Friday, January 24, 2014

Which is the odd one out?

Indeed an interesting question. Which is the odd one?


Two are from Ennebi, one from Maranez.

Two are fitted with Heroic18 straps, one with a DaLuca.

Two have rotating bezel, one is fixed. 

Two have black dials, one is not. 

Two have Arabic hour markers, one is mixed Roman and Arabic.

Two have non screw-down crown, one has. 

Anymore? 

Monday, January 20, 2014

Panerai Novelties 2014

It is interesting to see the Panerai 2014 collection. There are a slew of watches under the historic collection coming in at 44mm (a size that seems to have been neglected in the past few years) and the use of the new P.5000 8 days movement. There seems to be lesser special edition watches (unique edition in Panerai 2014 speak). 

Anyway, the novelties...

Radiomir 1940

PAM00518 Radiomir 1940 Chronograph Platino. Special edition 50 pieces, 59,900 Euro.



PAM00519 Radiomir 1940 Chronograph Oro Rosso. Special Edition 100 pieces, 44,900 Euro.



PAM00520 Radiomir 1940 Chronograph Oro Bianco. Special Edition 100 pieces, 46,900 Euro.



We can expect to see these watches hitting the stores sometime in October. Personally, I like the dials, the use of the California and 2533 dial on a chronograph. 

Luminor 1950

PAM00557 Luminor 1950 Left-handed 3 Days Acciaio. Normal production, 8,200 Euro.




PAM00579 Luminor 1950 Chronograph Monopulsante Left-handed 8 Days Titanio. Special Edition 300 pieces, 17,300 Euro.



Pocket Watches. Yes, you read it right, pocket watches. Pretty cool of Panerai to launch pocket watches in this of age. 

PAM00447 Pocket Watch 3 Days Oro Rosso. Special Edition 50 pieces, 55,000 Euro.



PAM00529 Pocket Watch 3 Days Oro Bianco. Special Edition 50 pieces, 58,000 Euro.


Pendulum Clock. Yes a pendulum clock. Interesting. An alternative to the JLC Atmos, maybe? :)
PAM00500 Pendulum Clock, 33,000 Euro. 



Looking at the price, I guess not... :(

Luminor. There are 5 new models, all powered by the Panerai in-house P.5000, 8 Days Power Reserve Hand-wind movement. These will add to the PAM00510 and PAM00511 introduce last year. Will these new 8 Days Luminor and Luminor Marina replace the current PAM00111, PAM00112 etc is yet to be seen. At the moment they are all listed on the Panerai website. These are all regular production models. Expect to see them in the stores in May or June.

The new 8 Days models:

PAM00560 Luminor Base 8 Days Acciaio. 6,100 Euro.


PAM00561 Luminor Base 8 Days Acciaio. 6,100 Euro.


PAM00562 Luminor Base 8 Days Titanio. 6,500 Euro. I like this watch, love the brown dial and titanium case.


PAM00563 Luminor Marina 8 Days Acciaio. 6,400 Euro.


PAM00564 Luminor Marina 8 Days Titanio. 6,800 Euro.


The watches will have similar case back.


And there you have it, the Panerai 2014 Novelties. Well, so far.... as Panerai has been known to release more models as the exhibition progresses.

For more information and technical specifications of the novelties:


Sunday, January 19, 2014

Panerai PAM00372 dial

I found these photographs on the Internet. Don't know who took them but a great thank you to you for taking them. Basically these photographs shows the stages in the making of the Panerai PAM00372 dial. It is just awesome. 

The lower plate. Looks like brass? Not too sure. But the hour markers are engraved or etched, forming a channel or groove on the plate. 


I am guessing this is the plate after it has been cleaned and treated (?), ready for the next step. The 4 holes, I guess would be alignment holes with the upper plate. 


The markers are filled with SuperLumiNova. Instead of just coating or painting the lower plate with the luminous material, the markers are filled. This would give the markers extra brightness due to the thickness of the luminous material. 


The top plate or dial. The markers are punched out. 


The engraving of the legends, 'LUMINOR PANERAI'. 


The legends is filled with colour, ecru I believe. 


The upper place is ready. 


The finished dial. The upper plate and lower plate forms a sandwich. Awesome.


Photographs: shamelessly borrowed from the Internet. 

The countdown begins...

A few more hours to the start of SIHH 2014. The exhibition will run from the 20th to the 24th of January. It is also the first of many watch exhibitions and most importantly, what is new in 2014. 

Panerai has already updated their site, and it looks like there will be some new chronographs, in the 1940 case. They (Panerai) have already gave us a sneak peak with the PAM00557 Panerai Luminor 1950 Left-Handed 3 Days 47mm watch. I am sure there will be others...

The PAM00557.


Photograph: Panerai

More information and teaser...


I think it will be the year of the Aquatimer over at IWC. They have already shown us their new IWC Aquatimer (which I like a lot). New design, new case, new material and internal rotating bezel...

The three pre-SIHH pieces. From left to right:

IWC Aquatimer Chronograph "Expedition Charles Darwin", IWC Aquatimer 2000 and IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition "Galapagos Islands".


The IWC Aquatimer 2000, reference IW358002. Titanium case, water resistant to 2,000M, features the new IWC Bracelet Quick Change System and in-house movement Caliber 80110.



The other watch I like is the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph "Expedition Charles Darwin". The first IWC to use bronze as the case material. Water resistant to 30ATM and powered by IWC in-house caliber 89365. It is a limited edition piece that I believe will fly off the shelves. 



Photographs: IWC

Well, for the rest, we will just have to wait and see. 

Friday, January 17, 2014

It has been a good week....

These arrived....

The Malaysia Watch Forum 5th Anniversary watch...


1 of 50 pieces.


Yes, the Maranez Bangla. This is the titanium version, with black dial. 



Review of these watches soon....

Surprise surprise....

Another lume shot of a new pickup with other watches of similar design.... Emmmm...


Thursday, January 16, 2014

Lume time...

A new pickup....


Surprisingly I like it. All will be revealed soon....