There were days,,,,,,,,the time machine is set to 1998,,,,,,

Mar 23, 2008,11:02 AM
 

And following Nico's 97 catalog post, I thought I would pitch in with some pricing ideas....

 

First the wonderful Mare trio :

 

 

 

Then some Destro Love:

 

 

 

Anyone for a PVD with change from 3K?

 

 

 

Some contemporary madness:

 

 

 

 

 

And for the Grand Finale - I'll take 4 of these please!

 

 

 

 

Hope you all enjoyed this very rare catalog!

 

Cheers,

 

Asi

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OK so actually what happened

 
 By: Ares501 - Mr Green : March 23rd, 2008-14:00
10X recession? better quality 10X? people becoming more and more mad exponentionaly whit every year? please enlighten me Best Damian

a cult was born

 
 By: Asimut : March 23rd, 2008-14:04
and then it was simple supply and demand. Asi

simple as that

 
 By: Ares501 - Mr Green : March 23rd, 2008-14:12
thnx for quick response Asi ..... sounds reasonable but I'll blame it on some spin doctor in Richemont cos every year prices are 5-10% up what you think of that?

With Panerai, Damian

 
 By: amanico : March 23rd, 2008-15:00
Things are not that easy...LOL Asi is just, and the old school guys Asi, me and some others , are a bit, let's say, amazed, to stay politically correct, to see how things came in a crazy way with this brand... Demand/supply, yes. Marketting, too. Panerai ... 

Great response

 
 By: Ares501 - Mr Green : March 23rd, 2008-15:17

my 2 cents

 
 By: sln360 : March 23rd, 2008-16:02
Please don't take what I am about to say as arrogant or cavalier. The prices that you are seeing now are still fairly "cheap" compared to what is out there. I just purchased a 249 and 232 for $15K. These are two "hot" watches and they are a relative barga... 

Ahhhh nostalgia :)

 
 By: AnthonyTsai : March 23rd, 2008-16:15

Interesting post..

 
 By: colantotte : March 23rd, 2008-16:59

Oh...My...God...

 
 By: Krieng : March 23rd, 2008-22:45

I recall that Vendome / Cartier had to pull the olde...

 
 By: Gaz : March 24th, 2008-05:41
"If you want your Roadsters or Tanks, you need to carry at least 5 Panerai" trick on the Cartier Authorise Dealers. Heck, I found an old receipt for my 118 which I purchases in 2003 for AUD3,200 plus I got the 10% GST back!!! Factor in the stronger USD ba... 

And if I recall correctly your main bargaining point was...

 
 By: Gaz : March 24th, 2008-09:34
"That dial is flawed because all the numbers are discoloured" That shop is now closed. In fact, one of the sales guy, ran off with about AUD250,000 in cash of one of his clients, with the promise of getting him a rare watch. Those were the days. Gaz

Yes, you remember correctly,

 
 By: Asimut : March 24th, 2008-10:58
the seller agreed that the watch has lost it's white color numerals due to some gruesome phenomenon called 'patina' and i was awarded a hefty discount,,,, too bad about that shop closing and the circumstances Here is the watch, BTW: Asi...  

Nice watch Asi

 
 By: Krieng : March 24th, 2008-20:22

I remember even before those days

 
 By: jchubb59 : March 24th, 2008-16:06
Hello, Back in 94' and 95' there were still a few 201A's, 202A's and the like floating around at some AD's. If I remember correctly they were between $1800.00 USD and $2100.00 USD........... I saw them in the flesh brand spankin' new and if you can believ... 

Those were the days allright (wich I missed also)..Anyways

 
 By: torromoto : March 24th, 2008-16:41
know what you mean Nicolas...For me also it sounds insane that a 127 (or 217) should fetch more then a PAM36 and a PAM40....How can this be?? Easy to explain...A lot of guys out there who still don't understand the essence of Panerai..Not trying to be a s...