The distinctive feature of the case, cushion-shaped, measuring 36 mm, which for ladies, manufactured from stainless steel.
The Luminor Marina watch also features the white dial with black numerals, a small second subdial at 9 o'clock, magnifying lens over the date at 3 o'clock.
The movement is Asia automatic movement.
The leather strap is available in an array of colors including yellow, blue and pink.
Panerai produced only 250 units of this chronograph with its stunning blue dial. In person, it will knock you of your feet. Whether you like gold watches or not. It has a 1950's style case in 44mm and it is made out of solid 18ct pink gold. The case, the crown guard and the mono pusher button are all brushed but the bezel is polished.
Panerai PAM277 Luminor Chrono Monopulsante GMT
In terms of functions or complications, the 277 is essentially the same watch as the ceramic PAM317, the titanium PAM311 and the stainless steel PAM275. All of these Panerai watches are powered by the in-house (manifattura) P.2004/1 movement, a hand-wound mechanical movement with a power reserve of 8 days and a unique complication that allows for a horizontal power reserve indicator on the dial. The depth rating is 100 meters as is usually the case for Panerai watches with a crystal case back.
The PAM277 has an amazing blue dial
Furthermore this movement has a GMT function for a 2nd time zone and it has a chronograph function. Most chronographs have two buttons, one button to start and stop the chronograph and another button to reset it to zero. The monopulsante chronograph is operated by just a single button that you press to both start and stop the counter. The same button is pressed again to bring the seconds hand back to zero. Hence the name "monopulsante". The mono pusher is positioned at approximately the 7 o'clock position.
The Mono pusher is positioned at the 7 o'clock position
Besides the already mentioned complications, the Panerai watch also has a am/pm "dot" indicator and a seconds reset function. Oh and the 2mm thick crystal is domed, it's the same crystal that is used on for instance the 233 and the 270.
The PAM277 comes with 18ct pink gold thumbnail buckle
The PAM277 comes with a brown alligator strap with off-white stitches and it has a 18ct pink gold thumbnail buckle (above).
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 is iOS 4.0 tested. You can download it at no cost from iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/panerai/id379888363?mt=8
Officine Panerai's expansion in the Arabian Peninsula continues. Following the recent openings in Dubai and Doha, the Italian fine watch brand inaugurates its first boutique in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, the country's cultural, financial and institutional centre.
The new Officine Panerai boutique in Riyadh is opened in partnership with Platinum Sands, a company in the Ali Bin Ali Group, the Qatar-based group specializing in the luxury, real estate, travel and hotels sectors.
The Officine Panerai collections of fine watches are housed in a 100-square-metre space where teak wood and steel, porthole-shaped windows and elegant wavy lines recreate an environment evoking the history of the brand, a traditional supplier of highly specialized, precision instruments to the Italian Navy and today sponsor of some of the world's most prestigious regattas for vintage boats, brought together in the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge circuit.
The Officine Panerai boutique in Riyadh is situated inside the C - Center, on the intersection between Olaya and Tahliya Street, the two main shopping streets for luxury goods in the Saudi capital. At the same intersection, directly opposite the C - Center, is the Centria Mall, the shopping centre in the shape of a majestic sailing boat, which houses an exclusive selection of boutiques featuring some of the most prestigious luxury brands in the world.
In Riyadh, the most exclusive shopping experience stands alongside the opportunity to live the fascinating atmospheres of a metropolitan oasis in the heart of the desert, rich in history and with a sophisticated, varied art heritage ranging from the ancient to the ultra-modern, and which has in its two iconic city towers - the Kingdom Tower and the Faisaliah Tower - its symbol.
The Officine Panerai boutique in Riyadh is the first in Saudi Arabia and the sixteenth in the world after Florence and Portofino, Geneva and Madrid, Beirut, Doha and Dubai, Los Angeles, New York and Buenos Aires, Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Ten years have gone by since the launch of the website www.paneristi.com and in that time, the Panerai watch enthusiasts who exchange information, comments and stories on the site forum have grown from just a few dozen to several thousand from all over the world. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of this story of extraordinary passion, Officine Panerai presents a new Special Edition watch dedicated to the “Paneristi” and made at their request - the Luminor for Paneristi’s Anniversary.
The new Luminor for Paneristi’s Anniversary, designed by Officine Panerai and bearing in mind the guidelines and preferences expressed by the community of “Paneristi”, comes with a 44 mm Luminor case, distinguished by the classic crown-protecting bridge device, making the watch water resistant up to 30 atmospheres (approximately 300 m in depth).
The case, bezel, bridge and crown are coated in DLC, as is the buckle that closes the strap in antiqued leather. The watch is personalised by the steel caseback, which bears the engraved inscription Paneristi.com, and Tenth Anniversary.
Standing out on the black dial are the classic numerals and large index markers so typical of Panerai, made in a special ecru SuperLumiNova® - which also coats the hands – adding to the watch’s vintage look. “Luminor Panerai” and the OP logo are engraved in white. The movement of the Luminor Logo DLC - 44mm is the hand-wound OP I calibre.
The Luminor for Paneristi’s Anniversary was launched on the Paneristi forum on 1st July 2010 and the same medium was used to provide instructions for ordering the watch. The 300 pieces produced sold out in the few minutes following the publication of the relative post.
Another watch introduced by Officine Panerai at the 2009 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) is the Panerai PAM320. The watch shares the looks of the new PAM312, but it is powered by the new Panerai P.9001 in-house (Manifattura) movement. Like the P.9000, this is an automatic movement with a power reserve of three days, but the P.9001 has a power reserve indicator (at the backside) and it has a GMT function built-in.
The silver second time zone hand rotates once every 12 hours. The GMT function of the PAM233 works the same way, but the PAM320 lacks an AM/PM indicator. Although you cannot tell if it is day or night in the second time zone, one will know that the 2nd time zone is ahead or not anyway - and in my opinion such an indicator is not a must-have. The absence of the AM/PM indicator certainly does make for a cleaner looking dial. The fact that the second time zone hands moves along with the hour hand makes it very easy and natural to tell the time in the other time zone. This GMT function is much better than the 24 hour GMT function of for instance the PAM88. It's also nice that you can hide the second time zone hand behind the hour hand when you don't need it. E.g. when you're not traveling. And there's no need for 24 hour markers on the dial either which again results in a much cleaner looking dial.
The PAM320 - like all wrist watches in the Manifattura line - has a 1950's style case and it comes with a beautiful brown crocodile strap.
Officine Panerai has opened a new Hong Kong boutique on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Their second Hong Kong home, inside you’ll find a big wall clock which is a large-scale version of one of the distinguishing features of Panerai watches: the “sandwich” dial.
Spanning 30 square metres, the space is classically designed and features various materials associated with the sea (a reference to the brand's naval history) such as teak and steel.
A Panerai Customer Service Centre has also been established on the 1/F of the same building to provide after sales service.
