The success of Panerai PAM127



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The Panerai PAM127  is the watch which will drive the first serious wedge . An attempt to replicate the Luminor 6152 from the 50’s-60’s, it will revisit the main characteristics of the vintage Luminors.

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If the big domed sapphire impressed the whole field at the presentation of this model, it is not this feature of the PAM127 that made history.

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It is the return to the ogival middles, akin to those of the Radiomirs, out with the straight middles, to give way to a kind of quaint elegance, a salvation design that lightens the look of this big watch (47mm instead of the usual 44).

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Its real commercial success, on the second hand market, followed the success curves of the PAM203 and PAM233. The prestige of the PAM203 made the PAM127 more desirable.

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