Officine Panerai

Hello friends! I feel our Pam experts here can help me with this: I was offered a pre owned watch which I like very much and not easy to find: a Mare Nosotrum pre Vendome reference 5218-301/A. The watch is offered by a well known local source, pre owned o... 

... this is a 301/A so this would mean something wrong with this watch! Will keep you posted and sending a PM Un abrazo mi amigo! Abel.

the 301A's original dial got damaged and Panerai (or whomever handeled the repair) didn't have a blue dial and used one of the PAM8 instead, creating a "Frankenstain"? No other explanation should the dial be...REALLY...black :-) During servicing Panerai h... 

... yes, this is a possibility I´m afraid. But I need to return to visit the seller and check again this dial in sunlight to really appreciate the color. If in doubt I´ll let it go. I will find a little time to make the visit next week. Thank you again an... 

you have to be very...VERY....V E R Y, careful. There are quite a number of "Franken-watches" around these days. Vintage, Pre-V and Pre-A (THE Panerais, for a great many Paneristi) are the..targeted ones. I've seen a 5218-203A with a Pre-A dial (no paper ... 

... advice. I have just returned a few minutes ago from a little business trip to our downtown and took advantage of being there to walk to or three blocks to visit the seller shop. I took a closer look to this watch, and discovered that looking it near t...