No Joke, I saw someone in Yodobashi Camera, Akihabara, Tokyo with one of these on, looking for a replacement strap! He was having trouble so I told him the 44mil Panerais take a 24mm strap. Oddly enough, I was buying a strap for my 44mm Sonne which has a luminor case with a radiomir crown.
The one this guy had was falling apart with the brass case showing through where the stainless steel plating had worn off. These are the kind of crap reps that sell on the street here. Sad.
Wow... that was just 4 days ago.