Wow you go away on travel for two weeks and look at what happens. WOW. This is my first post back and I'm completely floored at everything that went on here. Anyway, I received my copy of Watch Times and they had two great Panerai articles in them. In one article what struck me the most is that Panerai owes it's success to Stallone. In the article (and on Wikipedia under Panerai) "[Panerai] launch(ed) its products to the civilian market, but remained relatively obscure until the actor Sylvester Stallone spotted and bought a Panerai Luminor in a jewellery store in Rome in 1995 to wear during shooting of the film Daylight.[1] Stallone ordered a small batch of such watches with his signature on the case back, called Slytech. He offered them as gifts to friends, including Arnold Schwarzenegger. The watch gained rapid popularity, and Officine Panerai was eventually taken over by Richemont in 1997."
Thanks Sly.
btw its good to be back here