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Panerai Watches

Originally developers of waterproof diving instruments for the Italian Royal Navy during the Second World War, Panerai has since become a cult watchmaker with its bold sizes and distinctive styling. Ask any Panerai enthusiast—once the need for a Panerai sets in, nothing else will do.
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The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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Panerai Luminor Base PAM00560 274106
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Base
PAM00560

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£3,255
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246294

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254294

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00643 258625

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00643

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£5,500
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246313

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245551

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Luminor Regatta PAM00107 267819
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Regatta
PAM00107

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£4,415
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245552

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254288

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Ferrari FER00009 268981
Limited Edition

Panerai
Ferrari
FER00009

Box
Papers
Year 2006
£3,380
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254283

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00127 265685
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00127

Box
Papers
Year 2004
£10,285
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254275

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01176 276746
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01176

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£11,130
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00577 282203

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00577

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£4,505
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00514 246287

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00514

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£3,540
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00449 246754
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00449

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£7,250
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00250 265025

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00250

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£4,910
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00662 245547
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00662

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,770
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00104 270406

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00104

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£3,835
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00188 277795

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00188

Box
Papers
Year 2004
£6,550
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 276821

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£5,090
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM00335 279399

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM00335

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£9,060
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00396 215756
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00396

Box
Papers
Year 2012
£58,310
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00514 246277

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00514

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£4,275
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM01033 259428

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM01033

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,275
Panerai Ferrari FER00004 265200
Limited Edition

Panerai
Ferrari
FER00004

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£3,605
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM00619 239324

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM00619

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,950
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00187 269437
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00187

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£5,615
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00468 259853
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00468

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£4,275
Panerai Luminor Submersible PAM00508 267816
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Submersible
PAM00508

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£7,925
Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM00525 248896

Panerai
Luminor Chrono
PAM00525

Box
Papers
Year 2016
£18,950

Panerai History


When Guido Panerai, grandson of brand founder Giovanni Panerai, secured a contract with the Italian Navy to provide luminescent equipment, Officine Panerai moved from being just a manufacturer of diving instruments to becoming one of the most influential watchmakers in the world. The company’s prized invention was a zinc sulphide and radium bromide concoction which they patented as 'Radiomir'. The radium, a radioactive substance that releases alpha and gamma rays as it decays, reacted with the zinc sulphide in such a way that made it glow. The company used its radium-based luminescent paint on various devices such as night-sights, compasses, depth gauges and calculators.

Guido’s son Giuseppe took over in 1934, shortly before the Navy requested that the brand make a robust diving watch that was as readable in low light as the company’s other instruments. As the watches were to be used underwater and at night by pilots of single-man submarines, the hands and markers needed to be much brighter than for use on land. The watchmaker provided two solutions to this problem—the first was to layer a dial that was completely covered with a thick coating of luminescent paint with a secondary dial that had slots cut from it, and the second was to hollow out channels from a dial in the shape of the markers, allowing thicker quantities of luminescent paint to be used. Both of these ideas had a satisfactory result, particularly at sizes that were unconventionally large for the time.

The engine that powered Panerai watches was a tried-and-tested Rolex movement, and was mounted in a steel oversized cushion case. Lugs were soldered to the case to allow fitment of a strap, making the watch wearable on the diver's wrist. Called the Radiomir after the radium that powered the luminescent paint, it was the birth of a design icon. It was tested in 1936 by the First Submarine Group, and was a resolute success.

Following the Second World War, the Radiomir evolved fixed lugs and the famous patented crown locking device. The Radiomir became the Marina Militare which, following the introduction of a less dangerous tritium-based radioactive luminescent material called 'Luminor,' became the Luminor. An enormous version built for the Egyptian Navy, the Egiziano, came in the 1950s, which later inspired the Submersible. A chronograph, the Mare Nostrum, stalled at the prototype stage.

There were no Panerai watches available for civilians until 1993, when the Luminor and the Mare Nostrum were released in limited runs. Their success attracted the interest of the Vendome Group, now the Richemont Group, which purchased the watchmaker. The distinctive and immediately recognisable style of the brand’s watches may have evolved for functional reasons, but that hasn't stopped Panerai from amassing a loyal following. It has proven that just because form follows function, it doesn't necessarily mean something can't look good too.

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