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i sold my 183 a few weeks ago thinking i could pick up this one right away, but the first one fell through. what follows is about 3859 pms back and forth to our mod SB/Ian of me bothering him about everything panerai...but today i finally picked this up...thanks sportback again our mod here is very cool and was prompt/patient with every noobie question.

no cardboard box


the croc strap is kinda cool and comfortable, also the buckle is thicker than the 183 radiomir


now i'm waiting for the strap culture package


close-up shot

VELLY NICE!

You say the nicest things (Entirely justified tho )

Really pleased to see the deal came thru - those 'golden' hands are gorgeous and the sheer simplicity of the 190 always takes my breath away - congratulations.

One thing - can you let us (Me?) know how it keeps time? I'd like to know how the JLC movement gets on alongside the ETA's and the manifattura.

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Own: 219, 253, 270, 308
On order: 28 Selling: 164 OOR
Past loves: 000,176,199,240,250,251,252,288

argh SB so far it's keeping horrible time. it lost just above 1sec while on my wrist for 5 hours last night but overnight it lost 5+sec in 8 hours with the crystal up. i've heard this is supposed to be a dependable movement. i'll turn it on its side today and see what happens.

conversely my 233 was only -2sec the whole day.

I'm sorry to hear that - sadly, I'm not an expert with the JLC movement, but I will ask around to see what other people know about this. There's a friend of mine here in Toulouse who has a 190 - I'll ask him.

I do know that watches often need a 'wearing in' period - there are so many things to factor in - the heat of your wrist, the length of time you wear it, climatic conditions etc. - and I know for a fact that some watches seem to take for ever to settle down (But I still haven't heard a convincing reason as to why this is.)

I'll get back to you on this. Meanwhile, enjoy wearing it - you've got to admit, it's gorgeous! (And I'm jealous!!)

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Own: 219, 253, 270, 308
On order: 28 Selling: 164 OOR
Past loves: 000,176,199,240,250,251,252,288

thanks SB i suspect that might be the case of "re-breaking" in the watch. i've asked the previous owner if he was wearing it regularly before. i'll wear it for a couple weeks let the pr run down rewind it and see what happens. .

hopefully not the case, but if it's consistently 8-10 sec off i'll just live with it...sending it away to get serviced for 5+ months doesn't sound like fun.