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Thanks for the suggestions Clive. Amazing I know but I had never heard of Panerai until I started browsing and I am definitely hooked on the style. I had looked at the PAM063 or 088. So what's the "panels" opinion on the ETA 2836-2 in the PAM063? I note that Panerai 088 can come with a 7750 movement. Is this another bastardization and if so is it any better than the 2836-2? (perhaps this is a little off-topic now)

Woo hoo! Arrived yesterday and I picked it up today. Fantastic! I was worried but I needn't have been (thanks Joshua!) I expect you are wanting to know what it was. Well this was my first rep (and probably not my last!), but I took a slightly different tack to the noobmariner and went for the GMT Master II in black and very nice it is too. I like watches that have some additional features and because I work for company based in a different time zone this actually serves a very useful purpose. Tried taking some pictures but we only have an old Canon digital camera that struggles in the macro setting. The ones I took don't do it justice. I'll try again when I can. Yes!

Thanks for the reassuring words guys. The waiting is driving me crazy!

Let me first say what a great forum this is. I am a total noob when it comes to reps and I have certainly got the bug, and this forum has helped enormously. Ordered my first rep (from Joshua), nearly two weeks ago, but the tracking has been showing that it left China and is en route to Canada for a week now. EMS shows: Forwarded. CanadaPost shows: International item has left the origin country and is en route to Canada. Reading other's posts on tracking I hope things will be fine, but I haven't seen anyone else with this same experience. Should I be worried?