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1860 the famous watch company Officine Panerai was founded in Florence. Meanwhile it has its headquarters in Milan and the production in Neuchatel in Switzerland. Since 1997 Panerai belongs to the Richemont Group.

Panerai Luminor is a truly iconic watch

Panerai is granted the patent for Luminor in 1949. This is a luminous and self-luminous material used in watches for better legibility in the dark. Early on, Guiseppe Panerai realizes that radioactivity should be used with caution and gives his luminous sub-stance the more neutral name "Luminor".
After years of research, the luminous substand is now tritium-based, which has very low and non-hazardous emission.
Panerai is granted the patent for Luminor in 1949. This is a luminous and self-luminous substance used in watches for better legibility in the dark. Early on, Guiseppe Panerai realizes that radioactivity should be used with caution and gives his luminous substitute the more neutral name "Luminor".
After years of research, the luminous substand is now based on tritium, which has very low and non-hazardous emission.

Panerai with powerful manufacture

In 2005, Panerai introduced its first in-house caliber and 2 years later, already three completely new calibers developed in-house were presented. P.2003, P.2004 and P.2005, the latter featuring an elegant tourbillon. The Florentine brand has taken up the long tradition of this haute horlogerie complication and at the same time renewed the mechanism: the case with the balance and escapement rotates around an axis that is no longer parallel to the balance wheel but perpendicular to it. The tourbillon case of the Panerai has a rotational speed of two revolutions per minute, whereas the case of traditional tourbillons only rotates by one revolution at a time.

 

History of Panerai

Giovanni Panerai settles as a watchmaker at the Ponte alle Grazie in Florence: this workshop and factory, as well as the city's first watchmaking school, mark the beginning of the Officine Panerai's development. The shop then moved to its current location in the Palazzo Arcivescovile in Piazza San Giovanni and changed its name to "Orologeria Svizzera" at the beginning of the twentieth century
With the opening of the Panerai factory in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 2002, Officine Panerai has set an important milestone this year. At this location, where Swiss Haute Horlogerie, exclusive design and savoir-faire come together, continuous research and development work offers new technical and functional possibilities. With the first Asian boutique in the prestigious Prince's Building in Hong Kong, Officine Panerai is expanding its presence to the East.
In 2005, Officine Panerai launched its first proprietary movement, the P.2002 calibre with manual winding, GMT function and eight-day power reserve, inspired by the Angelus movement of the 1940s. The calibre name is a tribute to the Florentine brand's watchmaking expertise and recalls the year in which Officine Panerai opened its Manufacture.
In 2016, Panerai will launch the Radiomir 1940 minute repeater Carillon Tourbillon. This is the most technically complex watch ever produced by the Neuchâtel-based Manufacture Officine Panerai: it features the precious tourbillon regulator and the exceptional double minute repeater, based on a sophisticated system of gongs and hammers, which acoustically identifies every hour, every ten minutes and every minute of local time or a second time zone.
Also in 2016, the new LUMINOR DUE collection opens another chapter in Panerai's history. A new case, slightly revised but still faithful to the lines of the classic Luminor, enters the history of Officine Panerai. The new collection is equipped with the Manufacture calibres P.1000/10 and P.4000/10, the slimmest automatic calibres ever developed by the Manufacture Officine Panerai.
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