Panerai repair.

[SubKing]

many ppl have received the defected J series models.. the early J series had defects with the new strap change button under the lugs. ppl where losing their buttons. just popping clean out of the watch. since they cannot replace the button, the watch needs a new case.. Now mine didn't pop out, it jammed down and caused one end of the bracelet to fall and the watch slid off my wrist onto my granite counter top. i was left with a beautiful dent in my lower lug and some great scratches all around. the mov needs work for fast time keeping and since certain parts are not kept on hand at panerai I have to wait till PASC TX sends my case back to swiss and they then have to make a new case from scratch to order which would explain the wait. they had me down for a new case back which they would need to re engrave my seriel numbers in but that made the wait time turn into 6 months... so i said no way, keep the damn case back i already have and just replace the case, so that brought it back down to 3 1/2 months.. what a great first panerai experience. cool looking watches with ETA mov inside and a very bad service dept in TX... I'm starting to think twice about this watch i will say regardless how much i like the way panerai's look.