panerai 312

[philcchoi]

i know that lots of people love the pam 312 but i see a ton of them for sale. what pam are you all moving on to? 321?

[ocwatching]

hey phil..from another phil...

my response to another thread:

well, if this will add to your confusion..

I started in Panerai when they released the first affordable auto in-house! Coming from Rolex, I wanted a date, auto, and in-house.
You guess it: 312 in Oct 2009.

Since then, I have gone deeper into Panerais and the 312 is gone and all my PAMs are handwound (8 days or the basic ETA).

Your mileage will vary...

[rolepam312]

Love my 312N ... Not necessarily move on from it, rather add complimentary pieces.. For me a radiomir! IMHO, 312 is the perfect historical/ contemporary piece! It will never be for sale... Unless my son sells it, at which I will disown him! :)

[timepieceaddict]

Yes an 8 day is an automatic upgrade from a 312. I am looking to trade up my 312 to 233.

[canwatchco]

Panerai has made a lot of 312's. When you are releasing 4000 a year of them, they simply become more commonly available on the used market.

Its always to your benefit there are a bunch of them around on the forums at the same time. The guys hungrier to sell keep dropping their prices :-). You can probably pick one up right now in the 5's.

Great buy!

[kilyung]

I'm the opposite in that I've ended up with the 312. Started with 196, 111, 183, 005, and 000. I just find the 312 ticks most of my boxes. 1950 case, new strap release system, second sub-dial, date w/o cyclops, no GMT, no power 'fang'. I would only upgrade for a 1950 case manual wind with date & sec with power reserve on the back.

[aboen]

I started with these...










ended up with a base 112...all the Panerai Luminor I ever need