I'm wearing thtis one today. One modification I've made is to paint the sub-dial second hands black. This was the only flaw I'd found in this watch. Compared it with the real deal and it is identical, now. The sub-dial hands are identical to the real ones.
Unfortunately, I haven't photographed the mod yet.
TVT, you keep posting the same thing over and over again. Give it a rest.
This one isn't for everyone. Maybe that's why there's Vanilla and Chocolate.
......and some of the board members can't stand panerai's. So What!
I'm a zero. I'm just getting comfortable putting them on properly. That is the limit to my industriousness.
Once I'm wearing them I'm a quick study and can quickly read the time.
My own experience traveling between the US and Europe and eastern europe is that there is much more awareness of the IWC's, AP's, Glashutes, etc. in Europe than the US. I've been in Bulgaria for a couple of weeks and see IWC's, Pateks, a lot. haven't seen one Breitling, Omega, etc., but saw one Rolex.
Lot's of AD's with high end brands that we rarely see in the states (but see rep's of, on these forums).