Officine Panerai

Tonight one of the local dealers had a little reception to show off some of the new Panerai's. Now in general I'm not a fan of the brand, but I am a fan of free food and drink, and if that comes with watches, all the better! It was crowded, so I only got to take a look at a few of the pieces, and only take pictures of one, the new Titanium Tourbillon...I forgot to get the reference No. The dial is a lovely deep brown color, but I found the "yes the Tourb is spinning" disk under the sub-second hand superfluous, and a bit annoying. On the other hand, the perpendicular Tourbillon is great fun to watch! I've not gotten a chance to see the JLG Gyrotourbillon up close, but this reminded me of that in pictures. I apologize, the following pictures were taken in a hurry at high ISO, and are not the greatest
Here is the dial

and the movement


The finish of the movement is very good, but it feels machine done to me. Perhaps it is the lack of corners, or other elements that can't be done by machine, that made it feel mechanical. I do find the addition of a lumed hand for the RdM on the back an amusing touch...when would it get enough light to charge the lume?

A

But appreciate the photos Aaron!

Cheers

Stephen

but quite an understated watch and a very nice execution of a tourbillon. I find the machine-cut edges add to the 'tool' feeling of this watch and the combination is somewhat like putting a DB9 engine in a pickup truck. Quite unique for sure. I have also always had a soft spot for titanium and brown dials.

 

Thanks for the pics, the PAM reference is 306.

 

HAGWE

 

Asi

And this includes you lurkers!   You lurkers know who you are, and there are tons of lurkers in this forum.

Please do raise your hand if you own a Panerai tourbillon

Cheers,
Anthony

but this movement from Panerai just kept my jaw drop..especially when I see it moves behind the caseback.

Thanks and Cheers

achieve such an object.
I guess it is a must for a brand to add a tourbillon to your catalog even if it represents less than 0,1% of your sales.
The Tourbillon target group might discover and stay with your brand through such performance.
The other parameter is to be present on the cover of the magazines and to have a watch in all prize categories in the catalogs