Well, not necessarily a “how-to”, but rather one luxury timepiece concierge’s perspective on the matter…featuring the PAM 112, the PAM 90, the PAM 24, PAM 183, and the PAM 372.  132,000+ video views in just over two weeks…not bad!

Certainly one of the more exclusive pieces unveiled by Officine Panerai last month was its ceramic pocket watch.  A tourbillon GMT pocket watch, more specifically.  The PAM 446 Panerai pocket watch is limited to just 50 pieces, each carrying a price tag of 165,000 Euros — that’s about $215,000 on a straight f/x conversion.  I already gave a pretty good look at this piece back in January, but here are a few more high-res images, along with a short video that Panerai produced.
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One of the more interesting pieces for 2013 from Officine Panerai is this Luminor Submersible Ceramic aka the PAM 508.   This particular Panerai is notable in that it is the first time the Luminor Submersible watch has been executed in ceramic.  Following my initial unveiling of the 508 watch two weeks ago, I will now explore the piece, its ceramic case, and other salient details, including some high-res closeup, below.
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SIHH 2013…

2013 Panerai “Historic” collection pieces.  There are 4 pieces — PAM 512 through PAM515 — which can be grouped into two duos.  First, the duo of PAM 512 (steel) and PAM 513 (rose gold) — Radiomir 1940′s without date and 42mm case.  They have the hand-wound P.999/1 caliber with 60 hours power reserve and the always beautiful “Swan neck” regulator (pictured below).

Second, the duo of PAM 514 (steel) and PAM 515 (rose gold) — with date and the slightly more robust P.3000 caliber with 3 day power reserve (also hand-wound) and 47mm case.

Panerai PAM 515 Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso

47mm

‘OP’ Crown

P.3000 Caliber

SIHH 2013…

2013 Panerai “Historic” collection pieces.  There are 4 pieces — PAM 512 through PAM515 — which can be grouped into two duos.  First, the duo of PAM 512 (steel) and PAM 513 (rose gold) — Radiomir 1940′s without date and 42mm case.  They have the hand-wound P.999/1 caliber with 60 hours power reserve and the always beautiful “Swan neck” regulator (pictured below).

Second, the duo of PAM 514 (steel) and PAM 515 (rose gold) — with date and the slightly more robust P.3000 caliber with 3 day power reserve (also hand-wound) and 47mm case.

Panerai PAM 514 Radiomir 1940 3 Days

47mm

SIHH 2013…

2013 Panerai “Historic” collection pieces.  There are 4 pieces — PAM 512 through PAM515 — which can be grouped into two duos.  First, the duo of PAM 512 (steel) and PAM 513 (rose gold) — Radiomir 1940′s without date and 42mm case.  They have the hand-wound P.999/1 caliber with 60 hours power reserve and the always beautiful “Swan neck” regulator (pictured below).

Second, the duo of PAM 514 (steel) and PAM 515 (rose gold) — with date and the slightly more robust P.3000 caliber with 3 day power reserve (also hand-wound) and 47mm case.

Panerai PAM 513 Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso

42mm

“OP” crown

A closeup view of the Swan neck regulator

SIHH 2013…

OK, wrapping up 2013 Panerai with the “Historic” collection pieces.  There are 4 pieces — PAM 512 through PAM515 — which can be grouped into two duos.  First, the duo of PAM 512 (steel) and PAM 513 (rose gold) — Radiomir 1940′s without date and 42mm case.  They have the hand-wound P.999/1 caliber with 60 hours power reserve, & ‘Swan neck’ regulator.

Second, the duo of PAM 514 (steel) and PAM 515 (rose gold) — with date and the slightly more robust P.3000 caliber with 3 day power reserve (also hand-wound) and 47mm case.  Let’s start with a look at the PAM512:

Panerai PAM 512 Radiomir 1940

42mm case

Sandwich dial

SIHH 2013…

This new piece, the Panerai PAM 526, is very similar to the PAM 524 and PAM 525 (all three pieces comprise the entirety of the new models in the 2013 “Contemporary” collection) except it comes with a Regatta timing module built on to the automatic P.9100 caliber.  I think that the extra bits of color — note the orange split seconds hand, orange sword hand on the hour sub-dial, and the orange regatta track — will be well received.  The button at 4 o’clock (right below the crown guard–shown below) is for the regatta function, and it is also orange.

Panerai PAM 526 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio

Price $11,800

47mm brushed titanium case, automatic Panerai P.9100/R

hours, mins, secs, flyback chrono, regatta countdown, knots scale (for calculation of boat speed), seconds reset

The flange carries the scale of up to 15 minutes for the countdown to the start, with the five final minutes picked out in orange, and also the tachymeter scale expressed in knots, enabling the speed of the yacht to be measured over a defined distance.

How the Regatta Timer and Flyback Chrono work:

SIHH 2013…

The partner of the “Contemporary” collection PAM 525 in red gold (“oro rosso”) is the PAM 524.  Same specs as the 525, but the 524 is in brushed steeland will thus be a bit more affordable.

Panerai PAM 525 Luminor 1950 3 Days Flyback Chrono Automatic Oro Rosso

44mm brushed steel case, automatic Panerai P.9100 caliber

‘S’ = Start ‘R/F’ = Reset/Flyback

SIHH 2013…

My favorite Panerai’s this year are in the “Contemporary” collection, of which there are three new models.  Starting here with the PAM525 in red gold.  This is the precious metal version of the PAM 524 which is same except in brushed steel case.

Panerai PAM 525 Luminor 1950 3 Days Flyback Chrono Automatic Oro Rosso

44mm polished red gold case, automatic Panerai P.9100 caliber