you rightfully don't know what the fuss is about seeing as you don't have one.
but jeez, one can be gotten for less than $150 these days so i'd say you may as well give it a test run. worst comes to worst you sell it and take it as a lesson learened.
i've said this before, but there is a big 'i know something you don't know' factor to panerai. it kind of says 'i could have gotten XXXX, but i'm in the know so i got a panerai.'