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Panerai debuts new thin Luminor Due cases in 42mm & 45mm - PAM676, PAM677, PAM674, PAM675

 

This new Panerai Luminor Due case (pictured below) is ~40% thinner than the regular Historic Luminor case.  The 42mm Luminor Due case is 10.5mm  thick while the 45mm case is slightly thicker at 10.7mm.

This new case preserves the distinctive lines of our beloved Luminor 1950 case.

The 42mm PAM676 (steel) & PAM677 (red gold) Luminor Due 3 Days both house the P.1000 manual wind movement which is slightly skeletonized, so you can see more of the movement.  I'm glad Panerai did this because now I can say this Panerai movement is visually stunning in my eyes.

PAM676

PAM677

Below is a picture of the PAM676 - notice the beautiful sun-brushed black dial with faux patina luminova.  The PAM677 rose gold variant has an anthracite dial.

Next are the 45mm Panerai Luminor Due 3 Days Automatic with P.4000 movement - the PAM674 (steel) & the PAM675 (red gold).

As you can see in the below picture, the rose gold Luminor Due PAM675 houses a beautiful skeletonized P.4000 movement with micro-rotor.  The stainless steel PAM674's P.4000 movement isn't skeletonized though, so you'll have to pay extra for the rose gold version if you want this skeletonized movement!

PAM674

PAM675

Estimated Retail pricing:

PAM674 - $10,700
PAM675 - $25,600
PAM676 - $8,100
PAM677 - $22,100

All in all, I'm happy Panerai released a new case.  I have to see it in the flesh to see if I like this thinner case.  But this new case isn't what I was hoping for.  I'm still hoping for a totally brand new case from Panerai one day, so looks like the wait got extended even longer with the introduction of this Luminor Due case.

Link to Panerai's website to Luminor Due:  http://www.paneraidiveintotime.com/en/novelties/luminor-due/

Cheers,
Anthony

  This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2016-05-17 11:57:10