Noob-Maker

[Diablo99]

All,

I am by no means a Paneristi, so go easy on me! I just read the excellent review of the Noob-Maker watch. Which dealers currently stock these models? Is the consensus that these are the best out of the box PAM's?

Thanks in advance.

[PeteM]

Which watch/model are you on about mate?

[centaur]

It depends on the model as Pete said. For guys just getting into Panerai, the typical starting point is the 111, and based on PureTime's head-to-head review of the Noob and H versions, the consensus is that Noob is better. The same might not apply to others though.

[plymman]

I think it depends on model but one things for sure, both the H factory and Noob pams are very close to gen and you cant really go wrong with either.

From what I understand the noob factory has the slight edge on the 111 but the H factory has the slight edge on sausage dial models like the 005.

I've had watches from both factories and they have all been amazing, my personal favorite though is the H factory 005. The low beat movements in the H factory reps have had some criticism but personally I've never had a problem, both low and high beat movements have had good power reserve and accuracy to within a few seconds a day. I've never had a reliability problem with any of mine.