It was the sight of a friend's Canal street Panerai that catapulted me into the world of reps. It only took me a few days to find this place and the rest is history. Oh yes, my first was a Panerai FER 008 from King; proceeded to strip the lug hole on my first strap change.
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Whilst I was reading By-Tor's small rant thread Rep vs. Gen, I was motivated by maxman's comments to do a little digging about the first watch to be worn on the moon. My initial impulse was to investigate whether these watches suffered any damage of ill-affect while they were in space. I ran across this and thought some might find it interesting.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/omega.html