V Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well it does have a serial number on the back! ( i 49/75) The lefty yes.. the righty no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Quarks- These pictures are off of timezone in one of the forums by an owner: It looks to me like someone has the 243. I have never seen pics of the leftie though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarks Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Kruzer, this bloke & his buddy were at their local AD when the manager pulled the 243 out of the safe and showed it to them. I saved the pics as well and two other pics which was not included featuring wrist shots - those wrist shots really get me going all @#$ about 243. As far as I know, none of the two blokes owns the 243 and this watch has been doing rounds at Panerai events and that's it. Saw one myself at the recent event over here in Melb. I called several ADs both local and abroad and all of them said that 243 wont be available to public till late Nov/ Dec.... and possibly even Jan 07. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) It looks to me like someone has the 243. I have never seen pics of the leftie though. Yup, both gen 243 and 239 have been sighted out "in the wild" (moderator pls delete if deemed innapropriate linking other forum posts here): http://www.network54.com/Forum/353391/mess...yecandy+for+you BTW, those two reps from EL's original post are really something, it's amazing how far have the rep factories gone with attention to minute details and quality of craftmanship. Using CAD/CGI tools definitely helps these days...:-) Which all begs the question - how come we still need to deal with outdated and substandard 44mm PAM CGs, crowns and dials ? The 'lefty' is definitely on my list... cheers, babola Edited November 24, 2006 by babola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 Quarks- Thanks for straightening me out. What is amazing is that the 239 and 243 have different crownguards, bezel pearls and hour markers on the gen and the reps actually take that into account. Now if those two are not available to the public manufacturers are getting incredibly close to the gen without an actual gen. You don't suppose there is a Paneristi or Panerai themselves behind all these rep improvements do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I too believe that lefty is the way to go.. and what a beautiful crown guard has the lefty First one I have seen a cg specially made for a lefty model and not upside down or crap versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 So the leftie is really a Luminor with a sub bezel but luminor width and no He valve. I went with the 243. No serial number but every time I look down and see T Swiss T when the gen is L Swiss L on the 239 it will drive me crazy. That is the other flaw looking at someone else's listing. Eddie's may be different though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarks Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 kruzer: Nah, I think I need to set myself straight. :lol I NEED to get out more.... Sometimes I scare myself typing these posts... brrrr.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 You are doing better than me. My 243 is already on its way. I think I am going to pass on the lefty and hold out for the 187 and Northpole Angus is showing to round out the year. As a righty, I find the Destro crown guard actually feels weird on the arm. I ended up trading my 217 for that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 I like the 239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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