ED209PuristSPro joins Panerai North American President, Rafael Alvarez, and the Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique staff to host fellow Purists for a viewing of the new SIHH 2012 novelties. It was great to see familiar faces and also a lot of new folks as well. We began the evening at the Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique. A familiar sight to all watch enthusiasts is Panerai Beverly Hills Boutique Director Chad Warrick: PuristS guests and Rafael Alvarez reviewing the SIHH 2012 Novelties...">Story

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AnthonyTsaiThis dinner event will feature the Panerai SIHH 2012 collection. Seating is very limited! Cocktails at 6:30pm followed by a sit-down dinner. Attire is business attire (suits or sport jackets). Date will be Thu June 28th...">Story

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AnthonyTsai** Please note change of date to Thu June 21, 2012. Original date was June 13/14 which was then changed to June 28 ** This dinner event will feature the Panerai SIHH 2012 collection. Seating is very limited! Cocktails at 6pm followed by a sit-down dinner. Attire is business attire (suits or sport jackets)...">Story

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AnthonyTsaiThe next 2 watches I'll be looking at are 2 stunning Radiomirs in red gold - the 45mm PAM395 & 42mm PAM439. Below are pictures of the 45mm red gold PAM395 Radiomir 8 Days GMT Oro Rosso which has a retail price of $39,800. The elegant red gold case pairs perfectly with this brown dial Our friendly Boutique Manager Chad @ the Beverly Hills Boutique terms this shiny brown dial as the "root beer dial" which is perfect nickname. I don't seem to recall any past Panerai model with this specific root beer dial, so I believe this is Panerai's 1st model w/ this root beer dial...">Story

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AnthonyTsaiNicolas already wrote a great piece on the below PAM399 here ( panerai.watchprosite.com ) so there's not much to add to his report. I'll try to add a couple more new things along with videos, so my post isn't too redundant. The PAM399 47mm Radiomir 1940 in stainless steel and the red gold PAM398 47mm Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso are what I consider to be the most anticipated new Panerai's from this year's offerings. Each model will be made in 100 pieces - the 1st 50 (#1 to #50) will be released as a PAM398 / PAM399 box set & the 2nd 50 (#51 to #100) will be sold on an individual basis...">Story

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AnthonyTsaiThe next watches I want to highlight are the Panerai PAM422 & PAM423 - both are 47mm Luminor Marina 1950's housing the in-house manual wind P.300X movement. And once again, a quick cheat sheet for the P.300X movements: P.3000 - no power reserve P.3001 - power reserve on back P.3002 - power reserve on front Below is a picture of the PAM422 47mm Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days. It's the same watch as last year's PAM372 but now with a sub-seconds at 9 o'clock. Retail on the PAM422 is currently at $11,200...">Story

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SJXPanerai has just announced unveiled the pair of Special Edition Luminors made for the Singapore boutique in ION Orchard mall that just had its official opening event. The first is the Luminor Marina 44 mm PAM00432. This has the pig mini-sub on the dial and the reverse has a laser engraved image of the Singapore skyline showing the skyscrapers in the business district. 200 pieces of the PAM00432 will be made...">Story

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AnthonyTsaiThe PAM448 (47mm Radiomir California 3 Days) & PAM449 (47mm Radiomir S.L.C. 3 Days) are 2 of this year's highly sought after special editions. PAM448 PAM449 They are Boutique-only watches, meaning you can only purchase these 2 watches through one of the Panerai Boutiques and not through an authorized dealer. This is the 1st year that Panerai has done this - all special editions this year are boutique-only...">Story

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Z3The 2012 SIHH PuristSPro Live Report - Jon Z. (Z3) Panerai The Panerai booth exhibits the process of making a ceramic case... This year Panerai came out with the new line that features the new shape - the Radiomir 1940, which pays homage to a period when the case evolved from the wire-lugs of the Radiomir to offer more support, but the crown did not yet have the crown-guard seen on the Luminor cases. You can think of it as a transition from Radiomir to Luminor...">Story

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KongThe authenticity of a Panerai watch is expressed in its loyalty to the history of the brand and in the innovative research that ensures its technological excellence. The SIHH 2012 collection reinterprets the Luminor and the Radiomir with the most original technology and materials while recovering details of the Panerai story. Here is a list of the new products (which will be posted following this main post) : PAM 00438 : LUMINOR 1950 3 DAYS GMT AUTOMATIC CERAMICA – 44MM TUTTONERO PAM 00441 : LUMINOR 1950 3 DAYS GMT AUTOMATIC CERAMICA – 44MM PAM 00396 : LUMINOR 1950 TOURBILLON GMT CERAMICA – 48MM PAM 00395 : RADIOMIR 8 DAYS GMT ORO ROSSO – 45MM PAM 00399 : RADIOMIR 1940 – 47MM PAM 00398 : RADIOMIR 1940 ORO ROSSO – ......">Story

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