Once again the italo-Swiss-made-cult-brand surprised me with its new timepieces. Click on “read more” to get the story and to see 56 pictures.
Officine Panerai will very soon inaugurate the new manufacture in Neuchâtel, where all the activities of development, production, assembly and quality control of Panerai watches and movements are brought together under one roof. The launch of the automatic P.4000 calibre with a decentralized oscillating weight will then follow…
This is a teaser and for sure one of the highlight…
Officine Panerai presents the first watch in Carbotech, the composite material based on carbon fiber which is used for the case of the Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech 3 Days Automatic.
Let me now show you on seven pages one new Panerai after the other one…
Page 1: Panerai PAM00516 Radiomir 1940 Equation of Time 8 Days Acciaio – 48mm
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Page 2: Panerai PAM00601 Luminor 1950 Equation of Time 8 Days Acciaio – 47mm
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Page 3: Panerai PAM00603 Mare Nostrum Titanio – 52mm
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Page 4: Panerai PAM00604 Radiomir Firenze 3 Days Acciaio – 47mm
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Page 5: Panerai PAM00614 Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio – 47mm
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Page 6: Panerai PAM00615 Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio – 47mm
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Page 7: Panerai PAM00616 Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech 3 Days Automatic – 47mm
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Panerai PAM00516 Radiomir 1940 Equation of Time 8 Days Acciaio – 48mm
Due to the elliptical orbit of the Earth round the Sun and the axial tilt of the Earth’s rotation in relation to the equator, the duration of a day measures exactly 24 hours on only four occasions in one year, while on all other days there is a difference between apparent time (solar time) and conventional time (mean time) which varies between being up to about 15 minutes ahead or behind, depending on the time of year. This difference, the measurement of which is one of the classic complications of high quality watchmaking, is called the “equation of time” and it is displayed by a linear indicator on the dial of the new Radiomir 1940 Equation of Time 8 Days.
PAM00516
MOVEMENT: Hand-wound mechanical, P.2002/E calibre, executed entirely by Panerai.
FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, month indicator, equation of time, power reserve indicator on the back.
CASE: 48 mm, AISI 316L polished steel.
DIAL: Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Date and month indicator at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock, equation of time indicator at 6 o’clock.
POWER RESERVE: 192H.
WATER-RESISTANCE: 10 bar (~ 100 metres).
The dial is black with the classic sandwich structure invented by Panerai in the late 1930s: two superimposed discs contain the luminous substance, the light of which emerges through the holes in it corresponding to the markers on the upper disc, providing a unique tonal depth and high legibility. As well as the linear indicator of the equation of time, the dial also contains the seconds counter at nine o’clock, the date window at three o’clock and the circular indicator on which the month can be read.
