Panerai - The Jupiterium unveiled
"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.
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 2009.
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