Shadow case panerais are watches that were not year-numbered, i.e. no year millesimation (ex. G 1256/2500 i.e. G-series #1256 out of 2500 watches produced during G-serie).
In fact, some watch were produced, mainly for commercial and publicity matters. For instance, these watches were being displayed in shops for customers to test them.
It appears that these watches, that should have not been sold to the public, were sometimes in fact retailed to public...
In such case, the watch has its serial number as OPxxxxxxx on caseback or lugs, but no millesimation.
Hard to detect whether these watches are real or fake when you happen to put hands on one. So always "buy" the buyer before the watch.
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