What happened with the rattrapante?

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Scott

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Last I'd heard it was limited exclusive to Andrew at TrustyTime, I think -- did it ever get rereleased?
 

JackJ1980

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Never got off the ground I believe. They couldn’t reproduce at an affordable price
I think.
 

muscles

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Maybe someone can arrange a group buy exclusive to HB.
 

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If memory serves me right, they produced about 60 pieces and it used the same movement as the gen Panerai (Swiss, not an Asian clone). I think the cost was upper $600 range. It's a beautiful piece and if they had a longer production run I would have picked up one.
 

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I would venture a guess that the movement availability limited the production run.
 

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Maybe we can get a TD to make another limited run? We can hope.
 

Subman

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Yeah but it had a couple of issues , mainly the pusher @ 7 was longer than the gens and the crystal had the wrong distortions to the dial so yeah ... also it was an exhibition case back which was an instant tell
 

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It's a very nice watch. If this comes up again we will certainly carry it. The tells on the watch are minor and can only be spotted with someone who is intimately familiar with the watch like the length of the pusher or the appearance of the movement. Generally people who are judging reps don't know that a working rattrapante movement has indeed been used in a replica watch. Maybe it's because of the very limited quantity (I heard it was 80 not 60 if I remember correctly).