Simply Abu Dhabi Magazine XVII

1 3 4 S I M P LY A B U DH A B I Panerai presents twonew Luminor Submersible 1950 timepieces O fficine Panerai’s venerable heritage dates back to 1860 in Florence. As the supplier of precision instruments and measurements to the Italian Navy in the 1900s, Panerai has deep-rooted links to the world of the ocean. Now, combining Italian design, Swiss technology and a true passion for the sea, Panerai introduces its two new Luminor Submersible 1950 watches. Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio 47mm Many fundamental innovations in the history of the mechanical watch were developed in the military field in the first half of the last century. In those years, the highest possible quality was required from instruments created for use by specialist forces, which often operated in conditions of extreme danger, and their requirements gave rise to many of the functions found in luxury sports watches today. The new Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio - 47mm fromOfficine Panerai recalls features from the military context of its origins, and is presented as two contemporary models with a strongly sporting character, great personality and the purest Panerai identity. Like all Panerai watches, the main reference is, of course, that of the sea. Professional underwater models that are water-resistant to a pressure of 30 bar (a depth of about 300 metres), the new Luminor Submersible 1950 watches have a large Luminor 1950 case, with a diameter of 47 mm. The iconic design of the case, immediately recognisable by the device protecting the winding crown, is integrated with an element whose historic origins go back to the model created by Officine Panerai in 1956 for the EgyptianNavy: the unidirectional rotating bezel for calculating the time of immersion. Two versions of this are available: one with a bezel made entirely of brushed titanium (PAM00614) and the other with a special bezel of titanium to which a matt black ceramic disk has been applied, with linear markers and dots in titanium (PAM00615). Both models are supplied with a black rubber strap, soft and durable, ideal for an underwater watch and personalised with the OP logo in Panerai blue. The other function of the new Luminor Submersible 1950 originating from the military field in the 1930s is that of the flyback chronograph. Also known as the “retour en vol”, this function enables the chronograph hand that is already moving to be zeroed and instantly restarted by a single pressure, without first having to stop the hand and return it to zero. In the Luminor Submersible 1950, the push button that controls the stopping and starting of the chronograph is at ten o’clock, while the push button at eight o’clock operates the flyback function and zeroes the chronograph hand after it has been stopped. To ensure the simplest and clearest possible reading, the chronograph minutes and seconds hands are both positioned centrally on the central dial and distinguished from each other by being different colours: the seconds hand is blue while the minute hand is rhodium plated, advancing instantaneously with a jump every sixty seconds. The colours chosen for the hands enhance the minimalist design of the black dial, with its dot-shaped hour markers and simple figures, and the small continuous seconds counter at nine o’clock. The two models have different elements at three o’clock: the model with the titanium bezel has the date window in this position, while the model with the ceramic bezel has the chronograph hour counter there. The movement of the Luminor Submersible 1950 is the P.9100 calibre, the first automatic chronograph calibre developed and made in the Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel. Many details bear witness to its sophisticated construction: the vertical clutch, the column wheel, the two connected spring barrels which guarantee a power reserve of three days, the oscillating weight which winds the spring barrels as it moves in both directions, and the variable inertia balance which oscillates at 28,800 vibrations per hour. To ensure the greatest accuracy when adjusting the watch, the mechanism has a device for stopping the balance wheel and the system, a feature that enables the hour hand to be moved backwards or forwards in jumps of precisely one hour, without interrupting the movement of the minute hand. The movement consists of 302 components and is 8.15 mm thick. Both versions of the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio - 47mm are supplied with a spare strap, a screwdriver and a special tool for changing the strap.