In its drive towards producing (and encouraging) watches more sustainably, last year Panerai released the Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225 which was 98.6% recycled-based material by weight. Alongside this, they also introduced the use of the sustainably sourced case material eSteel™ in… Read More ›
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NEWS: Luxury watch groups suspend operations in Russia
It is obviously a constantly changing situation, but the list of companies from financial and other services to sporting associations, film/ entertainment, automobile, technology, fashion, sporting, logistics groups, retailers and more who are suspending operations in Russia increases by the… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches and Wonders Geneva 2022
Watches & Wonders Geneva have announced an in-person fair for 2022 that will also be a digital fair, as was the case for the pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021 editions. It will be held from 30 March to April 5, 2022,… Read More ›
NEW: Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Goldtech™ and Luminor Perpetual Calendar Platinum™
We have covered quite a few watches from Panerai using their various proprietary –tech materials over the years, and there are two new pieces that have just been added to this material ‘theme’, as it were – the new Luminor… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Panerai Luminor Chrono PAM 1218
Amongst Panerai’s releases at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 were a trio of new Luminor Chronos, and I recently had the opportunity to see one in the metal at their Sydney boutique. The three new models are the PAM 1109… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Panerai Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225
Last year there had been some talk in the air about Panerai doing something very interesting in terms of sustainability and recycled material, and so it has come to be. If you read ‘LAB-ID’ you know that it’s going to… Read More ›
NEW: Panerai Platinumtech™ Luminor Marina PAM1116
Panerai’s continued development of alloys, usually in the form of materials with -tech suffix names (Carbotech™, Goldtech™, Fibratech™), is a subject that we have covered over recent years. It is an interesting and difficult challenge for a brand with such… Read More ›
NEW: Panerai Luminor Marina Guillaume Néry Edition
Panerai have launched the their third Guillaume Néry Edition edition, the PAM1122. Their first Néry model was the PAM 982 in 2019, followed by the fifteen piece limited edition PAM 983. Unlike its predecessors, which were both chronographs in 47mm… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 to be digital
April 2021 may seem far away but in fair organisation terms, especially amidst COVID-19, it is not, and so the perhaps expected announcement by Watches & Wonders that next year’s Geneva fair will again be solely digital, has come to… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”
From Tuesday 27 October until Sunday 13 December 2020 the History of Science Museum, Oxford, is hosting an exhibition on time and time-keeping called “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”. It is presented by the History… Read More ›