interesting post on p.com...
http://www.network54.com/Forum/353391/message/1155857450/Do+you+Panerist+think+the+brands+history+is+all+hype-
so, what is it to you?...I understand the heroism of the few Italian divers and their accomplishments in the WWII, but like them there were plenty of Russian soldiers (few aviators that exceled in some aerian fights) that were wearing Vostok watches, few American troops that shone during the Battle of the Bulge, and at least one of them was wearing a Hamilton watch....now, do i buy Vostok or Hamilton watches?...nope...i like Panerai for their timeless design and i could care less if the watches were made 5 years or 50 years ago...same with who's leading the company...do i care if AB is the CEO or if Mickey Mouse is? nope...just stick to a nice design and we'll be buying their watches...
adrian
p.s. hmmm, can you say "slow day at work"?...LOL
Hey! Get back to work! oh ... wait, met too :)
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For me, the ....
clean designs and size/heft of the pieces are the main draw. It's interesting to know the history, but doesn't affect my enjoyment of the 127 and 190 that I have. Being a materialistic pig, I guess the hardware is what matters to me, not so much the history.
love the history ....as it relates.....
to the design and innovation....and the family story...which actually ends for me in 1997...after that it's just another watch to be held up in comparison to all others.
The war time history is of no importance on either side of the controversy as most major manufacturers & corporations in many countries ( including ours ) have their own ghost in the closet...
For those of you who are students of history you know this to be true.
Cheers
Mark in California
To make it special, to me yes it does matter >
Like you I love watches. I am bonding with them even more when I can relate them to: a person, a moment, an experience, an event, an history, a company, in general to something or someone special... Not that it is vital but it helps in appreciating or understanding that timepiece more, and, making 'IT' special.
Time is to me an ever lasting romance, the more sentiments or emotions, the better time I get.
Yves.
Ah, you frenchies, True romantics ;) LOL (nt)
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Oh Yves I get so ....
excited when you talk like that...
Where is the Albanian when i really !!!need!!! him....
Cheers
Mark
I made him special now (nt)
:-)
OOOH, Mark, the albanian is in Lebanon)))
They all become crazy on this site! yves a romantic and milan a real militant for the PEACE!
where are the bad boys???, LOLOL!
Ci tri jouli, ci ki ti ecris ))))
Ti i on pline fourme! Time for me to come back home. Yves is beginning to be ROMANTIC!!! OUCH!
LOLOLOL!
You had enough! I agree, pack it all back and come back >
home! I am missing you and the fun!
Yves.
Ji arrve tri vite,)))
Ti inkinete pas,on va bien si marrer!LOOOOOOL!
NAAAAAARDIN!Li vaconces ci tri bien,but I miss you all damn bad boys!LOOL!
For me as with any watch initially it's all about the attraction
that comes from the first sight. It can be many different things - sometimes its the design, size, technical innovation, horological background, history, heritage - whatever it may be its always the combination of several factors that brings it all together.
As for Panerai initially I was attracted by design, the right size & then relative exclusivity of the brand. Afterwards when I got more immersed into the roots of the brand my appreciation grew for the historical roots & the past it had made it special to me over other brands. In a sense of things I grew more attracted to it due to appreciation of the military backgrounds/roots & the image the brand portrayed, but soon afterwards I kept that appreciation in check over time pretty much growing out of romanticism that comes with brand marketing. Now I have my perspective in check I feel more connected myself to the "Real" Panerai of yore - vintage, Pre-Vendome and those transitional early Vendome models - while loosing some attraction to current trendy watered down (over)commercialized corporate Panerai.
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