STYLE Edit: Panerai’s best Christmas gifts, from the Italian brand’s Luminor Due women’s watches to the limited-edition Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte
Panerai has form when it comes to satisfying the requirements of particularly exacting groups of customers. For many years, the luxury watch manufacturer – founded in 1860 in Florence and based these days in Neuchâtel, Switzerland – was the official supplier of precision instruments to the Italian Navy, and in particular its specialist diving corps.
So for loved ones, friends and relatives who are particularly hard to please, you can take your pick from a range of timepieces designed by a brand accustomed to meeting the standards of the choosiest customers of all.
Since the 1940s, the house has been refining its expertise in chronography – the business of telling the time with extreme precision, an absolute necessity in a naval setting.
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Then there’s the Luminor Marina Collection: naval styling and robust water resistance featured in several beautiful packages. The 44mm model comes with a white dial featuring numerals and hour markers in grey Super-LumiNova with green luminescence.
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The Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte, available in a limited edition of 500, couples a Blu Notte dial with a case made from the brand’s cutting edge, super resistant Carbotech material. And the Luminor Marina Quaranta presents the smallest ever iteration of the collection, a 40mm execution available in three different dial configurations.
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The Luminor Due collection of women’s watches is likewise available in a dazzling range of new evolutions. Two models – PAM01247 and PAM01248 – present the collection’s characteristic smart, sun-brushed aesthetic in contrasting dark and light colour palettes.
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Another new version pairs the watch with a steel bracelet for the first time, taking its design cues from the signature crown protector. And yet another new piece – the Luminor Due Madreperla – features the manufacture’s first ever mother-of-pearl dial, paired with a shiny red alligator strap.
- Based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland today, the luxury watch brand was founded in Florence in 1860 and was once an official supplier to the Italian Navy
- The watchmaker crafts state-of-the-art in-house materials, like its Goldtech gold alloy seen in the Panerai Luminor Chrono Goldtech Blu Notte