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 Posted: Fri Jan 20th, 2012 05:08 pm
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Olivier

 

Joined: Wed Dec 21st, 2011
Location: Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, CA, California USA
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 Last tuesday I had a great meetup with a local WIS and big time paneristi James. He brought with him his PAM 382, the lovely bronze cased luminor sub that has just about everybody considering emptying little bobby's college fund... It is quite the piece. I let it mingle with my bronze divers so they could learn a thing or two about italio-swiss design elements, while James and I had a great conversation about watches, cars, you name it! He showed me the new offerings Panerai just debuted and gave me a very insightful walk through of their models, naming conventions, dial history, and more. James saw my Bronze Diver online and wanted to pick one up for a daily bronze wearer, his 382 being a special occasion watch.

The 382 is really a stunning watch. One thing that I really love is its very unique case finishing. I feel like its somewhere in between a brush finish, and a polished case. Its unlike any other brush finish that I have seen, and it really makes the case glow when the light hits it. You can see it in some of my pictures, it gives the bronze an even warmer almost red/yellow tinge. I had seen this in other pictures of it, and finally think I know where the effect is coming from. The in house movement is very nicely decorated, and very fun to peep through the exhibition case back. Having just written that, I just realized I didnt take a picture of it!

I tried it on, my first non - Olivier watch on my wrist since getting the prototypes, and its got a very nice heft. It certainly has wrist presence on my 6.5 in wrist! It has a titanium case back, and titanium buckle.

The 382 is really a fantastic piece, it gave me tons of ideas for another Olivier down the line. Enjoy the pictures! [We were inside a coffee shop on a VERY bright SoCal day, which made taking pictures pretty difficult.]