cc Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 I went to GTG last thursday and spotted this on a member. it is a tank!! i'm considering one for myself....... what do you think? Ennebi Fondale Dive Watch with Black Dial Brand new in box Specially Priced: $3,750 USD The watch is created by Alessandro Bettarini and Luciano Nincheri. Alessandro was the head engineer at Panerai prior to the Richemonte buy out. Ennebi watch is a company of engineres who used to work for the military. It is said that Alessandro designed this, the first 1000 meter dive watch, in 1980 and a few prototypes were made but none were ordered by the Italian Navy, so this model never went into production. Base Model w hour, minute & large sweeping second hand Black Dial Self winding movment 25,60 Caliber Power reserve 38 hours Case is 47 mm in Micropeened Titanium Water and pressure tested of 1000m Organic mineral glass with Anti Reflective Coating Luminous minute digits and indicators Self-locking bidirectional bezel, clicks every 2,5 min Tantalum bezel index 24mm lugs Italian Black Calf with Heavy Duty Pre Vendome style SS buckle Limited Edition of 300 units. here's a link to their line: http://forums.watchnet.com/index.php?t=tre...31665&rid=0 the pvd 45mm version is hot!! cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLudlowe Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Iwhat do you think? My honest first impression? $14.99 at WalMart, with a matching wallet and keyfob. Sorry, it's not polite but it's honest - I'm sure it's an excellent watch and worth every dime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strattakan Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 My honest first impression? $14.99 at WalMart, with a matching wallet and keyfob. Sorry, it's not polite but it's honest - I'm sure it's an excellent watch and worth every dime. I won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swdivad Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 yeah... looks nice... but cmon! 3750!!! LOL Mineral glass? ppppthhh Prototype for the Italian Navy??? ppppth! They are just riding on Panerai's back... The greed of the world is increasing exponentially... Here's one fine example. I say rep 'em and get it over with LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidestro Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 There is a reason that this prototype never went into production! As an aside however, if this really were a prototype for Panerai and they did not ever produce any, would it really be available for sale? I assume that Panerai would still own the rights to it, prototype or not. I call B.S. as mentioned above, but I don't think they should waste their time making a rep of it. They need all the reverse engineering rep makers working on something better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ztech Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 As a person who's handled an Ennebi in person allow me to throw in my 2 cents. First, this is a beat of a watch. I've noticed that fans of large dive watches seem to gravitate towards this watch. It really is a tank on a wrist. It's definitely a, "hey look at me", type of watch as well. Although it doesn't right away convey refinement/quality/etc. it does have just that. It feels a lot different than it looks is the way I'd describe it. It's obviously not for everyone, but that's the draw IMHO. I did consider for a brief moment, but I personally felt that my money would be better put to use on another gen. Just remember, there is no watch out there that's perfect. So... wear what you like. Oh BTW, it's got one of the cleanest and easiest to read dials out there. My 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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