Pete:
Relume dud to the color accuracy and the original release had typical factory lume not like DSN's superlume.
It is widely believed that the original release case introduced to us by Eddie Lee was the most accurate but I am far from an expert on the 217 or 127 CG's.
Eddie Lee is long gone and retired from the hobby
Here you go.
Probably the angle on the crystal. I replaced my shattered orriginal crystal (shattered right after I had it coated by Chief) with a DSN AR sapphire crystal.
It blows my mind that someone would spend almost $4k on something they have not researched. One look on the Panerai website and you can determine that there is no gen that looks like that
Regarding the crystal - the rep is Mineral which is a bummer.
Agree with Hackr that AR would be a benefit but keep in mind, the gen has no AR
It does wear big as mentioned but I still find it an appealing watch to wear.