Which is the best and most accurate mare nostrum that's available right now? Where can I get them?
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Mare Nostrum
- Thread starter Garyss
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- 16/8/09
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I'd go for the green canvas strap! I don't think you'll find a better price either. 
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/pam-300-mare-90613?t=90613&highlight=Mare
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/pam-300-mare-90613?t=90613&highlight=Mare
The one in the pic seems to be v1. V2 has small differences, main one is the correct bezel teeth. Check on this one for example http://www.ttw168.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_46&products_id=6570
- 18/1/11
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Hi Garyss
I would not buy this watch if you are looking for accuracy.
It is a medium grade replica with very inaccurate movement
Read the PAM GUIDE
"Reference PAM REVIEW-GUIDE" - Replica Search, Identification, Evaluation & Selection
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/reference-pam-review-107365?t=107365
Panerai collectors have been longing for a re-edition of the Panerai Mare Nostrum for years. In 2010 year their dream came true as Panerai presented the 2010 Special Edition PAM 300 at the Geneva SIHH.
The original Mare Nostrum is one of Panerai's most rare watches. It was designed for deck officers of the Italian Navy in 1943. The watch however, due to events in the war, never made the intended production process and - as far as documented - only three prototypes were made. It was unknown what happened to these three prototypes and all documentation was lost when Florence was flooded in the sixties, until one of the watches was offered for sale at Christies in 2005. Officine Panerai bought the watch for their museum for the sum of 85,000 Euro.
Panerai did already reproduce the Mare Nostrum in 1993 but the new 2010 PAM 300 is made to more exactly meet the specifications of the original Mare Nostrum. The case of the PAM 300 has the same shape and size (52mm) as the original and the dial looks very similar. Except that Tritium was used on the indices of the original watch. The watch - like the original - has a Two levels dial. The color of the luminova on the new PAM 300 does seem to match the color of the original watch quite closely. Panerai did a great job on the olive green canvas strap too.
The PAM 300 has a Panerai OP XXV movement - based on a Minerva movement. The original Mare Nostrum had an Angelus movement. You can admire the beautiful movement through the crystal case back. The original Mare had a closed case back.
The Minerva based movement is visible through the case back crystal
The aforementioned earlier reproductions of the Mare Nostrum are the Pre-Vendome 5218-301/A (10 prototypes in 1993, the 5218-302 Slytech Mare Nostrum (50 units with a blue dial in 1995) and the 5218-304 (50 units with a plain bezel in 1995). All three models have an ETA based movement and a 42mm case. Although these watches are based on the looks of the original Mare Nostrum they weren't designed using the specifications or measurements of the original 1942 chronograph.
Although the PAM 300 is a beautiful and unique collectors item with its 52mm case, this is not exactly a watch that many people can actually wear.
The replica is fitted with a good Venus 75 manual movement, trying to match the Minerva, but with the display caseback it is quite inaccurate. We should consider it like only an interesting watch.
REPLICA links:
http://www.puretime.co/product/pam300-mare-nostrum-v2-on-green-nylon-strap/
http://www.timesshop.net/6729-pa1258-panerai-radiomir-mare-nostrum-black-ss-ny-copy-venus-chrono-
http://asian7750.com/cn/product_show.asp?big_pid=&ps_id=&P_id=2007&ti=
http://www.trustytime.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_46&produ cts_id=6810
GEN links:
http://www.paneraisource.com/watch_details/Special_266
http://www.panerai.com/s_special_editions.xpd?id_lingua=2&id_sezione=16&i d_prodotto=9951&id_categoria=9943
ALE
I would not buy this watch if you are looking for accuracy.
It is a medium grade replica with very inaccurate movement
Read the PAM GUIDE
"Reference PAM REVIEW-GUIDE" - Replica Search, Identification, Evaluation & Selection
http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/reference-pam-review-107365?t=107365
Panerai collectors have been longing for a re-edition of the Panerai Mare Nostrum for years. In 2010 year their dream came true as Panerai presented the 2010 Special Edition PAM 300 at the Geneva SIHH.
The original Mare Nostrum is one of Panerai's most rare watches. It was designed for deck officers of the Italian Navy in 1943. The watch however, due to events in the war, never made the intended production process and - as far as documented - only three prototypes were made. It was unknown what happened to these three prototypes and all documentation was lost when Florence was flooded in the sixties, until one of the watches was offered for sale at Christies in 2005. Officine Panerai bought the watch for their museum for the sum of 85,000 Euro.
Panerai did already reproduce the Mare Nostrum in 1993 but the new 2010 PAM 300 is made to more exactly meet the specifications of the original Mare Nostrum. The case of the PAM 300 has the same shape and size (52mm) as the original and the dial looks very similar. Except that Tritium was used on the indices of the original watch. The watch - like the original - has a Two levels dial. The color of the luminova on the new PAM 300 does seem to match the color of the original watch quite closely. Panerai did a great job on the olive green canvas strap too.
The PAM 300 has a Panerai OP XXV movement - based on a Minerva movement. The original Mare Nostrum had an Angelus movement. You can admire the beautiful movement through the crystal case back. The original Mare had a closed case back.
The Minerva based movement is visible through the case back crystal
The aforementioned earlier reproductions of the Mare Nostrum are the Pre-Vendome 5218-301/A (10 prototypes in 1993, the 5218-302 Slytech Mare Nostrum (50 units with a blue dial in 1995) and the 5218-304 (50 units with a plain bezel in 1995). All three models have an ETA based movement and a 42mm case. Although these watches are based on the looks of the original Mare Nostrum they weren't designed using the specifications or measurements of the original 1942 chronograph.
Although the PAM 300 is a beautiful and unique collectors item with its 52mm case, this is not exactly a watch that many people can actually wear.
The replica is fitted with a good Venus 75 manual movement, trying to match the Minerva, but with the display caseback it is quite inaccurate. We should consider it like only an interesting watch.
REPLICA links:
http://www.puretime.co/product/pam300-mare-nostrum-v2-on-green-nylon-strap/
http://www.timesshop.net/6729-pa1258-panerai-radiomir-mare-nostrum-black-ss-ny-copy-venus-chrono-
http://asian7750.com/cn/product_show.asp?big_pid=&ps_id=&P_id=2007&ti=
http://www.trustytime.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_46&produ cts_id=6810
GEN links:
http://www.paneraisource.com/watch_details/Special_266
http://www.panerai.com/s_special_editions.xpd?id_lingua=2&id_sezione=16&i d_prodotto=9951&id_categoria=9943
ALE