What are these MASSIVE Panerai watches all about?

[W44NNE]

A few weeks back, I had a wander through the Burlington Arcase and saw several of what could only be described as RIDICULOUSLY OVER-SIZED Panerais They were so big that I don't think even the Hulk could have carried it off!

At first glance I thought they were fakes, then I thought maybe just decorative, but then I thought "I'm in the Burlington Arcase"; hardly your local fleamarket... so can anyone enlighten me as to what they're about??

[redmond]

there to make up for a tiny winky :D

[W44NNE]

there to make up for a tiny winky :D

No mate, I'm talking about these massive ones, not just the standard Panerais!









:mrgreen: :lol:

[AndyRS2113]

Egis?

[W44NNE]

Egis?

Possibly... I think this is one... looks like yours there...

[shadowman]

If you mean the 60mm "Egiziano" it was commissioned by the Egyptian navy originally and was made to meet their requirements. What you probably saw is the limited edition collectors re-issue, and not really supposed to be taken seriously and worn by joe-public, imo.

It was conceived and designed to fit over a dive suit :)

http://www.paneristi.com/archives/egiziano/index.html

[W44NNE]

Ah, the dive suit scenario would make sense, although not on a leather strap I guess. It was a bloody big watch that's for sure :D

[AndyRS2113]

Egis?

Possibly... I think this is one... looks like yours there...

defo not mine... i would have noticed :mrgreen:

[shadowman]

Ah, the dive suit scenario would make sense, although not on a leather strap I guess. It was a bloody big watch that's for sure :D

On a leather strap for sure, Kodiak leather i believe.

[Omegamanic]

:)

I'd love one - and I'd wear it :lol:

[Henrik Gelardi]

Well, taste differs and all.... but :shock:

I'd love to see if I could fit that under my shirt sleeve in a suit :D :D

[europa]

Reminds me of an old retired mahoosive wrestler who wore a Heuer Dash Timer (Super Autavia) on his wrist..

[RABbit]

If you mean the 60mm "Egiziano" it was commissioned by the Egyptian navy originally and was made to meet their requirements.

Last time I was in the Arcade a few weeks ago there was (what I assumed to be) an original along with a compass. I'm sure someone posted about it on here at the time (or maybe MWR?)

[seadog1408]

it's funny how people can use the internnet to log onto a forum, but can't just google about the watch they are curious about :D

[Chinnock]

Why do you think Stallone has such big biceps? :D

[Nono]

They are just to massive, even on large wrists.

[jwg663]

Blower's have one in stock.

i thought it was a deck watch, rather than a diver, for the officer of the watch to use. I'll have a bit of a dig later.

[shadowman]

Blower's have one in stock.

i thought it was a deck watch, rather than a diver, for the officer of the watch to use. I'll have a bit of a dig later.

There are numerous around unsold from new at below retail too. Though of course several grey dealers have them at matching joke size prices, inevitably :lol:

A collector 'viewing only' piece imo as i said previously, it's clearly too big to wear for most mortals, although Arnie seems to almost pull it off and without a dive suit too!

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2010/9/14/ ... g-pan.html

[Tony-GB]

Duggans sold off their Panerai's to other dealers in 2009/10 because they said they couldn't shift any and now won't touch them.

Most Panerai's look great but silly sizes aren't restricted to that brand. The AP T3 looks daft. I was offered one years ago with quite a discount as the dealer couldn't shift it. But then, the End of Days didn't sell well on release.