Panerai Luminor Base PAM00112 Pre-owned

Shinola Black Blizzard Titanium Chronograph Watch
For 2014, US-based Shinola in Detroit will release their first titanium watch with the Shinola Black Blizzard Chronograph. The Shinola Black Blizzard will come in two case sizes and is very much part of their 2014 theme, which seems to be all about the rotating diver's style bezel. Buzz around Shinola is still high and their products genuinely look attractive; the question for me is whether or not their pricing is starting to get a bit more ambitious than the market can withstand in the long run.Shinola is very much about celebrating the USA. As you know, Shinola is a former shoe polish factory (shine-ola) and a few years ago was revived within Detroit to produce watches, bicycles, leather goods, and other items in the USA. In regard to the watches, they are produced using quartz movement kits from Ronda in Switzerland, while the other components for the watches are mostly from Asia. The manufacture location in Detroit assembles the watches and give the products that good ol' feeling o

U-Boat U-1942 Limited Edition Watch: Giant Retro Italian Diver
Apparently based on a never actually made design from 1942, the limited edition U-Boat U-1942 watch is an Italian blast from the past. The story goes that the Italian Navy commissioned a special watch to be made, but it never made production. This U-1942 watch is based directly on that design - and it is really sharp looking. The oddest part of the watch is of course the crown. It extends out.. maybe too far.? It is kind of silly and phallic to be honest. I mean it works, and looks cool, but you know.Lets just say that it looks like a periscope...yea that's it. The crown is meant to have a functional use though. The idea is that it is meant to be easy to use with gloves. Easy to use meaning winding it and adjusting it. Not sure how easy it will be to release the crown while in the locked position with gloves though, but probably pretty simple. Further, I believe that the crown can be adjusted and wound underwaterwhich should be nice.The watch is big! Really big with a grade 5 titanium

Comparison of Lume
Was late in the evening and before hitting the hay decided to do a comparison of PAM lume to Ball Lume. Considering the Ball has tritium gas tubes and the PAM wasnt fully charged, PAM did quite well.

2255 Electric Blue Elegant Strap
I own an 'Electric Blue' 2255 on a Speedmaster bracelet, and would like an elegant strap to wear every now and then. But nothing speaks to me. Blue crocodile would be a choice perhaps. Would like to keep in no higher than $150...unless it just really knocks me out.Any suggestions, photo's...?

Receipt from Panerai for Service?
I took my Panerai to an AD for service. The AD told me they sent it in to Panerai and it did return in a Panerai service case. However, I received no paperwork from Panerai - only the AD's receipt. It's been awhile since I sent a Rolex in for service, but seem to recall that they send pretty detailed Rolex paperwork back with it. I asked the AD about this and they said they didn't have any paperwork from Panerai to give me. Is this true? The cynic in me wonders if it could have been serviced in-house by the AD or one of the AD's independent contractors. This would certainly increase the spread they made on the service. I doubt it happened this way, since I received the service case and the watch was gone for a LONG time. However, you never know.Thanks.