I was looking into a service a couple of weeks ago and checked the services page on the Panerai website, making some mental notes. Checked again today for an unrelated reason, and something seemed off. I didn't remember the prices being quite that high…

Sure enough, a look through the wayback machine shows that a regular hours-minutes movement…

Panerai Just Quietly Raised Their Service Prices..

Up for grabs is a beautiful and rare Arnold & Son HMS1 in stainless steel with a stunning anthracite dial, one of a limited run of 250 pieces in this configuration. The case is 40mm wide and just 7.68mm thick, elegantly styled with downward arcing lugs and an inward angled case side which gives it a delicate and refined appearance. Housed inside the case is the A&S1001 caliber, a hand-finished manually-wound movement that is just 2.7 mm thick. Despite the incredibly thin profile, the…

FS: Arnold & Son HMS1 Anthracite & Steel – One of 250