Vintage and the rare---Panerai Mare Nostrum

Vintage Panerai’s happen to be exciting, large, bold, unique and rare. Among them the Mare Nostrum is possibly probably the most mystical, because it was Panerai’s only vintage chronograph. Even though the re-make isn't as large because the original one, the main one offered for auction by Christie’s can without a doubt its known as exciting, bold, unique and rare.

Panerai's get one of the most distinctive looks associated with a modern watch brand. They basically use similar styled cases and faces it’s their models, a method that they're preferred among many and abhorred by potentially more. They all are based on the initial Radiomir, the main one presented to them by Rolex within the nineteen forties to be used by the Italian Navy.

In 1943 Panerai developed the Mare Nostrum for deck officials also it was their first chronograph. Allegedly a couple prototypes have been made prior to the Allied invasion (in Italia) avoided full scale production. Like the rest of the Panerais, the Mare Nostrum has turned into a timeless classic. So it wasn't strange that Panerai designed a re-problem of the iconic watch.

In 1993 the Mare Nostrum was introduced for public purchase. Panerai made some modifications towards the design. A 42mm case made the watch a lot more wearable compared to 52mm case of the original prototype. The two layer dial of the prototype was changed with a normal (one layer) dial and also the smooth bezel was now engraved having a km/h scale and then having a tachymeter.

Panerai elected for any ETA 2801-2 with Dubois Depraz chronograph module to power the watch. Between 1993 and 1996 492 of those Mare Nostrums where created along with an additional 100 equally divided between two models that where specifically designed for Sylvester Stallone. One was like the regular Mare Nostrum with simply the title “Slytech” put into the dial. Another you also “Slytech” around the dial, but additionally were built with a smooth bezel, similar to the original prototypes.

In March 1997 the Vend?me Luxury Group (now referred to as Richemont) bought Panerai and did some slight retouches around the Mare Nostrums design. They re-labored the dial where installed the minute track around the outside of the hour markers rather than inside and also the bezel had a polished inner ring with stripes marking the according speed indicated around the satin finished outer ring. 

It had been provided with 3 dial colors reference PAM006 having a blue dial, PAM007 having a whitened dial and PAM008 having a black dial. With 398 pieces as a whole, the Vend?me-serie was really more compact being produced amounts compared to Vend?me version of the Mare Nostrum.