Xac Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 How often do people comment on your Panerai? How many people recognize what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Too many people here in Hollywood-land. So many in fact, that I wear other watches most of the time instead of PAMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Recognizing: 2 in about 500 days I'm wearing PAMs (0.4%). Saying 'nice watch!': 5-10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shultzie Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Recognized once as a Pam (assumed gen) but a surprising amount of compliments on the watch itself no matter - I love 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyndonville Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 How often do people comment on your Panerai? How many people recognize what it is? While sitting at a bar one day a guy I know turned to me and said, "Whazzat thing?" Considering the question I told him it was just a big shiny watch and it had big numbers so my eyes could read what time it was. He said, "Oh, nice." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadan Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Never recognized as a Pam , But I always catch people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiumdesigners Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I'm in new york city, I've had a few people recognize the brand. I have a gen pam, so never been called out on the reps, they just assume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebakanezzar Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I got my first pam almost 2 years ago, only been recognized once, and that was the other day by some complete A-hole who kept friggin buggin me while I was trying to eat lunch! However, I have had alot of "wow! thats a nice/kewl watch!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzla Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Not had it recognized as a PAM but had a comment on the size. "This is a watch, that is a [censored]ing clock!" Still he said it's really nice (PAM217). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyingclive Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 One man that I met by accident in a supermarket, a guy that used to work at the same place as me, recognised my 147 as a Panerai. But he is Italian. Other than that, I have never had a comment from anyone. And I have fourteen Panerai reps. Watches are a personal pleasure. Oh - my boss comments from time to time. He likes waches (gens) and it pisses him off that I can buy such beautiful watches at such bargain prices. But he cannot resist looking to see what I am wearing today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sssurfer Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 a guy that used to work at the same place as me, recognised my 147 as a Panerai. But he is Italian. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc_uk Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 I work in an International Organisation in Canary Wharf and get lots of compliments everytime I wear a PAM. The men of my own age (!!) from Italy, Hungary and The Czech Republic always know what it is, the others (From all over the World) just like it as it's BIG and different! Panerai aren't big in the UK yet. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAM192MEX Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Never recognized as a PAM, but lots of compliments ,specially from the ladies I own a 192 and a 177h "updated" Davidsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Recognizing: 2 in about 500 days I'm wearing PAMs (0.4%). Saying 'nice watch!': 5-10%. Same. Little to no recognition. Moderate interest in the form of "nice watch" or "watch kind of watch is that?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usil Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Lots of my co-workers notice and comment on them looking nice but only 2 people in the past 14 months actually knew what it was. Usil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omni Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 I think the most comments I get are curiousity driven: "Is that a Panerai?" since it is now a known brand but doesn't show up on people's wrist as often as other watches, like Rolex, Omega, etc. So anything out of the ordinary will garner a comment. My reply is enthusiastic motor-mouth spilling out of Pannie WISdom about the watch, which then tends to get the "That's more than I wanted to know" look from the hapless victim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasigi Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 The people in my direct office recognise them as Panerai's now but that's only because I've told them. I've had a few 'nice watch' comments and a girl in our sales office always wants to know what I'm wearing but nobody who I didn't know has recognised them as a Pam. A Polish security guard at one of our sites said "big watch" a few weeks ago. As said, they're still not big in the UK at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rag9fx Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) Funnily enough i have had my PAM recognized more over here in London then in New York. I was in one of University of London's Coleges holding standby tutorials for a mate of mine last year and two of the students surprizingly asked me if i was wearing a PAM and one of them asked me if i bought off a Moroccan vendor in Spain- then again these are the type of kids that vacation in St. Tropez and Monaco for Easter break. My girlfriend's step dad noticed immediatly when my GF wore it for her brother's birthday ( She tends to wear my 183 more then i do these days) and she apparently always gets complimented on it - then again pams on skinny girls tend to be very noticeable. For the most part i just get the 'that is a big watch' comment. Edited April 21, 2007 by rag9fx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAM192MEX Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Well, I just posted my "no recognition" statement few hours ago and it just happened the same day: Short story, went to a mall in Skokie IL, brought my old russian CRABA to replace the batery (maybe after at least 5 years) and the store manager regognized the watch as a PAM, turns out that she used to work for one Chicago AD, selling PAMs. Amazing , it was my first time and I have to accept, I felt nervous. her words where: "ohhhhhh youare wearing a PANERAI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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