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Originally Posted by toph
Trevor, i respectfully disagree
No Issue with Eta but that mov't is $100. It says alot about the practice of Panerai or the fact they have taken too much work on or forgetting their roots. Paying $5000 for a 100$ blank movement, a leather strap and a nice dial and decent SS case? come on?? Panerai were and should be better than that. Want a good and unique case, go for anonimo they are the original Panerai founders anyway who broke away after Panerai was bought by Richemont. Bronze cases..try 5 years ago by anonimo  |
Trev
I'm with 'topher.
My 231 has a simple workhorse 6497.
I also have a $100 watch powered by a *6497. The difference under the loupe is chalk and cheese. The 231 is blueprinted compared to the off the shelf movement. Both will probably run for years but my bet is that the Panerai worked movement is far far superior.
* A nice size movement to take apart and 'try to' rebuild.
I don't see that much work has been done on the movement in question.
That is the issue IMO.
Of course with the 231 you also get the rose gold.