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Panerai Watches

By visiting our Panerai Catalogue you can see the models that we have currently in stock. The current Panerai collection includes:

Historic collection

PAM 0 Luminor Base "Logo" 44mm, PAM 112 Luminor Base black dial 44mm, PAM 114 Luminor Base white dial 44mm, PAM 176 Luminor Base titanium 44mm, PAM 219 Luminor Base destro 44mm, PAM 5 Luminor Marina "Logo" 44mm, PAM 111 Luminor Marina black dial 44mm, PAM 113 Luminor Marina white dial 44mm, PAM 177 Luminor Marina titanium 44mm, PAM 210 Radiomir Base 45mm, PAM 183 Radiomir Black Seal 45mm, PAM 292 Radiomir Black Seal Ceramic 45mm, PAM 231 Radiomir Base pink gold 45mm, PAM 190 Radiomir 8 Days steel 45mm, PAM 197 Radiomir 8 Days pink gold 45mm.

Contemporary collection

PAM 104 Luminor Marina automatic steel 44mm, PAM 164 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, black dial 44mm, PAM 220 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case & bracelet, black dial 44mm, PAM 240 Luminor Marina automatic, titanium case, brown dial44mm, PAM 279 Luminor Marina automatic, titanium case & bracelet, brown dial 44mm, PAM 221 Luminor Marina automatic, titanium / steel case & bracelet, black dial 44mm, PAM 140 Luminor Marina automatic yellow gold 44mm, PAM 24 Luminor Submersible, steel case 44mm, PAM 25 Luminor Submersible, titanium case 44mm, PAM 243 Luminor 1950 Submersible 1000m, steel case 44mm, PAM 88 Luminor GMT, polished steel 44mm, PAM 161 Luminor GMT, titanium/steel case and bracelet 44mm, PAM 90 Luminor Power Reserve, steel case 44mm, PAM 171 Luminor Power Reserve, titanium/steel case and bracelet 44mm, PAM 250 Luminor Chrono Daylight, steel case, black dial 44mm, PAM 251 Luminor Chrono Daylight, steel case, ivory dial 44mm, PAM 236 Luminor Chrono Daylight, brushed steel case/bracelet, black dial 44mm, PAM 49 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, white dial 40mm, PAM 48 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, black dial 40mm, PAM 119 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, blue dial 40mm,PAM 50 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, black dial, steel bracelet 40mm, PAM 51 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, white dial, steel bracelet 40mm, PAM 120 Luminor Marina automatic, steel case, blue dial, steel bracelet 40mm, PAM 282 Luminor Marina automatic, titanium case, blue dial 40mm, PAM 283 Luminor Marina automatic, titanium case, blue dial, titanium bracelet 40mm, PAM 241, Luminor Power Reserve, steel case 40mm, PAM 244, Luminor GMT, steel case 40mm, PAM 212 Luminor 1950 Flyback, steel case 44mm, PAM 213 Luminor 1950 Rattrapante, steel case 44mm, PAM 98 Radiomir GMT / alarm, steel case 42mm, PAM 238 Radiomir GMT / alarm, pink gold 42mm, PAM 242 Radiomir GMT, steel case, black dial 45mm, PAM 287 Radiomir Black Seal Automatic steel case black dial 45mm, PAM 288 Radiomir Chronograph steel case, black dial 45mm, PAM 214 Radiomir Rattrapante steel case 45mm

Manifattura collection

PAM 233 Luminor 1950 P.2002 calibre, steel case 44mm, PAM 268 Radiomir 8 Days 45mm, PAM 270 Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT P.2003, steel case 44mm, PAM 275 Luminor 1950 8 Days Chrono Monopulsante GMT P.2004/1, steel case 44mm, PAM 276 Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT P.2005, steel case 47mm, PAM 289 Luminor 1950 8 Days GMT P.2002/1, pink gold case 44mm, PAM 200 Radiomir GMT 8 Days P.2002 calibre, white gold 45mm, PAM 201 Radiomir GMT 8 Days P.2002 calibre, platinum 45mm

Special Editions

PAM 192 Luminor Chrono Tantalum 44mm, PAM 191 Luminor Black Seal Compass 60mm, PAM 187 Luminor Submersible Chrono 1000m 47mm, PAM 194 Luminor Submersible 2500m 47mm, PAM 189 Luminor Chrono white gold 40mm, PAM 203 Luminor 1950 8-Day Angelus, steel case 47mm, PAM 202 Luminor Submersible Chrono 1000m Slytech, titanium, black dial 47mm, PAM 225 Luminor Submersible Chrono 1000m Slytech, titanium, white dial 47mm, PAM 215 Luminor Chrono Lemania 40mm, PAM 217 Luminor 1950 Marina Militare 47mm, PAM 232 Radiomir 1938, steel case, vintage brown dial 47mm, PAM 246 Radiomir 1/8th Second, steel case, black dial 47mm, PAM 249 Radiomir 1936, steel case, vintage black dial 47mm, PAM 262 Radiomir 1936, platinum case, vintage black dial 47mm, PAM 252 Luminor GMT North Pole , steel case, blue dial 44mm, PAM 253 Luminor 1950 Flyback Regatta, steel case 44mm, PAM 235 Radiomir 10 Days GMT P.2003, white gold case 45mm, PAM 273 Radiomir 10 Days GMT P.2003, pink gold case 45mm, PAM 274 Radiomir 10 Days GMT P.2003, platinum case 45mm, PAM 277 Luminor 1950 8 Days Chrono Monopulsante GMT P.2004/1, pink gold case 44mm, PAM 286 Luminor 1950 Flyback Rattrapante, steel case 44mm, PAM 173 Alarm clock, PAM 254 Desk/table clock, PAM 255 Wall clock, PAM 256 Hygrometer – Thermometer, PAM 257 Barometer, PAM 258 Barometer - Hygrometer - Thermometer

Professional Instruments

PAM 245 Marine Chronometer, PAM 193 Luminor 1950 Submersible Depth Gauge, titanium case

History of Panerai

1825 - Giovanni Panerai born in Florence, capital city of Tuscany (and briefly capital city of the new Kingdom of Italy).

1850 - Giovanni Panerai opened a small watchmaker’s: G.PANERAI & Co on le Ponte alle Grazie (Pont des Grâces).

In 1860 Giovanni Panerai (1825-1897), founded the family business and opens the first watchmaker's shop in Florence on the Ponte alle Grazie and establishes contact with the most prestigious and longest established Swiss watch manufacturers.

1876 - Settled at 3, Place San Giovanni, in the Palais de l’Archevêché, after several changes of address (Rue Cavour, Rue Cimatori, Cours Volta, Rue Bixo, Rue Aminci, and Place Galiléo Ferraris). Léon Francesco Panerai(1851-1918) succeeded his father, and wed Giustina Toricelli (1853-1916). Their marriage produced four children: Guido, Emma, Dario et Pilade.

1890 - 1900, Guido Panerai (1873-1934), grandson of the founder, expands his grandfather's business and gives it new impetus, specializing in high precision mechanisms and becoming official supplier to the Royal Italian Navy. At theturn of the century, the shop moves to the Piazza San Giovanni site in Florence, where the Panerai boutique can be found today, and the Orologeria Svizzera name, still visible today, appears on the shop door to underline the close link between the watches and their Swiss origin. In this period, the first deliveries of precision optical and mechanical instruments are made to the Ministry of Defence.

1907 - The family business wasn’t just a watch sales outlet, it was also a large store of spare parts, accessories and tools for precision mechanisms. An adjoining workshop dealt with repairs and the assembly of watch parts that arrived from Switzerland, and was also the first School of Horology in Florence. The 1907 edition of the PANERAI catalogue, with a print run of 50,000 copies, was the biggest watchmaking catalogue in the world. It presented every model the Swiss watch industry produced, from the most modestly priced to the most expensive. PANERAI became a representative of ROLEX, VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, LONGINES, ANGELUS, BUREN, MOVADO and PATEK PHILIPPE.

1910 - The first experiments with luminous materials begin and a system is developed to make instrument dials and sighting and telescopic devices luminous. The luminescence is achieved using a mix of zinc sulphide and radium bromide given later the name Radiomir. Inserted into tiny glass tubes to increase its resistance over time, this mix was the subject of patent applications by Guido Panerai in Italy and other countries.

1914 - Guido Panerai joined forces with Carlo Ronconi, a relative and naval officer, to work on RADIOMIR objectives.

1915 - PANERAI patented this innovation and it enabled them to deliver thousands of rifle, cannon and torpedo objectives.

1917 - Carlo Ronconi ceded his share to Guido Panerai who decided to use the RADIOMIR procedure to produce dials, altimeters, compasses and tachymeters. New patents were taken out in Italy, France, England and the United States.

A close collaboration then developed between PANERAI and the Italian Navy.

1918 - The Royal Italian Navy employs the precision instruments supplied by Panerai during the First World War. The products delivered include luminous devices for sighting naval guns at night, timing mechanisms, depth gauges and mechanical calculators to launch torpedoes from MAS, high speed motor torpedo boats. Death of Léon Francesco Panerai. His son Guido (1873-1934) took over and further developed the business created by his grandfather Giovanni; he wed Guglielmina Fracei and they had two children Giuseppe and Maria.

1920 - Guido and Giuseppe Panerai designed a new model of chronograph: le MARE NOSTRUM.

1934 - Guido Panerai's children, Giuseppe and Maria, continue developing their father's business. Maria is mainly concerned with running the Orologeria Svizzera shop, while Giuseppe devotes himself almost entirely to the company's business of supplying underwater instruments, torches, wrist compasses and wrist depth gauges to the Royal Italian Navy. He can take credit for the creation of the famous Radiomir and Luminor watches.

1936 - Following disappointing tests carried out on the watches available at that time, the Royal Italian Navy asks Panerai to develop a watch able to withstand the extreme conditions it will be subjected to. A Radiomir prototype is submitted to the Command of the First Submarine Group and the watch passed all the tests with flying colours.

1938 - Production of Radiomir watches begins for the Italian Navy, with a large (47 mm in diameter) cushion-shaped case, wire loop strap attachments welded to the case, screw-down crown, luminous dial easy to read under water in the dark, and a hand-wound mechanical movement supplied by Rolex. The wide strap was made of oiled and punched leather, and with its extra long length it could be worn over the diving suit.

1942 - Appearance of the exclusive winding crown lever system, known as the Déclic, which enabled diving to a depth of 200M, an absolute record for the time.

1943 - Officine Panerai presents the prototype of the first Panerai chronograph, the Mare Nostrum, designed for deck officers. Due to events in the war, the Mare Nostrum never went into production but remained at the prototype stage. The device protecting the winding crown was fitted to the Radiomir watch to keep the crown in position. This device will enable the watches to descend to a depth of 200 meters, a remarkable achievement for the time.

1949 - The patent is granted for Luminor, the luminous substance based on tritium, which replaced the previous Radiomir mix developed between 1910 and 1915. The Radiomir and Luminor watch take their names from these two luminous substances.

1950 - 50 special models supplied to Egyptian navy.

1956 - On the request of the Egyptian Navy, Panerai creates a large Radiomir watch with an Angelus movement with 8-day power reserve and 5-minute intervals to calculate immersion times. For other Mediterranean Navies, Panerai makes limited production runs of approximately thirty pieces each. In the same year the patent is granted in Italy for the device protecting the winding crown, which clamps it in position and ensures the water-resistance of the watch. This device will be patented in the U.S.A. in 1960.

1972 - On the death of Giuseppe Panerai, the running of the Florentine company is handed over to the engineer Dino Zei and the family firm becomes Officine Panerai s.r.l. The close collaboration with the Italian Navy continues in the supply of watches, instruments and sophisticated devices for its men.

1980 - A watch is designed capable of withstanding a pressure equivalent to a depth of 1000 meters. The only prototype built has a titanium case, an automatic mechanical movement, a rubber strap and a luminous dial achieved by using tiny phials of tritium on the dial face and on the hands.

1993 - Officine Panerai creates a numbered series in a limited edition of models aimed at the civilian market: Luminor 44mm, Luminor Marina and an edition of the Mare Nostrum chronograph.

1995 - A special edition of watches called Slytech is created. Sly is the nickname of actor Sylvester Stallone, a great admirer of the watch, who had requested a special edition called Submersible to use during the shooting of the movie Daylight. Subsequently, Stallone requested an edition with a white dial, named Daylight, and a personalized re-edition of the Mare Nostrum. All of these watches bear the actor's signature engraved on the back.

1997 - The Vendôme Group, now RICHEMONT, takes over Officine Panerai and the company's range of watches, compasses, torches and depth gauges. New productions are started up, with a significant improvement in quality, and the official watch of Italian Navy commandos takes on an international dimension following a worldwide launch.

1998 - The first Panerai watches with automatic mechanical movements are presented to an international public: the Luminor Submersible professional diver's watch; the Luminor GMT with a second time zone indication and the Luminor Power Reserve with a function of high quality watch making which enables the power reserve to be read. LUMINOR Base and LUMINOR Marina introduced at the Geneva Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie.

1999 - At the International Salon of Haute Horologerie in Geneva, Panerai presents a new range of Contemporary watches based on important innovative features: a smaller case, 40 mm in diameter; a Panerai Luminor fitted with a metal bracelet; the use of the chronograph function and an exclusively designed Luminor chronograph case, in which the push-pieces are integrated into the device protecting the crown in total respect of the aesthetic of the historic watch; the use of a titanium-steel combination for the case parts and the links of the bracelet of the Panerai Luminor Chrono.

2000 - Panerai creates the Luminor Submersible 1000 meters; a professional diver's instrument designed according to the NIHS (Normes de l'Industrie Horlogère Suisse) specifications relating to diver's watches and able to withstand a depth of 1000 meters. Equipped with a helium valve necessary for decompression, the sapphire crystal has a thickness of 5.1 mm and the steel back is 3 mm thick.

2001 - The Panerai Boutique is inaugurated, following restyling, at the historical site in Piazza San Giovanni in Florence, following the purchase of the family boutique by Officine Panerai. This Bottega d'Arte represents a meeting point for enthusiasts and collectors of the brand who can find here, in addition to the current collection, special editions and production runs which Panerai reserves exclusively for its boutiques. The shop also plays host to the Panerai Historical Archive, a selection of historical items created by the Florentine company: watches, compasses, depth gauges, torches and horology instruments.

2002 - The first Panerai boutique in Asia opens in the Prince's Building in Hong Kong. Officine Panerai opens the Manufacture in Neuchâtel, where all activities relating to the development and production of watches are based. At Neuchâtel in Switzerland, the firm inaugurated the MANUFACTURE PANERAI and launched the Luminor automatic 44mm.

2003 - The Panerai Boutique in Portofino is opened in the charming Piazzetta in this well-known Italian seaside resort. New ideas come to life. Launch of the 1950 (a limited edition of 1,950 examples), a replica of the original 47mm LUMINOR model; the TANTALIUM (limited edition of 300), with 44mm case produced in tantalum, a metal that is extremely resistant difficult to work with; the LUMINOR MARINA PVD 195 (limited edition of 200); and the 44mm CHRONO LUMINOR.

2004 - The Radiomir collection is enhanced by the 8 Days model. This is a return to the past, with the re-presentation in a modern key of a mechanism, which Officine Panerai has already experimented with, the hand-wound 8-day movement. The calibre used in the 1940s was the Angelus, while the new model has a Jaeger-LeCoultre base. The case is 45 millimetres in diameter and is fitted with the patented slim wire loop strap attachments and a round caseband, while the screwed back and crown ensure water-resistance to 100 meters.