Yup, I resisted Panerai for years after in around 2000 passing on a $9.5K PAM127 (hell of a lot of money at the time; Monaco's were $US2200 back then.....) but

I landed this recently and to be honest it's not been off my wrist all summer; I've swum, boarded, snorkeled, wined and dined in it and haven't worn anything else. I took my Deepsea along to holidays at the beach and it wasn't worn once.....

It's a 328, bought as it has a date, a factory bracelet ( I w-e-a-r my watches, swim, get them wet, use them) and at 44mm isn't too muck like a wrist-clock. Isofrane strap so it can be driven hard and put away wet.

Am now coveting a 47mm PAM something.