the 3 Panerai made for their die hard fans

[Travelller]

Originally Posted by mfer

If offered a 249 and a 448, assuming I loved both equally, I'd pick the 249 in a sec with heavy preference for the 6497. Truthfully, I like the dial more on the 448 but would still pick the 249.

"Not I", said he. If your main concern is a watch that can take anything on, get yourself a Rolex w/3135, 3130 etc. I personally prefer Panerai's in-house mvmts despite their lack of long-term track-record and inherently higher maintenance costs. The 6497/98 are dependable workhorses without a doubt but I think Unknown's point was that the "mark up" from a €400 movement to a €4000 SS watch is a bit hard to swallow. One of my dream PAMs is the 217, so yeah, I'm willing to overlook its basic movement "just this once"...

Having said that, I agree with Nishant that the 532's price tag is too high. Had they priced it in the same range as the 372/422/425/448/etc. (so ~ €6.5 - 8K) it would be more palatable...

[advocatia]

As much as I love panerai, their special editions are a joke.

[laphroaig007]

I wish I had all 3 !
I voted for 360

[unknown]

Originally Posted by Travelller

Having said that, I agree with Nishant that the 532's price tag is too high. Had they priced it in the same range as the 372/422/425/448/etc. (so ~ €6.5 - 8K) it would be more palatable...

Panerai just became too expensive in general.

It is not cheap I agree but ...
if a 372 is close to 8000 euro the 9200 for this one ( with coating and LE and a special box and ...) is not exagerated.

[B. Doggy]

I personally don't like any of them.

[DreambreaX]

360 is nice, but the price is nonsense lol

[scarlet knight]

I traded in my PAM 005 towards a JLC Reverso Tribute to 1931. Just found 44mm too big for my wrist and I wasn't wearing the Panerai. I understand the fervor of the Paneristi, but 44+ is too big for me...

But a 42mm Radiomir may do it for me one day.

[nishant]

Originally Posted by unknown

Panerai just became too expensive in general.
It is not cheap I agree but ...
if a 372 is close to 8000 euro the 9200 for this one ( with coating and LE and a special box and ...) is not exagerated.

Sorry to say this again but comparing a SE with a non-SE doesn't make sense. U say 8000 euros when I paid under 8000 USD for my brand new P series with warranty.. 532 will sell for retail .. So, we are comparing a 8K watch with a 13K watch by all means and Panerai is just cashing in on our pockets coz they can .. They are raining SEs ...