Officine Panerai

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

The thinness of the case I find very much a feature. Curious how it would feel on the wrist - when do you reckon they will be out?

I'm also trying to get the retail prices of these new models too.
-AT

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The only fly in the ointment is the 30m WR - feel is should be more for Panerai, irrespective of the model...

which I saw on Mr Bonati's wrist, last night in Florence, will sell like hot cakes. A slimmed down, 45mm Fiddy that fits..under..the shirt's cuff it's a model a lot of Panerai's admirers have fantasized about for a long time. The...automatic...on the dial it's a bit disconcerting for purists (I'm sure) but take very little away from the beauty of this piece. IMO

Looking forward to seeing one at the AD!

While I always appreciate a thinner case, when it comes to chunky Panerais that I wear on warm sunny sleeveless days, I'm less concerned about the case thickness. 

I'm still thinking about the Radiomir with the engravings that I saw at SIHH 2015!  That was a hauntingly beautiful watch. 

With the introduction of the PAM672....

Arie, you are a very scary person to know. Especially for my bank account!

Its hard for me to financially survive this place as well :-(

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I have to admit that I am not a big fan of Panerai.

But this new way (thicker case, black dial which give nice shades I suppose and calibers) is really interesting.

Very good point that time!

But I do like the thinner case!

with a depth rate of 30 meters I might just be able to do the dishes with it ...... or in a better scenario get them out of the dishwasher
seriously !!! (besides that I think the models are more or less ok but a brand known for being a diver watch that comes with a model that you would be afraid to walk in the rain with just surpasses my wildest dreams )

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I notice the 30m WR sign.

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As I said in my earlier post, I'm liking the new models...but...:
1. 30m WR? In a watch with heritage that's all about being a diving watch? Surely you jest. I can only imagine that the product planners/marketing people were looking for a way to differentiate the thicker ones so people have a reason to buy them...I would be surprised if it weren't possible, technically, to make these at least 50m and preferably 100m WR.

2. Why can't we get the more-nicely finished movements in the steel models? Sounds like a marketing whiz at work again to me, all about product differentiation.

3. 'Automatic' on the dial of the, well, automatic models. It was a big deal once, just as it was on some cars...





...but not any more. Come on, Panerai!

Best

E.

And yes, having "Automatic" on the dial is lame nowadays. I don't know why brands keep doing this..
- AT

an overhaul of the brand image and distancing themselves, more and more, from stereotypes associated with Panerai. It's a fact that a Panerai it's still perceived by the majority of people...out there...as rough and tough, spartan, MANUALLY wound watches. I believe the management it's trying to convince potential new buyers that there are a number of..highly sophisticated, complicated models being produced. When the perception of the public, will be less..stereotypical..they might as well decide to do away with the offending "automatic" script. The same, I think, goes for the WR. They produce fine Submersible models and professional diving watches (a number of them, in fact). Why still producing ALL the models to please the...sperm-whalers..? If I buy a watch that I like A LOT and that watch can't survive a dive off a 3mt board, when I want to dive, I'll just take it...off

need to see it but is really nice ! love the thinner case

I think a thin profile like this one would work better on a rad type case a la 587 for example. I prefer luminors hefty. Not sure if the crown guard works with a thin profile.