PAM 562 Calibre P.5000 Accuracy Test & 8 Month Review

[carl]

PAM 562 Luminor Base 8 Days Titanium Brown Dial - 44mm - P.5000 In House Manually Wound Movement - Water Resistance 300M

My first Panerai, purchased 8 months ago. After I first got it, I fully wound it and found out that it actually ran for around 9 days. Pretty pleased with that, I decided one day to test the accuracy over the 8 Days. So, 8 days ago at 10:30am local time, I wound it up and put it on my wrist. My plans to wear it for 8 days, however, stopped short as I purchased a new watch in the meantime, which I wore for the last 5 days. Anyway, I decided that even not wearing the PAM constantly, I would see how accurate it was after 8 days.

After 8 days, 5 of which the watch was sitting flat on my desk, it is running 90 seconds fast. An average of +11.25 secs/day. Personally, I am very happy with that result. I have heard stories of even 3 day movements not matching that. But I am having trouble finding any other record of the accuracy of this movement.

Of course, I will always wonder how accurate it would be if I actually wore it for 8 days. Maybe one day I will find out.

Now, I will let the watch run out and see when it stops. I have read on a few forums that the movement will actually run for over 9 days.

Apart from the movement, I love the watch. And it may just be my favorite of my four Panerai models. However, after I wear any of my Panerai watches I usually feel that the particular one is my favorite! I love how the titanium works with the brown dial, and mostly wear it on the OEM Brown Crocodile Leather strap which comes with the watch.

Mine is an "R" series, which I believe is the first of this model to have a none sandwich dial. Nevertheless, the lume still glows beautifully, and I have no complaint. The digits and markers are kind of hollowed out of the dial, and filled with super luminova, which gives a great effect. I think better than just painted on top of the dial.




Thanks for looking at my review.

Cheers,
Carl

[CHIP]

I’ve only had two, so my opinion is based strictly with my experiences with the 005 and 422.

I’ll keep it short and simple.

The 005, with its Unitas 6497 movement, was COSC and and kept time well within the plus four minus six requirement.

The 422, with its much fancier in house movement, sucked.
It was more accurate if I wore it consistently, but even then it struggled to stay under 15 seconds a day. If I let it sit, it gained as much as a minute per day. Depending on position.
Thank God it didn’t have minute markers, the exact time is always an approximation on a Panerai, which incidentally worked well in 422s case.

What I really learned from they is that just because it’s in house, it doesn’t meant it’s better.

I really like your Panerai, there is something great about the simplicity of it. It’s... a watch. And that’s it.

[carl]

Jan 15, 2019 17:29:31 GMT -6 CHIP said:

I’ve only had two, so my opinion is based strictly with my experiences with the 005 and 422.

I’ll keep it short and simple.

The 005, with its Unitas 6497 movement, was COSC and and kept time well within the plus four minus six requirement.

The 422, with its much fancier in house movement, sucked.
It was more accurate if I wore it consistently, but even then it struggled to stay under 15 seconds a day. If I let it sit, it gained as much as a minute per day. Depending on position.
Thank God it didn’t have minute markers, the exact time is always an approximation on a Panerai, which incidentally worked well in 422s case.

What I really learned from they is that just because it’s in house, it doesn’t meant it’s better.

I really like your Panerai, there is something great about the simplicity of it. It’s... a watch. And that’s it.

Yeah, it's a funny thing, but I seem to be a lot happier with no minute markers!   Anyway, I am nearly as fussy about timing watches as I used to be. And I also found that the watches I have had with ETA movements have all kept excellent time, except for one Breitling, years ago. This is the only 8 Day I have, or have ever had, and it was kind of fun to see how the accuracy is.

Cheers,
Carl

[carl]

The watch stopped at 1:15pm today. Nine days, two hours and 25 minutes after it started on a full wind. That is 216.25 hours, 192 hours is 8 Days.