Interesting combination of numeral styles on the Panerai California.
This is a 47mm piece, in stainless steel.
It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and is water resistant to 100 meters.
Movement is the manual-wind Panerai caliber P.3000 with 21 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 3 days.
Nice :-)
Thankfully not quite as ‘boring’ in the movement stakes as other recent (and somewhat controversial) Panerai pieces, this is the ‘Radiomir 10 Days GMT’ aka the PAM 391.
In a lovely shade of brown, it comes with an a.m./p.m. indicator and linear power reserve meter. The latter causing some consternation on an automatic watch – no manual winding required, see?
Anyway, this one’s limited to 300 pieces and comes in a 47mm steel case.
That automatic movement is the Panerai P.2003 variant.
What do you think?
And do you like this style of crown on a Panerai?
Wow, this is pretty cool. Check out the Damien Hirst piece as part of Panerai’s ‘O’Clock’ exhibition, taking place in Milan until 8th Jan 2012. How many dials?!
I’d love this. Not sure the wife would be quite so thrilled though ;-)
Read on for the full press release.
[Press Release] MILAN, Italy, October 2011 – Officine Panerai presents the “O’Clock – time design, design time” exhibition at the Triennale Design Museum. The exhibition explores the relationship between time and design with works from 80 international designers and artists. The exhibition is curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Jan van Rossem, with a special 8-timepiece installation by Patricia Urquiola entitled, “I mondi di Officine Panerai” (The Worlds of Officine Panerai).
On the occasion of the exhibition, British artist Damien Hirst is premiering two works, made using the spin painting technique and using dials from Panerai watches and household gloss on canvas: Beautiful Sunflower Panerai Painting and Beautiful Fractional Sunflower Panerai Painting.
“I love Panerai”, declared the British artist. “The watches are timeless and I made this spin painting using black Panerai watch faces without hands in the pattern of the seeds in the head of a sunflower – I hope the painting makes you think, we are here for a good time, not a long time.”
Beautiful Sunflower Panerai Painting and Beautiful Fractional Sunflower Panerai Painting are a collaboration between Officine Panerai and Damien Hirst who, on several occasions in the past, has included Panerai watches in his works; a Panerai watch is painted on a table next to medicines and a skull in “Skull with Watch” from 2005 and is physically present in the installations “The Tranquility of Solitude (for George Dyer)” (2006), and “Killing Time” (2008).
Visitor Information
O’Clock
time design, design time
(until 8 January 2012)
Milan Triennale Museum
6 Viale Emilio Alemagna
20121 Milan, Italy
Tuesday – Sunday 10:30a – 10:30p
Thursday – Friday 10:30a – 11:00p
Credits
Studio Sovrappensiero, Scented Time, 2008. Photo by Emanuele Zamponi
Patricia Urquiola, “I mondi di Officine Panerai” (The Worlds of Officine Panerai), 2011. Photo by Fabrizio Marchesi
Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Sunflower Panerai Painting”, 2011. © 2011 Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved DACS. Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates
Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Fractional Sunflower Panerai Painting”, 2011. © 2011 Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved DACS. Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates
Panerai collectors with a bit of spare cash lying around will love this limited edition Radiomir boxed set.
You’ll need a spare $85,000 to get your hands on this set of three watches, and for that you’ll get: a platinum PAM 373 (Radiomir 3 Days Platino), a white gold PAM 376 (3 Days Radiomir Oro Bianco) and a rose gold PAM 379 (Radiomir 3 Days Oro Rosa).
Each model has a 47mm case housing the hand-wound Panerai P.3000 movement.
You also get some spare plexiglass.
Only eleven boxed sets will be available, and then only via Panerai boutiques in Italy, France, the United States, the Middle East, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Very cool!
In keeping with the recent trend of watch manufacturers jumping on the Apple app-wagon, Panerai have launched their own iPad magazine.
Not as fully featured or interactive as some other watch-related iOS apps, the magazine nevertheless contains texts, images and videos which allow for an interactive navigation through Panerai World.
No word on how often the content is updated, but the app is free, which can’t be all bad now can it?
Download it right now from here.
In today’s ‘sort of news’ section …
[Press Release] Italian high-end watch-making brand Officine Panerai announces the appointment of Rafael Alvarez as President, Panerai North America.
Mr. Alvarez joins Panerai North America from his role as Regional Brand Manager for the brand based in Spain and Portugal, a post he has held since 2004. Previously, Mr. Alvarez held other positions in Richemont brands including Product Manager for Cartier and Dunhill and later Brand Manager for Dunhill Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar.
As President for Panerai North America, Mr. Alvarez will oversee sales, marketing and public relations efforts for the entire region, ensuring a strategic approach with a focus on furthering the prestigious brand’s profitability and visibility within the luxury industry.
“We are pleased to welcome Mr. Alvarez to the Panerai North America team,” said Angelo Bonati, CEO of Officine Panerai “He brings with him an extreme familiarity with the brand’s identity thanks to his experience building the brand in Spain and Portugal. His success in those markets will no doubt be essential in furthering the development of Panerai North America and the brand’s success worldwide.”
Current Panerai North America President Alexandra Zoller will be taking on the newly created role of Officine Panerai International Retail Director.
For additional information please contact:
Stefanie Schmit
Nike Communications
646-654-3435
sschmit@nikecomm.com
Another one to add to the ‘want list’ – this is an update of the watch made famous by Sly Stallone in the film of the same name: the refreshed PAM 356 Chrono Daylight.
At 44mm and with a brushed stainless steel case and polished bezel, this model also has a special coating of ecru Super-LumiNova to give the dial an ‘aged’ appearance.
The watch comes with both a black leather strap with ecru stitching and a rubber strap.
A special tool is also provided to make strap changes easy.
PAM 356 will be available at retailers within the next two weeks, priced at a reasonable $8,700.
Movement: automatic mechanical, Panerai OP XII calibre, 13¼ lignes, 27 jewels. Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour; Incabloc anti-shock device; Power reserve 46 hours. Côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges. Panerai personalized oscillating weight; Chronometer Certificate (C.O.S.C.).
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date. Chronograph with three counters, tachymeter scale.
Case: diameter 44 mm, brushed steel. Brushed steel push-pieces for the chronograph functions integrated between the case and the device protecting the crown. Date corrector at 10 o’clock. Date adjuster supplied.
Bezel: brushed steel or brushed steel with polished edges, engraved tachymeter scale.
Back: screw, steel.
Device protecting the crown: (protected as a Trademark) brushed steel.
Crystal: sapphire, formed of corundum, 2.5 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.
Water-resistance: 10 bar (~100 meters).
Strap: alligator with Panerai personalized steel adjustable buckle.
Bracelet: integrated with the case and made up of links, each consisting of two parts in brushed steel, overlapped and screwed.
Another new Panerai from SIHH – the PAM 373.
The case, in platinum, measures 47mm.
It has a Plexiglass crystal, a sapphire display back and is water resistant to 100 meters.
Movement is the Swiss hand-wind Panerai in-house caliber P.3000 with 21 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 3 days.
Last of the new SIHH Panerais for tonight, and one of my favourites from the latest collections.
The 47mm titanium Luminor Submersible REGATTA is powered by an Officine Panerai in-house claibre.
The Panerai Caliber P.9001 has a GMT function and a power reserve of 3 days.
It is water-resistant to 300 meters.
A beauty – do want!
MOVEMENT Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9001 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 13¾ lignes, 7.9 mm thick, 29 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour. Incabloc® anti-shock device.
Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 229 components.
FUNCTIONS Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone, power reserve indicator on the back, seconds reset, calculation of immersion time.
CASE Diameter 47 mm, brushed titanium.
BEZEL Brushed titanium with polished edges, anti-clockwise unidirectional rotating bezel with graduated scale for calculating the time of immersion and ratchet click at minute intervals.
BACK See-through sapphire crystal. Classic Yachts Challenge 2011 engraved on the outer part.
CROWN GUARD Device protecting the crown (protected as a Trademark) Brushed titanium.
DIAL Blue with luminous hour markers. Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock.
CRYSTAL Sapphire, formed of corundum, 2.9 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.
WR 30 bar (~300 metres).
STRAP PANERAI personalised rubber strap and large-size brushed titanium buckle.
SUPPLIED with a second interchangeable strap, a tool to change the strap and a steel screwdriver.
REFERENCE PAM00371
