Panerai

[Munwai]

ooh yesh! congrats! It is a rare classic piece. :)

[Genie47]

For everyday wear and still maintain an air of luxury, Seiko 5 good enough.

[Genie47]

Panerai's skyrocketing price also due to Sylvester Stallone.

 

He wore one for the movie Daylight.

[Genie47]

The reason why they look fugly os because Citizen is charting their own course in design. They are not ape-ing Seiko anymore. I say good for them making them unique.

[Darth_mel]

I dun see any taxi driver here wearing Panerai.

 

Must be good money driving cab over in US.

[Darth_mel]

Already sick and tired about adjusting automatic watches now and then. So bought myself a kinetic Seiko few months back thru ebay.

 

http://www.princetonwatches.com/shop/SUN007.asp

 

Solid chunky watch with gun-metal bracelet plus GMT. See-thru back some more.

 

Price including shipping : S$530

[Schneider79]

Where you get to read about the watches' movement ? And how you know which batch comes with which movement and how you know that particular movement is good or bad?

[Dymatize]

so in ur opinion, which watch in the $5k to $10k class is worth the money? and how would you arrive at whether a watch is worth this amount?

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for 5 - 10k, look at zenith and entry class Jaeger Lecoultre, which house much better movements than most watches in this range.

 

personally, i look at a few factors to determine if a watch is worth the money, the most important is the movement.

 

there are Jaeger Le Coults for <10k?? Do you have any recommendations pls

[T711]

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[Genie47]

You should check out PMWC. He has lots of affordable watches. He even has China brand Double Rhomb. His collection pretty good.

[Damienic]

naza... if u thinking of getting the panerai... follow ur heart... its a great watch to have and its jus so nice...

 

i used to have the pam112 base and the pam111 marina...

 

end up selling them for a small profit and settled for a sea-dweller now...

 

now panerai pricing is getting a bit off hand with its base pam112 model costing ard 5.8k

 

last time i get only 4.4k for the pam111 and 4k for the pam112...

 

actually panerai is a very simple watch... that why i love it... the reason why i sold them is when i saw a replica pam112 looking totally same as the real one... cos the design and movement is so simple that it can be reproduce at relative ease...

 

for the price i sell... i can get a SD... so i went for a SD instead... loving it...

 

 

u can try http://www.paneristi.com/

 

there u see some singapore seller like william loi... price quite reasonable

 

http://www.panerai.com/s_page.xpd?id_lingu...id_categoria=39

 

anyone knows how much roughly the silver one on the right cost?

[Genie47]

Actually each movement got certain characteristics and it is not about good or bad. The day-date function, GMT and all that require different geared movements. Actually, quartz watches are superior in every aspect including cost. These geared movement watches are the relics of the past and they offer a novelty that the Swiss makers capitalized on to upmarket their products. Its like comparing pushrod engines with DOHC engines. Of course DOHC is superior but in the US and Australia, pushrod SOHC are everywhere and parts are cheap even though DOHC engines are superior in weight, power etc.

 

Of course if you drive a pushrod 5.7L creature that pumps out the same horses as a puny IL4 DOHC, the pushrod car looks longer, bigger and more impressive even though weight for weight in performance and advances in engine technology, the DOHC is superior in every aspect.

Edited June 4, 2008 by Genie47

[Edison]

Sorry to ot a bit, i been eyeing this Jaeger master world geographic for abt 2 months, i like the complication, with the pwr reserve etc but the ting is now i find the extreme world chronograph looks even nicer on my wrist though i think it was ridiculously big (46.3mm) before. All because after having started wearing my 1st watch : Panerai lately. Haha Which one would u guys get or more worth the money. How about Girard Perregaux ? Seems like this brand not that popular in sg?

 

http://www.prestigetime.com/item.php?item_id=5639

 

http://www.prestigetime.com/item.php?item_id=6268

 

http://www.prestigetime.com/item.php?item_id=8051

[Nazaki]

Wow, nice watch there.

 

I'm going to get the 111.

 

You think its a wise choice?

 

Just reserved 1, am collecting it soon! hehz.

 

[Tploh]

where did you reserve your PM111 ?

 

I was told PM111 is very difficult to find liao.

[Nazaki]

Yep, its hard.

I manage to get 1 thru the help of my friend whom is a regular.

 

Anyway, will this watch lose much value? First time getting a PAM.

 

How much you think I lose if i sell this..

[Unltd]

Nice watch! However, I am into Breitlings...

[Clubace]

You should check out PMWC. He has lots of affordable watches. He even has China brand Double Rhomb. His collection pretty good.

 

I read a review on a china brand watch. Its internal gears looks horrible. Totally unpolished and dirty.