A skilful mixture of naming Italian and Swiss technology, Panerai was a coherent head in the world of the professional instruments of synchronization during more than 140 years.
Indeed, when Guido Panerai founded its company with Florence in 1860, it was with engagement to build professional timekeepers more as well as the watches of pocket.
Its first work led to many patents in the timekeeping fields and optical system. At the beginning of the Thirties, Panerai watches drew up a close relationship with the royal Italian navy and started to provide the soldiers the watches of pocket of precision and to aim at sights for torpedes.
During the world war II, Panerai Radiomir watches were provided to the royal Italian marine -- firmly establishment as a head in the synchronization of precision.
In 1993, after 50 years to exclusively create watches for the commandos of the royal Italian marine, Panerai offered its watches to the world as a whole with the limited editions of Luminor. The watches of precision were identified for their executions under extreme situations and were ardently sought by collectors.
In 1997, the group of Richemont bought Panerai watches and evolved/moved the mark, adding new products confirming the tradition of Will bread and increasing its world presence. The oversize watches successful of Will bread are based on Luminor and Radiomir, and each one exists in the three principal collections of Will bread: Historical, contemporary and special editions.
In the historical collection, Panerai watch of Luminor 44mm with its own mechanical movement of new hand-wound. The water guaranteed resistant to 300 meters but examined with 400 meters, this watch exceptional is locked up out of steel or titanium and has a transparent caseback to allow the viewing of the engraved movement.
In its contemporary collection, Panerai watches added some complexities. The Panerai watch of Will bread Radiomir, pure and elegant in its simplicity, is now available in two faces: 40mm and 42mm. Equipped with an automatic mechanical movement of GMT/Alarm, the watch is now available out of polished stainless steel.
Moreover new with the contemporary collection is the Panerai watch of reservation of power of Luminor. Available in two faces out of titanium or steel, this watch offers a reservation of 42 hours power.
It places the exclusive movement of gauge of OP1X of Will bread with 21 jewels, and is certified COSC. Another new model is the gold watch of Luminor Marina -- created out of gold 18-karat with light dyes pink -- the first Panerai Luminor to have a gold case.
Formed a simple block of noble metal, the case is 44mm of diameter, is certified COSC and is produced in a limited edition of Juste 150 pieces. In its collection of special editions, Panerai watches added Luminor Marina 1950 observe-a the splendid watch of 47mm which pays homage to the first of its type revealed in 1950.
The perfectly readable water of lower part, the Panerai watch conforms to its counterparts earlier with a dial being composed of two superimposed layers and a device of bridge which is protected by trade marks. The watch of stop watch of COSC-certified offers a reservation of 56 hours power and is wrought out of steel.
It will be produced in 1.950 pieces symbolic systems over one period two years. Moreover in the special editions the collection is the exceptional Luminor Blackseal Panerai watch which binds beyond that, present and future. The watch comprises a steel cover swept which is engraved with two Italian frogmen in the action on their human torpedo -- an image which also appears on the dial of the watch. Engraving is carried out entirely with the hand by the skillful craftsmen of Panerai.
A skilful mixture of naming Italian and Swiss technology, Panerai was a coherent head in the world of the professional instruments of synchronization during more than 140 years. 