Replica Panerai Hand Wind Watches, Vintage Panerai Hand Wind Watches

Panerai Luminor Marina Automatic 40mm White (PAM00049)

as listed,thanks

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Review by Jody T, From USA Newport Beach

Panerai Luminor Marina Nanjing Boutique (PAM00591)

This would have been a really great bangle watch however it only lasted for 2 weeks.I thought the battery was dead however,the watch was a dud.

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Review by Van Vu, From Wolfgang Gotha

Panerai Radiomir 10 Days GMT White Gold (PAM00235)

I received the Panerai watch and was pleased with the overall quality of the watch.this is just a nice fun fashion watch.Easy to wear.Would recommend

---- [Rating: 5 / 5 stars]

Review by Cosette T, From Viet Nam Nam Dinh

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 essential lines of the case and dial are faithful to the unmistakable Panerai identity, being unaffected by the flyback function, which instantly zeroes the chronograph hands and restarts them without it being necessary to stop and zero them first. The blue chronograph seconds hand and the rhodium plated minute hand are centrally mounted, so that the dial carries only the continuous small seconds counter at nine o'clock. The push-pieces of the chronograph functions are positioned at 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock, thus leaving intact the outline of the lever device protecting the crown which helps make the case of the Luminor 1950 water-resistant to 10 bar (about 100 metres).

The material of the Luminor 1950 case, 44 mm in diameter, is a synthetic ceramic based on zirconium oxide, which is up to five times harder than steel but substantially lighter in weight, as well as exceptionally resistant to scratches, corrosive agents and high temperatures. Every component of the case is individually moulded and undergoes successive stages of working and firing. The final bead blasting gives it an even, matt finish.

On the back of the case a large porthole in sapphire crystal reveals the P.9100 manufacture movement, the first chronograph calibre with automatic winding completely developed and made in the Officine Panerai manufacture, featuring a column wheel, two spring barrels connected in series which provide a power reserve of three days, a bidirectional rotor which winds the springs of the two barrels, and a variable inertia balance wheel which oscillates at 28,800 vibrations/hour (4 Hz).

The Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Ceramica (PAM00580) is supplied with a natural untreated leather strap and a second strap made of rubber. The buckle is in titanium, to which a special resistant black coating has been applied.

Officine Panerai presents a new Special Edition in Panerai Composite, the synthetic composite used in haute horlogerie for the first time by Officine Panerai and produced by an electro-chemical process of transforming aluminium. The new Luminor Composite 1950 3 Days - 47mm combines the characteristics and performance of this material, exceptional for its lightness, strength and durability, with the new hand-wound P.3000 calibre, entirely designed and produced in the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel.
The Luminor 1950 case in Panerai Composite is 47 mm in diameter, a classic size for Panerai watches, and it has a matt brown appearance of great evenness. Made of the same material are the bridge protecting the winding crown with the classic clamping lever and the round bezel which surrounds the sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment. Water-resistant to 100 metres, the case has the polished crystal back which enables the movement to be seen.The sandwich dial too is dark brown and stripped to essentials with the characteristic small seconds dial at 9 o'clock. The dial is of sandwich construction, being formed of two thin metal discs, the upper one of which is perforated to allow the luminous substance placed between them (Super-LumiNova®) to be seen. The hands are also covered with the same luminous substance, in a special ecru colour so as to reproduce the vintage appearance of the dials of the period.
The movement used in the Luminor Composite 1950 3 Days - 47mmis the manufacture P.3000 calibre. With a diameter of 16½ lignes and hand-wound, the movement has a structure with large bridges, comparable to plates, while from the technical point of view it has two spring barrels, ensuring a power reserve of 72 hours (three days), and a large-diameter balance wheel with adjusting screws.Identified by the reference PAM00375, the new Luminor Composite 1950 3 Days - 47mm is produced in a unique numbered edition of 2,000 examples and it is supplied with a leather strap, closed by a buckle made of Panerai Composite.
Movement: Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai P.3000/1 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 16½ lignes, 5.3 mm thick, 21 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 21,600 alternations/hour. Incabloc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 160 components.Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds.Case: Diameter 47 mm, brown Panerai Composite.Bezel: Brown Panerai Composite, integrated into the case.Back: See-through burnished sapphire crystal.Device protecting the crown: (protected as a Trademark) Brown Panerai Composite.Dial: Brown with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Small seconds at 9 o'clock.Crystal: Sapphire, made from corundum, 2mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.Water-resistance: 10 bar (~100 metres).Strap: PANERAI personalised leather strap and large-size Panerai Composite buckle. Supplied with a second interchangeable strap and a steel screwdriver.Reference: PAM00375.
Calibre P.3000Entirely designed, developed and produced in the Officine Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel, the hand-wound P.3000 calibre presents the main characteristics of the Panerai movements both in terms of structure and in terms of performance, robustness, accuracy and its long power reserve.

The thickness of the calibre P.3000 is 5.3 mm and the diameter is 16½ lignes, a substantial size which traces its origins from that of the movements which were fitted to the historic Panerai models. The calibre is immediately recognisable by its construction, which is similar to that of a three-quarter plate movement: a large bridge, next to another smaller one, covers the majority of the mechanical parts and it is fixed to the bottom plate by a series of screws of substantial thickness, thus forming a particularly rigid structure.

The movement has 21 jewels and it uses two spring barrels connected in series. Such an arrangement enables long, thin springs to be used, which ensures the delivery of a more even force and also does so over a longer period of time, with a power reserve of 3 days. The balance wheel is unusually large (13.2 mm) and it is the variable inertia type, with four adjusting screws arranged externally round the ring, so that the rate can be regulated without it being necessary to remove the whole assembly. Supported by a bridge with twin supports - a fixing much safer and more stable compared to the cantilevered single bridge - the balance wheel oscillates at a frequency of 3 Hz, equivalent to 21,600 alternations per hour. It is fitted with an Incabloc® antishock device and is free-sprung, so there is no regulating lever.

With brush-finished bridges and chamfered angles - that is, with the angles smoothed and polished - the P.3000 calibre is also fitted with the device for the rapid adjustment of the time: a star wheel with 12 points and a small spring clutch enable the hour hand to be moved one hour at a time, without interfering with the movement of the minute hand or the operation of the watch.

Functions

- Hours, minutes, small seconds

Technical specifications

- Hand-wound

- Power reserve 3 days

- 160 components

- 21 jewels.

- 16½ lignes in diameter

- 5.3 mm thick

- Two spring barrels

- Frequency of oscillation 3 Hz

- Incabloc® anti-shock device

Press Release


In Officine Panerai's earlier days there was a rare, mysterious version of the Radiomir of which only two examples are known. This appeared at the end of the 1930s and was unusual for its unique and original dial design. The new Radiomir 3 Days Platino - 47 mmis a Special Edition which picks up this dial design, never previously revived in the history of Officine Panerai.The brown dial of the new Radiomir, protected by a Plexiglas® crystal, has a minimalist appearance, consisting of an alternation of bar-shaped hour markers - double ones at 12 o'clock and single ones at 3, 6 and 9 - and dot markers, rather than the characteristic large figures which are typical of the classic Panerai dial. To ensure the greatest legibility, as in the historic models, the dial is a sandwich construction: this consists of two superimposed discs, the upper one of which is perforated to form the hour markers through which the radiance of the luminous material between them emerges.The origin of this dial is not easy to identify. According to some historians, the two surviving examples (which differ in that one has a small seconds dial and the other does not) were possibly test samples, which were not followed. The loss of the Panerai archive in the Florence flood of 1966 does not allow this to be known for certain, but the watch, together with the mystery surrounding it, has preserved all its fascination in the new Radiomir. The Radiomir case, 47 mm in diameter, is made of platinum and it is water-resistant to 100 metres, a figure to which it is believed that the first Radiomirs could descend. The back has a large sapphire crystal window to display the movement and the strap attachments are of wire, no longer welded to the caseband as in the distant past, but removable (an Officine Panerai patent) to enable the strap to be changed more easily.
The Radiomir 3 Days Platino - 47 mm is fitted with the P.3000 calibre, entirely designed and manufactured in the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel. The calibre is 16½ lignes in diameter, it has 21 jewels and the variable inertia 13,2 mm balance wheel enables its rate to be rapidly adjusted by means of the adjusting screws on the rim. With its structure of large bridges, a feature typical of Panerai movements, the P.3000 has two spring barrels which provide a power reserve of three days.The new Radiomir 3 Days Platino - 47 mm (PAM00373) is produced in 199 numbered units and is completed by a brown alligator strap, closed by a buckle of polished white gold.
Movement: Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai P.3000 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 16½ lignes, 5.3 mm thick, 21 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 21,600 alternations/hour. Incabloc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 160 components.Functions: Hours, minutes.Case: Diameter 47 mm, platinum with removable wire loop strap attachments (patented). Winding crown personalized OP.Bezel: Platinum.Back: See-through sapphire crystal.Dial: Brown, with luminous hour markers.Crystal: Plexiglas®, 2.8 mm thick.Water-resistance: 10 bar (~100 metres).Strap: PANERAI personalised alligator strap and large-size white gold buckle.Reference: PAM00373.Calibre P.3000Entirely designed, developed and produced in the Officine Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel, the hand-wound P.3000 calibre presents the main characteristics of the Panerai movements both in terms of structure and in terms of performance, robustness, accuracy and its long power reserve.
The thickness of the calibre P.3000 is 5.3 mm and the diameter is 16½ lignes, a substantial size which traces its origins from that of the movements which were fitted to the historic Panerai models. The calibre is immediately recognisable by its construction, which is similar to that of a three-quarter plate movement: a large bridge, next to another smaller one, covers the majority of the mechanical parts and it is fixed to the bottom plate by a series of screws of substantial thickness, thus forming a particularly rigid structure.The movement has 21 jewels and it uses two spring barrels connected in series. Such an arrangement enables long, thin springs to be used, which ensures the delivery of a more even force and also does so over a longer period of time, with a power reserve of 3 days. The balance wheel is unusually large (13.2 mm) and it is the variable inertia type, with four adjusting screws arranged externally round the ring, so that the rate can be regulated without it being necessary to remove the whole assembly. Supported by a bridge with twin supports - a fixing much safer and more stable compared to the cantilevered single bridge - the balance wheel oscillates at a frequency of 3 Hz, equivalent to 21,600 alternations per hour. It is fitted with an Incabloc® antishock device and is free-sprung, so there is no regulating lever.With brush-finished bridges and chamfered angles - that is, with the angles smoothed and polished - the P.3000 calibre is also fitted with the device for the rapid adjustment of the time: a star wheel with 12 points and a small spring clutch enable the hour hand to be moved one hour at a time, without interfering with the movement of the minute hand or the operation of the watch.Functions- Hours, minutes, small seconds
Technical specifications- Hand-wound- Power reserve 3 days- 160 components- 21 jewels.- 16½ lignes in diameter- 5.3 mm thick- Two spring barrels- Frequency of oscillation 3 Hz- Incabloc® anti-shock device

October 16, 2009

"This is an emotional thing for me", Angelo Bonati, CEO of Officine Panerai, stated last week as he opened the ambitious Galileo exhibition at famed Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. "And I am extremely proud to sponsor this exhibition," he continued in front of the international press that covered this special occasion in the Swedish capital on the very same day as the Nobel prize in literature went to German writer Herta Muller. Mr Bonati also announced a limited edition of a model offering a special Equation of Time.

The impressive exhibition that contained several old telescopes, including two surviving telescopes made by Galileo, astrological drawings and vintage Panerai watches, celebrated the historical introduction in 1609 of Galileo's landmark invention - the instrument that changed the perception of the world.
Initially this exhibition was created by the Istituto e Museo delle Scienza in Florence - also the home town of Officine Panerai. The exhibition marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo´s first celestial discoveries and is a unique occasion to experience one of the treasures of all time.

Not only is Officine Panerai sponsoring this unique event, but the watch company is also making its own unique contribution with a rather striking and extraordinary mechanical instrument, the Jupiterium. This is a watch that no Panerist expected to see. This is no tribute to Italian navy divers during Second World War. This is no Luminor, Radiomir nor the long awaited Mare Nostrum reintroduction. This is a mechanical instrument with a watch that shows time and has a manual-wound movement with a 40-day power reserve. The instrument also features a unique perpetual calendar that determines the exact date, day, month and year without any need for manual regulation, even in leap years.
Issued in a strictly limited edition of just three, the Jupiterium comprises a square wooden base that supports a glass sphere holding the Earth and planets on titanium arms. The constellation of the zodiac is picked out in superluminova on the surface of the sphere, shown as they can be seen both of Earth´s hemispheres.

VIEW THE PHOTO-GALLERY OF THE JUPITERIUM

During an interview with Angelo Bonati, Panerai's CEO, he told Worldtempus about a new model that will be released at the SIHH in January. It appears that Panerai will produce a limited (probably 30-piece) series of a particular model offering the Equation of Time function, yet tailor made to the owner's particular geographical location. This is indeed interesting yet surprising news, from the popular Florentine watch brand. And definitely something to look forward to, come January 2010.