Panerai Luminor 1950 (PAM 321) Watch Review

You will find explanations why everyone loves and put on their watches.  Maybe their watch has some emotional link with a celebration within their past, could it have been a present, and when you're like us (watch brainiacs) you just love getting a helpful mechanical toy in your wrist which has style. As I usually readily understand my fellow watch fanatics, I'll be the first one to admit that originally I didn't comprehend the subgroup of watch brainiacs who're to be honest fans from the Officinal Panerai brand, also known as the "Paneristis".
    
If you're not acquainted with this variety of watch lover, just spend a couple of minutes perusing the Panelist forum and that i virtually guarantee that you'll leave the website astonished, otherwise perplexed, through the genuine passionate and frequent posts from Panelists around the globe.  They discuss every model, publish pictures, speculate on new models, give advice to newcomers, as well as frequently throw parties (around the globe) where fellow Panelists come for a great time, make buddies, not to mention showcase their beloved Panerai models...

I had been simply amazed after i discovered the Panelists and didn't realise why they been around to begin with. Also enchanting was why Panerai, a comparatively recently elevated the watchmaking industry company with limited styling, became this kind of legendary brand? That's, I had been ignorant, until I received my first Panerai...  Within this publish I'll review my Panerai Luminor 1950 GMT or PAM 321 while trying to reduce some light to the Panelist movement.  As I don't consider myself part of the "cult" yet, I actually do are in possession of a learned appreciation for that logo and its items but I additionally know very well what the fervor is about -- or at the minimum I'll reveal to you my opinions about them.

When I pointed out, Panerai, like a number of other the watchmaking industry brands and for various reasons, were built with a discontinuous history.  The organization began in Florence (Firenze) in 1860 where Giovanni Panerai setup a watch manufacturing company shop and offered maritime equipment.  In early area of the previous century Panerai's roots in horology were cemented because they grew to become the supplier of watches for that Italian Navy.  In those days, Italian frogmen would use their watches to some time and synchronize attacks and perhaps even mount torpedoes they would navigate to create lower docked enemy ships.  Getting an individual time instrument you could put on and find out underwater would be a must of these procedures and Panerai provided exactly that using their large watches which incorporated a patented luminescent radioactive material: radioman.

Original Panerai store in Florence, Italia

Dealing with Rolex watch, Panerai assisted develops a few of the initial water-resistant watches.  Earlier Panerai models even incorporated Rolex watch actions...  However, maybe because of Italy's reduction in The Second World War or because of the quarta movement crisis from the 70's, or possibly a little of both, the company virtually disappeared...  What goes on next is well recorded, but suffice to state that American actor and noted watch enthusiast and collector Sylvester Stallone gave the company a lift of existence by putting on a Panerai in a single of his movies by sporting timepieces around the red-colored carpet and throughout interviews.  What adopted was the purchase of the organization through the Richemont Group and it is thriving, assisted through the obsessed Panelists an internet-based forums.  Jake's Panerai World blog includes a thorough account from the Panerai history, such as the Rolex watch connection, which i recommend the interested readers peruse for particulars and illustrations.

As the somewhat romantic history using the new Hollywood tie-in will make for any great movie, it does not promise an excellent watch. I truly wanted to understand am special about Panerai and it is watches, especially having seen my cousin Alain, a physician in Miami, and someone I really respect, constantly sporting one.  There has to be a much deeper group of reasons that some men (as well as gals) are drawn to the company and be obsessive about it.  After putting on my PAM 321 for any week straight throughout a part of my winter vacation, I believe I finally cracked the mystery...  however allow me to describe the PAM 321 and also the common design language it explains to all Panerai models.

Much like many effective watchmakers, Panerai follows a typical design and style language its its watches.  The most typical traits are: a sizable cushion situation, highly legible and straightforward dial with super-legible font, along with a flexible range of straps.

On my small PAM 321, the situation may be the so-known as 1950 situation that is a cushion situation created from the solid block of blown stainless.  The crown is polished steel and it is paid by the initial-to-Panerai crown safeguarding device which helps to make the watch water tight.  Basically it is a half-crescent crown guard (tight seal device) of blown steel that entirely covers the crown aside from a little lever that whenever drawn (with nail or finger) releases the crown.  Once launched, the crown may then be drawn and switched.  This is an ingenious device that is a determining visual differentiator for that brand which has become trademarked by Panerai because the 1960 patent privileges have lengthy expired...

Like the majority of Panerai watches, the PAM 321 is very large at 44mm and sits high at 19mm.  It isn't for small men though I've come across various pictures around the Panelist forum of the items seems to become more compact men as well as women putting on 44mm as well as bigger Panerai models?-  For me personally, on my small almost 7 1/2 inch wrist, the 44mm situation seats perfectly because the lugs are curved lower without overpowering my wrist.  The black alligator strap that included it's high quality and appears to become machine sewn in whitened.

Possibly probably the most incredible area of the PAM 321 (as well as many Panerai watches) is its amazing legibility, day or evening.  This is actually the consequence of the sandwich dial construction in which the hour markers and also the 12, 6, and 9 hour marks are full of Panerai luminescent that merely stands out with some charge.  In the past, Panerai has already established various improvements for the reason that space, including using radium-based luminescent, that was changed through the non-radioactive luminor material which provides the series its moniker.  The legibility is really good that merely utilizing it throughout your day, you're going to get through the night legibility? Therefore it is the right watch to sit down in your evening table.  Aiding for the reason that legibility is really a nicely domed azure very on the top from the timepiece-like simple dial using the Panerai unique font that may be read from the distance.

While using incorporated tools (strap change and flat screwdriver) I'm able to rapidly switch to the provided black rubber strap.  It provides the timepiece a far sportier look and turns it right into a veritable "diving" watch.  Whilst not a genuine diver (no rotating bezel, although it is 300m water-resistant) I'd no difficulties with it by the pool and by the pool where I made use of it, towards the dismay of my more youthful brother Laurent, as my preferred scuba diving watch once we hunted, from the waters of Montrouis, for lionfishes (Pterois) ---a predatory species which has penetrated the waters from the Atlantic.

When using the PAM 321 for scuba diving or diving is utilizing the watch poor its historic roots, the opportunity to easily, rapidly, and precisely change straps means will be able to customize the character of my PAM 321 immediately to complement my outfit or even the unique circumstances.  The provided alligator strap is ideal for office work as the rubber can be useful for the sea or even the pool?-  however, the good thing about possessing Panerai watches is obtaining 3rd party straps yet still time completely altering your watch.

You will find literally thousands of aftermarket straps readily available for all Panerai models.  They're offered from around the globe, some beginning as little as a couple of dollars plus some reaching well in to the $1K range.  The types of materials change from calf leather (new or distressed and all things in between) to alligator and crocodile, and also to some exotic leathers for example stingray, sharks, reptiles, ostrich, and much more.  The accessible colors are multitudinous and also the level of comfort will be different using the material and construction. For mine, I could acquire some distressed calf leather Large Belt straps from Time Republic vendor on eBay for around $60 each (with shipping) with a pre-V (pre-Vendome) buckle incorporated.

Not to mention, this isn't mentioning official Panerai straps and bracelets that you can also buy.  In the Panerai store in Bal Harbour, FL, for considerably more income, I could add some legendary assolutamente deployment strap to my collection in addition to a rare blown stainless bracelet.  Both of them are very difficult to find at approved sellers (Advertisements) or on eBay.  As pointed out, each strap simply completely changes the timepiece as though I'd bought a brand new watch.  This is from comments of buddies and family throughout my vacation where I made use of the timepiece daily.  Using the stainless bracelet, I basically converted my PAM 321 to some PAM 347 because the bracelet may be the only difference backward and forward models.

On the top famous that, the PAM 321 has the in-house P.9002 automatic movement including some intriguing and helpful features.  First, the PAM 321 is C.O.S.C licensed and possesses an exhibition caseback that shows the threeOr4 plate movement decorated with blue screws and rubies.  The decoration isn't excessively done which can be useful for the primary tool character from the watch.  The movement is really a GMT in which the hour hands (once the crown is launched and drawn to put one) can change rapidly in jumping fashion.

Oddly enough, the GMT hands is colored identical to the dial and it is thin so that by moving the hour hands above it, you are able to hide the GMT hands and convert the PAM 321 to some non-GMT watch.  This really is unlike what's usually possible along with other GMT watches in which the GMT hands makes a person revolution from the dial in 24 hrs.  The date changes once the hour hands makes two revolutions from the dial.  However, one drawback here, highlighting that this isn't a "real" GMT watch, is you don't easily determine if the GMT hands is showing AM or PM.  Some Panerai models, e.g., PAM 270 and PAM 335, have an additional AM/PM indicator while using P.2003 movement.

Two capabilities of the movement would be the quick totally reset seconds and also the 3-day energy reserve indicator.  First, by delivering the crown and tugging it towards the second position, you are able to slowly move the minute’s hands and also the GMT hands.  However, what's awesome is the fact that when you pull the crown to that particular second position, the seconds hands immediately moves to zero and also the movement stops.  This enables you to definitely precisely set the present time for you to a reference time.  No more must you wait for seconds hands to achieve 60 to be able to stop it and hang it precisely. The P.9002 movement does that for you personally instantly.

Finally, the PAM 321 includes a 72 hour energy reserve by having an indicator at 4 o'clock that utilizes an average Panerai lumed hands (like the seconds hands) moving across reasonable semicircle showing zero to 72 hrs.  The indicator intervenes slightly using the GMT hands once the lumed arrow mind travels across it, however, that's a little cost to pay for to rapidly know that you ought to put on or wind the timepiece.  I additionally found the energy reserve indicator to become accurate, showing exactly 36 hrs remaining after I fully billed the timepiece and left it on my small Wolf Designs watch winder having a 36 hrs start delay.

As pointed out, I used the PAM 321 in a variety of contexts: by the pool mingling at parties as well as scuba diving and skin diving by the pool.  What grew to become obvious next week is the fact that I believe I finally "got" why is Panelists so mad regarding their Panerai watches.  It is a passion that evolves from getting a wrist watch with unique style that's versatile (numerous available 3rd party straps that may be transformed easily), that's legible (simple, super obvious dial and fonts with amazing lume), which includes a strong presence around the wrist that's hard to complement every other watch.

With you’re a powerful cult-like following, the interest in Panerai watches just get more powerful with a few models selling out completely once they are introduced.  The PAM 321 examined here's a 2012 N series that is restricted to 2000 models and sells for $9,800.  The PAM 347 the same model however with the bracelet is listed at $10,600.  Because the bracelet is difficult to find and sells in the Panerai store for $2,400 (when you are able think it is!), I'd recommend obtaining the PAM 347 if you want steel bracelets or could be hoping to get a bracelet later on.  The primary drawback to the bracelet is adding 60 grams for an already somewhat heavy situation that weighs in at in at 140 grams without straps.

I'm now so pleased with my PAM 321 that I’m thinking about adding a Submersible 47mm version to my listing of future watch acquisitions?-  And trust me that whenever I acquired the PAM 321, I figured this is my first and last Panerai, since at that time, within my eyes all of them looked exactly the same.  Now I see each model and that I rapidly lust in the capabilities or slight variations. 

Panerai Luminor 1950 three days PAM372 Watch Review

The Swiss Panerai Luminor 1950 three days, or even more passionately known among Paneristis simply because the PAM 372 (PAM372), was initially seen at SIHH 2011. It's since gone onto become probably the most popular Panerai models. Why? 
Most likely since it combines a lot of why people love the company together with a minimalist military-style and legendary situation. Before I am going onto discuss the timepiece, it's important to know the conditions to which this watch was created and it is significance to Panerai’s history.

In 2002, Panerai launched a unique Edition model known simply because the Luminor 1950 or even more notoriously and just because the “Fiddy” (like "fifty" for 1950). Restricted to just 1,950 models, it was not lengthy prior to the Fiddy began swapping hands at more than list cost. Even today, greater than a decade later, it's swapping hands in excess of double its list cost.

Because the Fiddy, Paneristis happen to be clamoring for any “base” Fiddy. Base in Panerai speak describes a wrist watch with only the hour and minute hands and little else. Additionally, the timepiece ought to be a normal production piece (not limited) to ensure that everybody may have a possibility of possessing one in a slightly less insane cost. Panerai took in, as well as in 2011 clarified Paneristis’ hopes using the PAM 372 - a 2 hands 1950-style model which was not really a special edition.

Consequently, the PAM 372 is among the most eagerly anticipated Panerai watches in recent occasions. It had been so difficult to get hold of one which I only handled to obtain mine - this watch the thing is within review - captured. Clearly, I love the timepiece and today I'll make an effort to explain why.

Such as the Fiddy, the PAM 372 also offers a 47mm 1950-style stainless situation, however with subtle variations. For just one, the situation is entirely polished stainless rather than blown. However, the trademark "device safeguarding the crown" maintains its blown finishing. Furthermore, the situation also offers a rather different shape. It’s less chunky and it has a cushion-shape profile that's more like the Radiomir watches. Additionally, it has slimmer lugs.

These subtle changes towards the situation have already established a serious effect in route the PAM 372 looks and wears. Overall, it appears less bulky, and despite its massive size, I discovered it fits much better than the more compact 44mm Luminor 1950 watches. It’s less top heavy, and sits closer and much more snugly towards the wrist. I've more compact 6.5-inch arms and that i found the PAM 372 to become comfortable enough to put on all day every day. Nevertheless, the PAM 372 is in no way a little watch at 47mm wide.

Talking about size, the PAM 372 utilizes the in-house P.3000 movement, a hands-winding calibre that measures an astonishing 16? lignes - roughly 37mm. The timepiece includes a azure caseback that discloses the movement in the whole. However, it’s simply finished and 2 large brush-finished bridges cover a lot of it, hence there’s really nothing much to check out it.

Beating at 21,600 vph, the P.3000 uses two mainspring barrels connected in series allow it a energy reserve of 72 hrs or three days - therefore, the title. The PAM 372 winds really easily, as though the crown itself was bathed in wealthy butter. There isn’t any clicking seem, only a slight resistance that develops and develops before the movement is fully wound. However, to create enough energy for several days, it will take many turns prior to the watch is fully wound. This should not be any problem because winding is among the joys of the manual movement and that i thought it was fun to wind the PAM 372.

The P.3000 is really a fundamental time-only movement; however it comes with a useful feature up its masturbator sleeves. Pull the crown in to the second position, also it allows you advance just the hrs. This really is helpful when you are traveling across timezones. This really is really a comparatively rare complication. Nevertheless, the movement never was among the PAM 372’s strong selling points as you will find more complex in-house Panerai actions available.

A lot of the PAM 372’s allure is lower towards the dial that is highly similar to the vintage Reference 6512. Such as the vintage 6512, it features a sandwich dial and a straightforward design with simply the hour markers (12, 3, 6 and 9 have been in Panerai’s characteristic font) and also the words Luminor Panerai engraved onto it. The engraved test is then full of an “ecru” colored fresh paint, much like the hour markers. To complement it, the hour and minute hands are completed in gold. Like the majority of Panerais, the PAM 372 is extremely legible, both day and evening.

Finally, to finish it off, Panerai has made the decision to suit the PAM 372 having a highly-domed 3mm-thick Plexiglass very. This is a reason for contention among enthusiasts and fanatics. Detractors reason that a Plexiglass very collects scratches too easily and it has room on the luxury watch. They'd thus should you prefer a azure very. Also, Plexiglass adds thickness for an already bulky watch, which makes it difficult to fit under shirt cuffs. However, individuals who choose the Plexiglass very reason that it provides the dial particular “warmth” those azure deposits can't ever aspire to achieve using their obvious, perfect clearness.

Personally, I really like the Plexiglass very. Since it is highly domed, it distorts the dial at certain angles and exactly how it refracts light to the dial helps make the watch interesting to check out. “Warm” is definitely a frequently used cliche when explaining watches but that’s just what the Plexiglass very does. The PAM 422, that is really PAM 372 having a second’s sub-dial at 9 o’clock along with a azure very rather than a Plexiglass one, feels and looks cold in contrast. Even though it will get scratched easily, it may be very easily touched track of some PolyWatch polish.

Like the majority of Panerai watches, the PAM 372 includes two straps Body in dark red brown and the other inside a honey-ant peanut tone - along with a screwdriver for altering straps. Among the joys of possessing a Panerai is altering straps and also the PAM 372 appears to look great in nearly any type of strap.

Within the photos the thing is here, I've paired the timepiece using its OEM red brown strap in addition to a vintage-searching strap known as the Caitlin 2 from Gunny. I believe both straps pair well using the watch.

It's understandable I love this see a lot. But I can tell a few things going against it. Size and cost. At 47mm, it's a large watch which is prone to put people off. Additionally, you will find many occasions I see people asking on forums if it's too large to allow them to carry off.

Personally, I believe it isn't sufficient to simply judge whether a wrist watch is simply too large for you in line with the size your wrist. More to the point, you ought to take a look at the way the watch suits you in general and so many people are looking over height like a factor. I've come across skinny but tall males carry off this watch very nicely. So that as I've pointed out, despite its size, the PAM 372 is formed nicely to suit most arms.

The PAM 372 has a listing cost of $10,400, which, for individuals who don't understand and appreciate Panerai, quite a bit of money for a stainless-steel situation, two-hander watch - even when it will come with an in-house movement. However, if you're able to understand the brand’s background and heritage, then you will notice that you will find couple of other models in Panerai’s line-up that ooze just as much brand DNA because the PAM 372.

Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 On Bracelet Watch Review

For many people, the quintessential modern Panerai is the Luminor 1950. This 44mm-wide case is what most people picture when they think of Panerai with is distinctive locking crown-guard system and chunky style. While Panerai does offer a (small) degree of variety among the various dials it pairs with the Luminor 1950, each has that iconic, minimalist, legible look that the brand is so admired for continuing after all these years. So what makes this particular Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 watch different is that it comes not on a strap, but on a matching steel bracelet.
Among collectors and aficionados, Panerai is further popular because most of their watches look good on any number of straps. Not all timepieces can pull this off, as they look good on just one or a few color options. Having said that, I've long since been curious about wearing a Panerai on the few available metal bracelets they offer. Not only are the bracelets usually cool looking, but they add an entirely new character (very much a modern character) to these classic dive watch designs. So with that in mind, I started my time checking out the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 watch that comes standard on one of Panerai's rare bracelets.

The simple angular Y-shaped links used to make the bracelet are attractive and make for a pleasant pairing to the minimalist yet industrial look of the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 case. There was an earlier Panerai bracelet design that tried to match the curvature of the Panerai bezel a bit more into the design of the links. While that earlier bracelet design is also cool, I think this more modern approach is a bit more successful and fitting with the overall character and theme of what most people appreciate about that core Panerai DNA and sense of design.

On the wrist, the bracelet offers a bit more articulation than you might expect, given the single link structure, but it isn't going to be as fluid feeling as other bracelets that have more, smaller links. The reason this is an issue is because the the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 watch case is rather heavy, and a secure fit is needed for it to wear comfortably. What you don't want happening is for a watch case to be sliding up and down your wrist as your wear it. The ideal fit on any wrist for a watch is to be snug in the same position without choking your wrist. When you achieve this fit, it is like magic, but when you don't, it can make for an unpleasant experience and you not wearing a watch as often as you'd like.

So why do I mention all this in regard to the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328? Well, the fit was pretty good, but not quite good enough. I found the bracelet to be either a bit too big or too small when I adjusted it. Panerai does include half-links which allow for a more precise fit. This is a good thing, but I craved an additional level of micro-adjusting to get the perfect fit. I've worn larger, heavier watches than this Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 and had a wonderful and comfortable experience, but I've also worn smaller watches with a less satisfying experience.

In situations like this, I simply say to people that if they are interested in a watch like this they should try it on and see how the fit is before committing. With the bracelet, the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 is a good looking watch that offers just enough distinctiveness to make it more than just another Panerai. Though, you should make sure it suits your wrist properly. Of course, there are the many (many) other Luminor Marina 1950 watch models that come on straps.

Of course, Panerai more-or-less expects many of its customers to be frequent strap changers. Being able to mix up the look of your Panerai watch is part of the experience, and most look good anything from a black strap to a yellow one - and everything in between. I have a feeling that when it comes to the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328, it is less expensive to buy this version of the watch with the bracelet then a different version that doesn't come with the bracelet and to later buy the bracelet separately. So if you like the look of the bracelet but don't want to wear it all the time, it makes sense to get a model like the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328, and then a few strap options on the side. The straps/bracelet require simple screwdrivers to change - so it is pretty simple.

The clean elegance of the Luminor Marina 1950 dial is difficult to dispute. The dial features the time with subsidiary seconds dial at 9 o'clock and the date at 3 o'clock. The sandwich-style dial puts a layer of Super-LumiNova underneath the main dial which is seen through the cut-aways at the hour markers. The hands, of course, have additional luminant on them. Darkness viewing is typically really good with a Panerai. These were, after all, originally designed to be read in dark murky waters.

Over the dial is a thick (2.6mm thick) AR-coated sapphire crystal (that inevitably still gets some glare, given its high level of doming), and the case is water resistant to 300 meters, like any serious dive watch should be. Of course, you also have the trademarked crown guard system which is simple to use. You can wind the crown with the "lock" engaged, and when you unlock it you can then pull out the crown to adjust the time.

Inside the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 is Panerai's in-house made P.9000 automatic movement. It features 72 hours (3 days) of power reserve operating at a modern 4Hz (28,800 bph). I recommend these 4Hz movements over some of the slower frequency 3Hz movements since they tend to result in better accuracy over time. I like that even with 300 meters of water resistance, the PAM328 has a sapphire crystal display back with a view of the movement on the rear of the watch. You don't always get that with a water resistance at this level.

Like the idea of a Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 watch on this bracelet but want a slightly fancier model? Panerai currently offers a few other timepieces in the same family with this bracelet style that might be more up your alley. The first place people go is to the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic Titanio PAM342. This is essentially the same watch with a slightly brown dial and titanium case - which means it is going to be lighter and more comfortable. Going back to steel, there is also the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic PAM329 (with a GMT hand complication) as well as the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Power Reserve Automatic PAM347 (that has both a GMT hand and a power reserve indicator).

Panerai doesn't sell a ton of its watches on bracelets which makes timepieces like the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic PAM328 decidedly niche among their larger assortment of timepieces. In a sense, that makes them extra cool, but there is a reason for them being less common than Panerai watches on straps. In addition to bracelet not being a "historic" part of the Panerai brand, the bracelet make for a more difficult "perfect fit," which means not everyone will love them. Though, for those people whose wrists match up with the bracelets, they make for a good looking and unique Panerai style. 

The innovative material---Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech

Revealed in the Salon de la Haute Horlogerie of Geneva, the Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech from Officine Panerai introduces a really innovative material named carbotech, an amalgamated material according to graphite, nothing you've seen prior used in the realm of the watch-making industry.

In addition to supplying exceptional technical performance, carbotech comes with an uneven, matt black appearance, which varies according the cutting of the material making each illustration of this watch a distinctive piece. It's used to help make the case, the uni-directional rotating bezel and also the lever bridge which safeguards the winding crown.

As Panerai describes, to create the plates of carbotech that these elements are created, thin sheets of carbon fibres are compressed in a controlled temperature under ruthless plus a high-end polymer, Look (Polyether Ether Ketone), which binds the composite material, which makes it even more powerful and much more durable.  In comparison to ceramics and titanium, carbotech is lighter and much more resistant against exterior marketing, in addition to being hypo-allergenic and never susceptible to corrosion. 
The 47 mm Luminor 1950 case (47 mm across), produced by Panerai within the late nineteen forties, is enhanced with a rotating bezel with markers composed of small studs, inspired through the model produced by Panerai or even the Egyptian Navy in 1956. The black dial of the new Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech has applied hour markers using the date window at three o’clock and also the small seconds counter at nine o’clock.

The screw-in case back, adding to create the watch water resistant to 300 meters, consists of titanium with black treatment which is engraved with elements characteristic of the Panerai brand: “Florence 1860”, the town and year of birth of Panerai the watch-making industry, and also the picture of a sluggish Speed Torpedo (SLC), the so-known as “pig” which within the nineteen forties the commando of the Italian Navy sailed with the depths of the ocean on their own missions while wearing instruments produced by Panerai.

The brand new Carbotech is operated by the P.9000 calibre, a 4Hz (28,800 vph) automatic movement with two spring barrels giving a power reserve of three days. Fitted having a black rubber strap personalised for that first time through the OP logo design in Panerai blue, the brand new Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech (ref. PAM00616) is going to be offered by October 2015 having a retail cost of Euro 15,700.

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The Special Edition---Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM 127

What's possibly most surprising is the fact that regardless of the brand’s relatively short history a lot of its watches have previously accomplished cult status among enthusiasts. This really is partially attributable that the company adopted the process in early stages of delivering a couple of ‘Special Edition’ pieces every year that will have limited production runs, thus growing their desirability one of the devoted. One particular example may be the Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM 127, more generally known among fanatics because the “Fiddy”.

Revealed in 2002 in the Salon Worldwide de la Haute Horlogerie, the special edition PAM 127 would be a hit with paneristi from the beginning, the different online forums illuminating with praise from around the globe for that new, nostalgia-inducing timekeeper. Tracing its lineage completely to a Panerai watch design from 1950 - therefore, the title - the PAM 127 brings together everything Panerai has been known and loved for namely extra-large cases, clean dials along with a certain stylish yet rugged aesthetic.

Oddly enough though, the half-moon crown guard mechanism developed along with Rolex that is now symbolic of the Luminor case really first made its appearance on the Radiomir case in around 1946, even though it appears it didn’t become standard problem before the introduction of the Luminor case in 1950. 

The reasoning for that crown guard was quite simple based on the aforementioned article on Jake’s Rolex World, all of the Rolex made Panerai watches were by hand wound and therefore the waterproof crown gasket would put on out rapidly with time. An answer was needed and thus together the two companies emerged with this particular design enhancement, which most probably was very efficient as it's been incorporated in each and every Luminor case since.

All this is extremely fascinating regarding call the PAM 127 a ‘grail watch’ it's unquestionably a really awesome watch and something that stays most evident towards the heritage it is supposed to honor. Put one other way, this watch pretty much exudes the company DNA which has cultivated this type of passionate following clean lines, masculine design not to mention in-your-face, impossible-to-ignore size (all 47mm from it). Actually pieces such as this are why a lot of people credit Panerai with really starting off the ‘over-sized’ watch trend, which is now so mainstream it can’t be also known to like a trend any longer.

Not everybody thinks, obviously “they’re so plain searching though” may be the comment I hear most frequently from my non-watch nerd buddies when speaking about Panerai watches generally but there's just something about this sandwich dial, the exaggerated curve of the sapphire crystal, the ever practical security lever lock around the crown, it’s so practical but so stylish all simultaneously. Just like a good Italian suit this can be a watch which was designed to be worn also to cause you to looks good simultaneously. It may sound silly however when you strap the PAM 127 you just feel cooler.

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