Trip to the AD...

[Markg]

so we went down to carmel yesterday, and visited a panerai dealer.

they had a really nice collection of panerai's, about 12 or so in all. they had the best in stock selection, by far, of the dealers i had visited in the past. but i had never spent any real time looking at panerais before, always looking at other brands (partially because the dealers never had any stock to browse).

anyway, the ones i remember they had were the 111, 104, 48, 88, and 90. they also had a few others i dont remember, including one they kept in the safe (for someone else, but the owner brought it out to show me) that was a 1950 limited edition automatic with the view back and domed bezel. apparently this was the closest they had to the 270 i wished to see.

so i put myself on the waiting list for a 270 (he said it will take about 2 years). but the 111 looked pretty darn nice!!

i did try on a 40mm, figuring 44 was just too big. the odd thing was that the 40 actually looked too small! the style of the watch NEEDS the 44mm to look right, at least on my wrist. and i tried this one on FIRST so it wouldnt just look small compared to the others. go figure.

then it was off to the rolex dealer across the street....