I have never associated Panerai with anything other than being a great watch, the history in its entirety gives the brand an interesting angle but no more than that. If I were to associate most of the everyday items I or others use with darker times I would find myself without not only the luxuries but also the necessities of daily life.
Many individuals, companies, institutions, organisations and countries have dark aspects to their recent history, known and unknown and in peacetime and in War.
I am just grateful that because of the outcome of the conflict in question, I do not find myself now having to make the sort of decisions that were forced upon many people in the lead up to and during that time of world conflict.