North Pole Mike Horn--Panerai PAM 252 Luminor North Pole GMT

One of the Panerai watches which a complete favorite of mine may be the PAM252 Luminor North Pole GMT. This watch is really a 2006 special edition watch - devoted towards the North Pole expedition - which only 500 models were created.
          
The 252 has got the looks of Panerai submersible watches, but - even though it is water resistant as much as 300 meters - technically it isn't a submersible. Its rotating bezel sits dormant to calculate submersion time however it functions like a compass aid rather. The letters N, E, S and W take presctiption the bezel to point North, East, South and West. 

The watch may be used to discover the north direction by looking into making the hour hand point straight in the sun. There is half the position between your hour-hand and also the 12 o'clock index. This direction is south! After that you can rotate the bezel to that particular position to keep an eye on where you are going. It is a nice function but most likely much more of a gadget than the usual helpful one.

The PAM252 includes a solid steel case back having a picture of the polar ice cap engraved and also the signatures of Mike Horn and Borge Ousland. The engraving describes Mike Horn's North Pole Winter Expedition, the goal of that was to visit over the 1000 or even more kilometers of ice which separate the northernmost a part of Russia in the North Pole. It was its northern border Pole expedition that adopted Mike Horn's first solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle (the Arktos expedition).

Officine Panerai was a unique partner of the North Pole Winter Expedition and they've developed this technically advanced watch specifically for the expedition. It features a soft iron inner case to safeguard the OP VIII automatic movement in the influence of the earth’s magnetic area that is quite strong nearby of the North Pole. The watch also offers a 24 hour GMT function and a date in the 9 o'clock position.

Distinguishing features range from the blue dial, “NORTH POLE” notation around the dial, a unique kind of lubricant that guarantees functionality in Arctic-like temps, an inner soft iron case (antimagnetic), case back engraved using the Arctic ice cap and also the signature of Mike Horn and Borge Ousland, and bezel with N/S/E/W directional markings. 

Talking about which, this can be a little watch trick for you personally: discover the north direction utilizing a watch by looking into making the hour hand point straight in the sun. Half the position between your hour hand and also the 12 o’clock index is South - direct opposite is obviously North.