True and the 1924 Longines is the one that gets the most wrist time as its size is more wearable...the Labrador (preOMEGA) is too huge to wear regularly...while the Pocket watches are in an even more unfortunate situation
http://www.rolexforums.com/archive/index.php/t-214147.html
Panerai like other brands have flooded the market and the automatic non-historic models are not that "hot" as dictated by the market and the forums. They are usually for sale at a significant discount used. This should come as no surprise.
and this was said more than 2 years ago
For $538 I will not even consider this replica, but certainly its a good try...would love to see a replica of the pilot-big-date-special but I guess thats not really doable either