The look of Panerai’s Radiomir 1940 Chronographs which are part of the brand’s 2014 product line-up carries strong accents of vintage design. This is especially so with the tachymetre scale on the dial and the two sub-dial counters; one for the continuous sweep seconds at the nine o’clock position and the other for the 30-minute chronograph counter at the three … More
The Ref. 3417 “Amagnetic” first launched by Patek Philippe in 1958 was initially equipped with the Calibre 12’’’400 AM movement. In 1960, it was replaced by the Calibre 27-AM 400 before it was discontinued in the late 1960s, according to auctioneer Bonhams. Though models of Patek Philippe’s Ref. 3417 were last produced in the 1960s, they remain very much in … More
There is a nice history to Panerai wristwatches and it dates back to the 1930s when the company began supplying diver’s wristwatches to the Italian Royal Navy. Among the early watches was the Rolex Panerai 3646 which is powered by the manual-winding Calibre 618 based on the Cortébert movement and cases supplied by Rolex. The 47mm Rolex Panerai 3646 seen … More
Not only does Panerai’s PAM00532 “Paneristi Forever” give due recognition to the Paneristi, an online community of fans who share information and images about the brand found on www.paneristi.com, this particular timepiece also scores highly in terms of timing simply because it was launched at the Watches&Wonders exhibition in late September 2013 in Hong Kong. [To find out more about … More
So how was the recently concluded annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) held in Geneva at the end of January 2013? From what we observed during the watch fair, artistic pieces stood out even more for us this year. Interestingly, one colour also caught our attention – orange. Coincidentally, we spotted a butterfly with an orange spot on … More