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Panerai Luminor Base Titanio (PAM00176)

I have to have Panerai Luminor Base Titanio (PAM00176) watch for work purposes, Im a vet tech. and this watch is very clear when I have to read seconds fast.

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Review by Brendan Holcz, From Dwwdwd Wdwdwd

Panerai Luminor Marina Chengdu Boutique (PAM00593)

I bought this Panerai Luminor Marina Chengdu Boutique (PAM00593) watch for my boyfriend for christmas. This watch is more gorgeous in person. The blue on the face is so deep and stunning. The watch is very heavy and durable. He wears it all the time and gets many compliments. This watch is a winner, especially for the price you get it here. It is alot more expensive other places.

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Review by david adams, From Deutschland Weinheim

Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica (PAM00335)

The Panerai watch is pretty, but it is quite large. I bought it for my teenage daughter and it looks too big on her arm. She says she likes it even though.

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Review by Elwood Jones, From Denmark Kokkedal

In honour of its own Florentine origins, Panerai has for many years been promoting the genius of Galileo Galilei as a tribute to the great Tuscan scientist who, by formulating the law of isochronism of the small oscillations of the pendulum, revolutionised the history of time measurement. Thanks to the sponsorship of Panerai, in 2012 the Museo Galileo in Florence created a section where period exhibits and interactive multimedia devices illustrate Galileo's decisive contribution to the history of time measurement. At the same time, Panerai created a range of exclusive timepieces of the highest quality named "Lo Scienziato", which are a 16 tribute to the memory and fundamental legacy of the great physicist, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.

Panerai's most recent creation in the "Lo Scienziato" range is the new Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso - 48mm, developed by the "Laboratorio di Idee" of the Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel. What immediately stands out is the work of skeletonising the P. 2005/S movement, the hand-wound calibre with a tourbillion regulator which brings this superb timepiece to life. Every component has been reduced to its essential structure and it is therefore possible to admire the arrangement, finish and action of the movement in great detail, both through the dial and the back.

The mechanism of the rotation of the tourbillon cage created by Panerai is unusual in that a single rotation is completed in 30 seconds - instead of the traditional 60 - and it rotates on a perpendicular axis, instead of parallel to that of the balance wheel. This special construction compensates more effectively position errors caused by the force of gravity, thus ensuring more accurate time measurement.

The skeletonised bridges and plates not only reveal the interlacing of the gear wheels and components of the watch but also the unwinding of the springs inside the three barrels which give the timepiece a power reserve of six days. The power reserve remaining is indicated on the back of the movement.

"Lo Scienziato" is presented for the first time in a Radiomir 1940 case of red gold, the diameter of which is an imposing 48 mm. To enable the skeletonising to be admired, the watch does not have a normal dial: the small seconds dial at 9 o'clock, with its indicator dot rotating simultaneously with the tourbillon cage, and the counter at three o'clock, with the AM/PM indication are integral with the movement. On the other hand, the linear hour-markers and numbers, all coated in ecru Super-LumiNova® are directly fixed to the black flange on which the name "Lo Scienziato" is engraved.

The P.2005/S movement also has the GMT function with a central hand indicating a second time zone, day/night indication on an auxiliary dial at three o'clock and the system for quickly setting local time. This is done by means of a star wheel with 12 teeth and a small friction spring, which enables the single hour hand to be adjusted in jumps, without interfering with the movement of the minute hands or the running of the watch.

Produced in a limited edition of 30 units, the new Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT (PAM00559) comes with a black alligator strap and a polished red gold folding buckle. Like all Panerai watches the new model is water-resistant, in this case to a depth of 50 metres.

When it comes to gold watches, not all golds are the same. Beyond the simple differences in yellow, red and white gold, brands are increasingly differentiating their collections with their own personalized alloys of the precious metal.

For many, a Swiss Made gold watch is the ultimate status symbol, regardless of the complexity of the movement that beats inside it. But the sheer range of different types of gold offered by luxury watch brands, each clamouring to ensure us that their version of gold is better than anyone else's, can be confusing.

How gold is your gold?
It's interesting to note that the ISO 8654 standard that governs the colours of gold is actually derived from a Swiss watchmaking industry standard that was first drawn up in 1966. This standard classifies gold colours in six grades, from 0N to 5N, the latter of which you may well have seen in numerous gold watch specifications. But what do these numbers mean?

They refer to the observed colour of the finished product, rather than any specific alloy of gold. The 0N and 1N colours contain only 58.5% gold and are therefore not 18-carat (or 18K or 18 Karat if you are American) alloys. Any alloy containing 75% gold or above is considered 18-carat, which is the case for 2N to 5N gold. At the top of the scale, 5N gold contains the least amount of silver if it is used in the alloy and therefore offers the reddest hue to the finished product, which is referred to as red, pink or rose gold, depending on the watch brand.

The World Gold Council, however, uses a much more specific notation, subdivided into three colours of 18-carat gold as follows:

• Yellow gold: 75% gold, 15% silver, 10% copper
• White gold: 75% gold, 25% platinum or palladium
• Rose gold: 75% gold, 9.2% silver, 22.2% copper

As we can see from the current offerings from the leading watch brands, not all rose gold alloys - the predominant one at least as far as men's gold watches are concerned - are the same, as the brands carefully juggle the three main constituents of the alloy to create their own "house blends".

Magic Gold - Hublot
Hublot's unique and proprietary Magic Gold alloy is produced in the brand's own mini-foundry on site at the manufacture in Nyon. The secret recipe combining gold, copper and platinum creates the world's first and only scratch-proof 18-carat gold alloy.

Sedna Gold - Harry Winston
First used by Omega, this gold alloy that is exclusive to the Swatch Group brands contains a higher proportion of palladium, which gives the case a warmer colour and finish. Harry Winston uses it for the first time this year in its Avenue collection. The palladium ensures a long-lasting lustre to the red tones in the case. The alloy is named after the trans-Neptunian object that astronomers called Sedna and is renowned for its red glow.

King Gold - Hublot
King Gold is the other gold alloy used by Hublot. Its exclusive colour is even redder than traditional 5N red gold. To achieve this result, the brand's metallurgists increased the percentage of copper and added platinum in order to stabilise the colour over the years and neutralise oxidation.

5Npt gold - Panerai
Surprisingly, Panerai only introduced its first models in red gold at the SIHH in 2012. The 5Npt alloy used by the Florentine brand consists of almost one-quarter (24.1%) copper, which adds a redder tinge to the gold Panerai watches. Like Hublot, Panerai adds a tiny percentage of platinum (0.4%) to prevent oxidation of the metal.

Chopard - Fairmined gold
Chopard cares more about the provenance of its gold than it does about its colour. The brand has gone to great lengths to incorporate Fairmined gold into its collection, since it requires an entirely separate foundry and production line and it must ensure that the Fairmined gold is not contaminated with any other type of gold - even in the waste recovered during the manufacturing process. The Fairmined appellation means that the gold was mined in a responsible manner and that the miners themselves receive fair payment and an overall premium for demonstrating that gold can be mined sustainably.
Chopard was the first brand to launch a high-end luxury watch made of Fairmined gold: the L.U.C Tourbillon QF Fairmined, which was presented at Baselworld last year.

In 1943, the Panerai family created the "Mare Nostrum" chronograph for the deck officers of the Royal Italian Navy "Mare Nostrum". This name had already been used by Guido Panerai in 1924 for what was probably the first Panerai chronograph, but all traces of this first model have been lost. However a few prototypes of the 1943 chronograph still exist, and these have enabled the new watch to be reconstructed with great technical accuracy and similar aesthetic characteristics.

The new Mare Nostrum Titanio is a Special Edition of only 150 units. It faithfully reproduces the 1943 model, updating it to the highest standards of today's high quality watchmaking but with some fundamental differences. The 52mm tonneau-shaped case of the new model is no longer made of steel but of brushed titanium. The wide flat bezel, the screw back and the winding crown engraved with the words "Mare Nostrum" are also made of brushed titanium, as well as the two classic push buttons of the chronograph functions. The readings are indicated by the central seconds hand and by a subsidiary minutes counter dial at three o'clock. The continuous seconds hand rotates in a subsidiary dial at nine o'clock.

Protected by a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment, the dial is made in two levels and, instead of the dark green of the vintage model, it is a sophisticated tobacco brown, which coordinates with the brown leather strap and its ecru stitching.

The timepiece houses a hand-wound manufacture movement, the OP XXV calibre - developed on a Minerva 13-22 base featuring a balance wheel making 18,000 vibrations per hour, like the Angelus movement of 1943. This hand-finished calibre has a column wheel and a swan neck regulator. The bridges are made of Maillechort, a nickel silver alloy that is particularly hard to work, bearing a Côtes de Geneve finish.

The creative energy of Officine Panerai's Workshop of Ideas is demonstrated in the Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio, the new model which is a novel synthesis of the strict respect for traditional values and authenticity of the Panerai brand, and the continuous search for technically advanced solutions.

Remarkable resistance to magnetic fields
For Panerai, innovation is above all about functionality, and in the Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio it is seen in its special case construction which ensures a remarkable degree of resistance to magnetic fields: 40,000 A/m (ampere per metre), a limit more than eight times greater than the value specified by the international standards of the Normes de l'Industrie Horlogere Suisse (NIHS 90-10). Such a high limit is achieved by the use of a special internal case made of soft iron of the highest purity, which encloses and isolates the movement, forming a Faraday cage that diverts the flow of magnetic fields. The soft iron case is immediately beneath the dial, which is made of the same material.

This case structure is useful not only in extreme environmental situations but also in daily life, in that watches are often exposed to magnetic fields generated by electric charges and currents emanating from objects in common use, such as household appliances, computers and cell phones. Such magnetic fields can noticeably alter the rate of the watch and even stop the movement: a possibility that is virtually non-existent in the new Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio.

New ceramic and titanium bezel
The soft iron internal case of the Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio is contained within a classic Luminor Submersible case of brushed titanium, fitted with the lever bridge which locks the winding crown and thus helps in achieving water-resistance to a depth of 300 metres. The design of the watch includes a feature which is completely new in Panerai watches: applied to the rotating titanium bezel, inspired by that of the models made by Panerai for the Egyptian Navy in the 1950s, is a disc of opaque black ceramic, on which the linear and dot-shaped titanium markers are fixed. The bezel rotates only in a clockwise direction, to prevent accidental movement interfering with the measurement of the time of the dive.

The P.9000 manufacture automatic movement
Behind the quintessential black dial, with its distinctive applied linear hour markers coated with Super-LumiNova®, lies the P.9000 automatic movement, executed entirely by the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel. With a diameter of 13¾ lignes, 28 jewels, a variable inertia balance and Incabloc® anti-shock protection, the movement is distinguished by the precision of its construction and by the two spring barrels, which are continually wound by an oscillating rotor in both directions, providing a power reserve of three days. The movement also incorporates a convenient system for setting the hour hand which can be moved forward and backward in jumps of exactly one hour, at the same time adjusting the date display accordingly.

Identified by the reference PAM00389, the Luminor Submersible 1950 Amagnetic 3 Days Automatic Titanio is supplied with wide rubber strap fastened by a classic trapezoidal brushed titanium buckle, a spare strap and the tool for replacing it.

If you love Panerai watches, then you're going to love the new tool you can use to access the world of your favourite watches wherever you are: the new application created by Officine Panerai for iPhone is now available.

This application offers a wide range of images and information about the latest collection of Panerai watches and up-to-the-minute news and it will be regularly updated so customers and fans of the brand can keep up with what's happening. New content will be available on a monthly basis, with comprehensive focuses on products and initiatives that Officine Panerai is promoting round the world.

The Panerai application for iPhone is a handy tool to easily locate the Panerai boutiques nearest to you and get in touch with them directly; and it even lets you download Wallpapers or have fun with the amusing games to test your knowledge of the Panerai watches.
The application is available in Italian and English and you can download it at no cost from the Officine Panerai website ( www.panerai.com) or from iTunes: