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134,25 KB"The Luminor Marina Automatic 44 mm is a chronometer of the Contemporary Collection and it is offered with a newly devised metal bracelet incorporating innovative details relating to its suppleness, comfort in wear and finish.
This has its caseband, back and lever bridge executed in brushed steel, with a contrasting polished steel bezel. This contrast between surfaces achieved by different styles of finish is also a feature of the new bracelet, designed not only to enhance the aesthetic value of the watch, but above all to blend more harmoniously with the case.
The solution of continuity between the case and the bracelet is in fact almost invisible, as a result of the precise fitting of the first two links between the upper and lower lugs, and also because these links fit perfectly against the caseband, following its rounded shape.
The aim of the new design was to create a bracelet that was so naturally integrated with the case that it appears to be a perfect extension of it, as if the case and the bracelet were created at the same time and designed by the same hand. The Luminors were originally made with a long die-cut leather strap and the engineers of Officine Panerai have had to work hard to give the new bracelet the special “suppleness” that is characteristic of leather.
This objective has been achieved by the particular way in which the links are shaped; they are asymmetrical and formed with a double-curved surface, so that they are rounded longitudinally, as well as across. This detail means that the bracelet is not only pleasant to the touch, but also very comfortable to wear, due also to the fact that the width of the links reduces from 24 mm wide at the case to 20 mm wide at the closure; and, from an aesthetic point of view, it looks like an integral part of the case.
But there is a further sophistication: the links have a brushed finish, but at the points of contact the steel has been mirror-polished, so as to provide a contrasting finish similar to that of the caseband and the bezel. The new bracelet does not replace either the previous one or the traditional straps of alligator or rubber; it is easily interchangeable with them, giving the client a wide choice.
Contained within its case 44 mm in diameter, the Luminor Marina has the classic Panerai dial, with the large Arabic numerals and hour markers that are exceptionally visible at night.
The new Luminor Marina is fitted with the OP III calibre of 13¼ lignes with 21 jewels and power reserve of 42 hours. With automatic winding, bridges enhanced with Côtes de Genève decoration and winding rotor personalised Panerai, the movement has a monometallic Glucydur balance making 28,800 alternations per hour, an Incabloc anti-shock device and the Chronometer Certificate of the relevant Swiss body (the C.O.S.C.) issued after the movement itself has been tested for 15 days."
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131,35 KB"In the Luminor 1950 GMTthe cage rotates on an axis parallel to the base of the movement at right angles to the axis of oscillation of the balance; in addition, the cage makes two rotations per minute.
These two innovations make the Panerai design better at compensating for errors arising from changes in position, which are much more numerous with a wristwatch than a pocket watch.
Operating through a series of gear trains comparable to those of an automobile’s differential, the device is the distinctive feature of the P.2005 calibre, which differs from all the other tourbillons currently in production in several other details. Consisting of 239 components, it is manually wound and with its three spring barrels it stores enough power for the watch to operate for a good 6 days without further winding.
It is also equipped with the GMT function, that is, a second time zone. The Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT has a sapphire crystal back which exposes the whole movement to view. This allows the fascinating rotation of the tourbillon to be admired, as well as enabling the amount of power reserve available to be read from the indication of a hand which moves over a circular arc, With its unmistakable case and distinctive lever device protecting the winding crown which for more than 60 years has identified Panerai Luminor models, the new watch has been executed in polished and brushed stainless steel, with a diameter of 47 mm.
Water-resistant to 100 metres, as is to be expected from the nautical vocation of the House, the dial of the watch is protected by a sapphire crystal two millimetres thick with anti-reflective treatment.
The dial itself is of sandwich construction, one of Panerai’s other innovations, with large markers and Arabic numerals that are particularly visible in the dark as a result of the large quantity of luminous material contained between the two layers of the dial.
The large hour and minute hands contrast with the arrow- pointed thinner one of the GMT function, which is also set by means of the winding crown. Unlike some of the most sophisticated models with a tourbillon escapement, the Luminor 1950 does not ostentatiously show off this technical speciality; the device is not revealed through an opening cut in the dial, as is usually the case, and its existence is only indicated by a single original detail.
In the small auxiliary dial on the left there is a little circular blue indicator as well as the continuous seconds hand. This indicator is connected to the tourbillon and therefore moves twice as fast as the seconds hand, making one rotation every 30 seconds.
The other small dial has a hand which makes one rotation every 24 hours, pointing at the inscriptions “pm” and “am” to indicate whether the hour shown by the GMT hand is during the day or the night."
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