Originally Posted by
RobDad
Mine were both G series I think (it was a while ago , I've lost track of Panerai- I bought a few in quick succession in 2001-2002) anyhow, I seem to remember there were a few quality issues for a couple of years, perhaps they've improved. They were mostly pre-sandwich hand wound variants, I remember reading on Paneristi at the time that there had been issues with certain models at that time.
Funny really, I loved Panerai for a while then completely lost interest. I've never experienced such a complete u-turn on any other brand. To be honest I can't really explain why!?!