.uk or Blowers Jewellers.
mrh1275 said:
I'm thinking of purchasing a used 305 Submersible 47mm Titanium at £5k.
Are you buying from a dealer or privately? If from a dealer, all things being equal you'll likely lose what the dealer marked up by; but all things are not equal and many Panerai, if rarer and more desirable, do go up in value.
My Radiomir is worth much more than I paid for it.
Buy well
Sorry to hijack the thread, but would someone please give me a basic run-down of Panerai: what's the difference between a Luminor and a Radiomir?
I'm happy to be seen as the school dunce here as I can't work out why there is such a large price difference in these watches- many of which have little to no complication.
I've mostly owned Rolex and JLC, though my eye keeps being drawn to these mothers.
Thanks in advance
Vvroom
I'm happy to be seen as the school dunce here as I can't work out why there is such a large price difference in these watches- many of which have little to no complication.
I've mostly owned Rolex and JLC, though my eye keeps being drawn to these mothers.
Thanks in advance
Vvroom
Radiomir - cushion case, removeable wire loop lugs and no crown guard device. The first watch they historically came up as a military divers watch and the Radiomir moniker indicated the radioactive lume of the sandwich dial (Tritium, now mostly SL although a few 3Ts out there still).
Luminor - the things with the silly crown guard device.
They are part of the Richemont group which gives them access to some nice movements if they chose to fit them; my Radiomir 8 Days (PAM 190) has the JLC 8 days movement Cal 1886 in it. It's a fantastic watch with a superb movement. The Radiomir with the alarm is also the JLC Memovox movement; you can often work out from the case dimensions and dial config where the movement has come from.
Many/most of them have humble ETA and Unitas ebaches in them and they've a cheek charging what they do for many of them. Do some reading on what contains what...
They now make 3 x in-house calibres as well as part of the Richemont programme of self-sufficiency for all of those makers outside of ETA/Swatch; a standard time only, a chronograph and obviously everyone needs a tourbillon; what else
Luminor - the things with the silly crown guard device.
They are part of the Richemont group which gives them access to some nice movements if they chose to fit them; my Radiomir 8 Days (PAM 190) has the JLC 8 days movement Cal 1886 in it. It's a fantastic watch with a superb movement. The Radiomir with the alarm is also the JLC Memovox movement; you can often work out from the case dimensions and dial config where the movement has come from.
Many/most of them have humble ETA and Unitas ebaches in them and they've a cheek charging what they do for many of them. Do some reading on what contains what...
They now make 3 x in-house calibres as well as part of the Richemont programme of self-sufficiency for all of those makers outside of ETA/Swatch; a standard time only, a chronograph and obviously everyone needs a tourbillon; what else
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