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Old 27 November 2008, 03:25 AM   #1
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Icon14 Its here at long long last

Picked it up today, very unexpectedly. The one they were getting for me was not coming in until January now. So i said that i might get something else, even somewhere else! The branch Manager says hold on, let me make a call. so he phones someone and then like a magician produces GUESS WHAT- the PAM 183. He saYs I just phoned another customer who has been waiting to collect this since September, he says he cannot pick it up until January now, so you can have this one and he will get the one ordered for you. Don't know if i believe him but at least i got it. Always gives me exemplary service so i want to believe this story but does it seem a bit strange??
Anyway after a long long wait here it is- simply majestic
Thanks for all the guys that helped me, especially Mik

Wrist shots in next post and i apologise for my bad pics. natural light is almost non existent in glasgow around this time of year. I find it really hard to capture the vibrance of the colours.
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:27 AM   #2
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:38 AM   #3
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Getting something as nice as that 'unexpectedly' couldn't get any better! That is a beautiful watch... wear it well
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:44 AM   #4
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FINALLY...A LONG WAIT PANNIE!!! HUGE CONGRATS BUDDY!!!

Looking so nice in your wrist, Bro!!!

Now, please buy a strap, will ya?

And please change your signatures!!!
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:50 AM   #5
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Getting something as nice as that 'unexpectedly' couldn't get any better! That is a beautiful watch... wear it well
- a great surprise, it feels like christmas


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FINALLY...A LONG WAIT PANNIE!!! HUGE CONGRATS BUDDY!!!

Looking so nice in your wrist, Bro!!!

Now, please buy a strap, will ya?

And please change your signatures!!!
I know at long long last, you will not have to hear me going on and on about it anymore!
Thanks for all your help TR
Yes i will buy a strap very very soon- i promise
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:57 AM   #6
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dang! look at you....i can't wait to get mine. congrats on the early arrival of your PAM 183...now go out and strike a pose!
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Old 27 November 2008, 03:59 AM   #7
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dang! look at you....i can't wait to get mine. congrats on the early arrival of your PAM 183...now go out and strike a pose!
dont worry i am strinking poses everywhere
Hopefully yours wont be too long, and in my opinion you will definitly not be dissapointed
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:31 AM   #8
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Ah, another panerai hits the streets, just out of interest is that a rubber outfit you're wearing, you're not from Milngavie are you
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:32 AM   #9
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Congrats, Toph.....well done!!
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:35 AM   #10
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Congratulations Toph Very nice
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:36 AM   #11
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Ah, another panerai hits the streets, just out of interest is that a rubber outfit you're wearing, you're not from Milngavie are you

no its a black cotton shirt. I am not from Milngavie but Newton Mearns originally.
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:42 AM   #12
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no its a black cotton shirt. I am not from Milngavie but Newton Mearns originally.

Good place to live, just as posh as where i was in Bearsden/Milngavie but unlike them the women aren't 'aw fur coat and nae knickers'
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:47 AM   #13
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Good place to live, just as posh as where i was in Bearsden/Milngavie but unlike them the women aren't 'aw fur coat and nae knickers'
it was one or the other wasn't it .
Plenty aw fur coat n nae knickers up here, sad really. if truth be told I am only really concerned about the no knickers part really
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:47 AM   #14
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ALRIGHT!

I've been dieing to see it! A little jealous right now, but I know my 111, 1 or 5 is getting closer!!!

Big congrats. Let the strap hunting commence!
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:50 AM   #15
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Mik. they actually had a 0000 in store , much cheaper but the 183 was much nicer IMO.
the strap hunting has begun- there are so many it so bleedin hard to choose


P.S you will have yours soon enough so do not worry, and then it will be me with the PAM envy
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Old 27 November 2008, 04:53 AM   #16
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Mik. they actually had a 0000 in store , much cheaper but the 183 was much nicer IMO.
the strap hunting has begun- there are so many it so bleedin hard to choose
RABLE, RABLE, RABLE.....

I so want to see that damn painted dial!!!!

Maybe I need to stop by my AD on the way home........
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Old 27 November 2008, 05:56 AM   #17
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Congratulations, Toph.
Great pics. Wear it in good health.

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Old 27 November 2008, 05:58 AM   #18
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Well worth the wait I am sure! Great timepiece! Best of luck with it! I must get a catalogue from them.
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Old 27 November 2008, 06:28 AM   #19
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Another Bother,joins the dark side ... Well done !!

The second one is just around the corner ....perhaps you dont know it yet,but you will see !!

Let me guess,something in the line of a ss Luminor ?? ... I think so !!
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Old 27 November 2008, 06:42 AM   #21
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Great pics. Wear it in good health.

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Well worth the wait I am sure! Great timepiece! Best of luck with it! I must get a catalogue from them.
guys, really was worth the wait- i feel sorry for what might happen to the GMT IIC for the next few weeks

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Another Bother,joins the dark side ... Well done !!

The second one is just around the corner ....perhaps you dont know it yet,but you will see !!

Let me guess,something in the line of a ss Luminor ?? ... I think so !!

Yeah i love it. Maybe a Luminor, but no plans -(as of yet)- for another. but i am really enjoying it
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Old 27 November 2008, 06:42 AM   #22
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:18 AM   #23
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You have to get a Luminor now, it's part of the deal
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:24 AM   #24
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You have to get a Luminor now, it's part of the deal
do you want my address and you can post it up tomorrow?
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:28 AM   #25
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do you want my address and you can post it up tomorrow?

I am but a poor one Panerai man, i need to find someone to post me a nice watch!

Edit that, i'm actually a no panerai man at the moment, mine is in for servicing.
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Nice Toph - that is stunning. LOVE IT! Congrats.
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:51 AM   #27
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I am but a poor one Panerai man, i need to find someone to post me a nice watch!

Edit that, i'm actually a no panerai man at the moment, mine is in for servicing.
how long for- it must feel like absolutely ages?
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:51 AM   #28
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Nice Toph - that is stunning. LOVE IT! Congrats.
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Old 27 November 2008, 07:53 AM   #29
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how long for- it must feel like absolutely ages?

2 weeks down, 6 weeks to go
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Way to GO!!

How about a side-by-side with you GMT?? I'd like to see the size difference. BTW, I didn't end up making that short trip we talked about when I sent you a PM. Still need to make it down to the AD to try on the 183....
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