Panerai Limited Production?

[Lrlx]

I read the following quote on another board regarding Panerari Watches:

"1. Limited production: < 30,000 watches per year. Less than 300,000 watches are ever made so far.

Other brands had to sent watches to the moon, underwater, north pole, Antarticas, Everest & give the watches to Pan-AM pilots & James Bond, Rubbens Barrachelo, Governator, team Alinghi, the flop Michelle Wie, Anika and sport figures, actor & actresses and place their watches on magazines, papers, F1 & movies to sell.

Panerai has 130 years 100% usage where every single watch & instruments they made are used by solely Italian Navy & no one else.
This is not a mere sponsorship or stick some stickers like what some watch brands do.
This is real war where you see Italians joining the Axis with Germany & Japan and fought the Allied in battle of deaths. All of XaMas commados never survive both wars.
If Panerai was a fluke, why was the Italian Navy divers risk their lives with the Rads, Lums, Subs for over 130 years?
The fact that XaMas was so feared in the Mediteranean is a proof of supremacy of Panerai watches and they warrant no more ads to pull sales thru.

6. Coolness: It's e very few manual winding watch left in e open-mart nowadays. And, it's e only high-horlogerie brand without any ambassador. Famous people buy Panerai to show off and make a statement that he's tough & cool. Panerai don't go after them and ask them to endorsement.
Most of other brands ask losers like Rubbens Barachello & winners alike to lend their name. Panerai couldn't give hoot. Ads blitz? What's tat?

7. Innovation: Most brands like AP ROO models only change materials to sell. Panerai had to innovate Rads, Lums & Crown Guard without anyones help for real military applications daily usage for 130 years. This is not innovation for few times usage to the moon or Everest but constant usage day after day by Italian Navy divers. Since 2002, they made their own mvmts.

more @ http://www.thedivewatchconnection.co...hp?f=53&t=7338

Is Panerai considered a "limited production" watch? It seems that there is major endorsements going on at the moment or maybe a burst in popularity.

I spotted a Panerai in each of the following this weekend:

Fast Five (Vin Deisel and Paul Walker)
Tyler Perry's Jumping the broom (The Groom)
Trust (Clive Owen)

[B. Doggy]

I think you forgot numbers 2, 3, 4 and...5.

[mfer]

Jeff, help me understand what your question is? I'm not sure where the quote began and ended. Are you asking if Panerai is limited production?

If so, I don't think so. They are a fast growing watch company that is doing its best to meet demand, but still keep everyone wanting more. Their production numbers are low compared to Rolex or Omega, but I wouldn't consider them rare.

Some models are rare and some models are stupid rare. They have micro editions of some like the 294 and 267 that unless you are going to Sig B's for dinner, you won't get.

Hope I answered your question, if not, please readdress.

[Shade]

Wha?

What are we discussing about?

PAMs are overpriced watches, like all other watches in the world. But the ones I like most. Simple.

I honestly can't care much about the history. Since the watch itself that I bought would never be the watch that experienced it.

A history from the watch, can only be valuable to the single watch itself (to me at least). Hence, Rolex sending their watch to everest, or Omega sending the watch to the mooon, actually means nothing to me, unless it is the actual watch itself.

[fc3s2k]

I'm a little confuse?

Anyway I love Panerai! If I became a 1 watch guy, then it would be a PAM