IWC – Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic & Dual Time

IWC – INGENIEUR Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic & Dual Time NEW

TWO NEW COMERS JOIN THE
INGENIEUR WATCH LINE FROM
IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN

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INGENIEUR AUTOMATIC CARBON PERFORMANCE CERAMIC
INGENIEUR DUAL TIME

Schaffhausen, 9 May 2014 – IWC Schaffhausen unveils two magnificent new additions to the Ingenieur watch family. In its role as Official Engineering Partner of the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team, the Swiss watch manufacturer has been inspired to create new works of haute horlogerie. Limited to an edition of just 1,000, the Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic, for example,features materials typically found in motor racing.The Ingenieur Dual Time has a second display that enables the wearer to retain his orientation despite the constant changes of time zone during the racing season.

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The new models take to the grid in two different designs: the Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic (Ref. IW322404) ...

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... is a thoroughbred sports watch with a case inspired by the materials used in FORMULA ONE motor racing, while the Ingenieur Dual Time (Ref. IW324402/ IW324404)..

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... a powerful-looking timepiece in a stainlesssteel case, has a rather more classic appearance. Quintessentially purist, functional and technically sophisticated, the two new watches embody the best of the IWC Ingenieur line’s 60-year history.

READY FOR THE TRACK

As is well known, carbon fibre is ideally suited for use in motor racing. IWC Schaffhausen has utilized the unique properties of this material, which is twice as strong as steel but only a fifth of the weight, and integrated it into the construction of its watch cases. The Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic is a piece of high-tech engineering with a carbon-fibre case and, as a new feature in this model, also has a mirror-finished ceramic bezel. The middle section of the case, which is held together by five screws, is manufactured according to the same principle as the core features of a racing car. The watch’s dial is also made of carbon fibre. It fits perfectly with the authentic motorsport look and gives the watch a visual sense of depth. For other parts of the case, IWC designers likewise took their inspiration from the materials used in motor racing.

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Ceramic for the bezel, screw heads, crown and crown protection, titanium for the screws and case-back ring, and rubber for the underside of the strap with its calfskin inlay. The strap is sewn with green thread as an allusionto the stripes on the outer walls of the tyres fitted to the cars for racing in wet conditions.

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The IWC-manufactured 80110 calibre movement is one of the company’s most rugged and thoroughly tested movementsand, thanks to its integrated shock-absorption system, is unaffected by extreme acceleration or sharp braking manoeuvres and vibrations, making it the ideal watch for racingdrivers.

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Perfectly in keeping with the design is the rotor, which is shaped like the pistons found in a FORMULA ONE racing car. The Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance is available in a limited edition of 1,000.

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Technical data

Reference: IW322404 Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance Ceramic

FEATURES
Mechanical movemen
Pellaton automatic winding
Integrated shock-absorption system
Date display with crown-activated rapid advance
Central hacking seconds
Screw-in crown
Limited to 1,000 watches with green numerals for the seconds and stitching on the strap
Back engraving “ONE OUT OF 1000”
MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured calibre 80110
Frequency: 28,800 A/h / 4 Hz
Jewels: 28
Power reserve: 44 h
Winding: automatic
WATCH
Materials:  Carbon-fibre case, screw heads, crown, crown protection and bezel made of ceramic, screws and case-back ring of titanium, black carbon-fibre dial, black rubber strap with embossed calfskin inlay, pin buckle in titanium
Glass: sapphire, flat, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 12 bar
Diameter: 46 mm
Case height: 14.5 mm
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AT HOME THE WORLD OVER

In the Ingenieur Dual Time, a classic – but no less robust – timepiece makes its entrance into the world of motorsport. With a diameter of only 43 millimetres, it seems rather
understated when compared with the larger Ingenieur models, and its stainless-steel case radiates a certain elegance. But the feature that puts the Ingenieur Dual Time at the front of the pack is its ability to display a second local time of the wearer’s choice. This means the MERCEDESAMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team and other globetrotters have a reliable form of orientation when constantly changing time zones. Current local time is shown by the hour and minute hands on a dial available either silver-plated or in black. The time can be advanced or turned back in one-hour steps via the crown, even when crossing the International Date Line. While the seconds hand with its pointed red tip goes around, the second time – the time at home, for example – is indicated by another hand with an arrowhead tip on the outer 24-hour ring. To make it easier to differentiate between day and night, the top half of the ring, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., is darker than the lower half. The striking bores in the bezel were the brainchild of watch designer Gérald Genta.

In the case of the legendary Ingenieur SL (Ref. 1832) from IWC Schaffhausen, unveiled in 1976, he placed the five functional holes directly on the rim itself, where they originally served to hold it firmly in position. These bores and the entire case architecture rapidly established themselves as the hallmark of the entire Ingenieur family.

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Technical data

Reference: IW324402 Ingenieur Dual Time Black dial
Reference: IW324404 Ingenieur Dual Time Silver-plated dial

FEATURES
Mechanical movement
Self-winding
Hour hand adjustable in one-hour steps (TZC = Time Zone Corrector)
24-hour display (second local time)
Date display
Central hacking seconds
Screw-in crown
MOVEMENT
IWC Calibre 35720
Frequency: 28,800 A/h / 4 Hz
Jewels: 27
Power reserve: 42 h
Winding automatic
WATCH
Materials: 

• Ref. IW324402: stainless-steel case, black dial, stainless-steel bracelet
• Ref. IW324404: stainless-steel case, silver-plated dial, stainless-steel bracelet

Glass: sapphire, flat, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant: 12 bar
Diameter: 43 mm
Case height: 13.5 mm

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IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN

With a clear focus on technology and development, the Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has been producing timepieces of lasting value since 1868. The company has gained an international reputation based on a passion for innovative solutions and technical ingenuity. One of the world’s leading brands in the luxury watch segment, IWC crafts masterpieces of haute horlogerie at their finest, combining supreme precision with exclusive design.

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MB&F – Legacy Machine No. LM101

MB&F – Legacy Machine No. LM101


For a classically sized 40mm wristwatch, Legacy Machine 101 (LM101) covers a lot of ground. Or to be more precise, LM101 covers a lot of time: over 100 years between inspiration and realisation. Legacy Machine 101 embodies and accentuates the very essence of what is essential in a wristwatch: the balance wheel, which is responsible for regulating precision; how much power remains in the mainspring, which indicates when it needs to be next wound; and of course, the time. LM101 has one more very special feature, one that cannot be seen: it houses the very first\ movement developed entirely in-house by MB&F. Visually, LM101 is dominated by the monumental suspended balance wheel, its sedate oscillations drawing the eye ever closer. Two pristine-white subdials hover just above the fine sunray-engraved movement top plate: At the top right, highly legible hours and minutes are displayed by beautiful blued-gold hands contrasting against the immaculate white, while the 45-hour power reserve indicator is displayed in a smaller, but similar subdial below. In an apparent feat of magic, the sapphire crystal protecting the dial appears to be invisible; creating the illusion that you can reach out and touch the prodigious balance wheel hanging mesmerisingly from elegant twin arches. The arches are milled from a solid block of metal and require more than five hours of hand polishing to achieve their mirror-like lustre.

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Turning over Legacy Machine 101, the display back crystal – domed to reduce the thickness of the caseband and, visually, the height of the watch – reveals the exquisitely handfinished movement. Sensually curved plates and bridges pay homage to the style found in high quality historic pocket watches and testify to the respect accorded to historical legitimacy. With its undulating Geneva waves, hand polished bevels, gold chatons and countersunk blued screws, the beauty of LM101’s movement doesn’t just stay faithful to a bygone era. It also heralds the dawn of a new epoch as it is the first MB&F calibre to be entirely conceived and designed in-house. While award-winning independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen took responsibility for the movement’s fines finishing and fidelity to the horological past, its architecture and construction are 100% pure MB&F.

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While the movement of Legacy Machine 101 is superficially similar to that of Legacy Machine No.1, closer examination reveals that it is an entirely new calibre. It is not merely a scaled down version of LM1’s movement, but an entirely new calibre conceived and developed inhouse by MB&F. The balance wheel and spring are at the very heart of any mechanical watch movement and their isochronal (equal intervals of time) oscillations regulate the movement’s precision. Büsser has long been fascinated by the large slowly oscillating – 2.5 Hz/18,000 vph compared with the much faster 4 Hz/ 28,800 vph more common today – balance wheels of antique pocket watches.

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So it was no surprise that this was his starting point. What was surprising though is just how radically he re-interpreted tradition by relocating the balance wheel from its more usual position hidden at the back of the movement to majestically floating not just the above movement but high above the dial.
While the location of LM101’s oscillator may be considered avant-garde, ‘tradition’ is upheld by the large 14mm diameter balance wheel, featuring regulating screws specifically developed for MB&F, balance spring with Breguet overcoil and mobile stud holder. And if you thought that the balance wheel looks impressive in Legacy Machine No.1, it looks even larger in the smaller diameter setting of LM101.

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While the animated suspended balance visually dominates LM101, the immaculate white dials for the time (hours and minutes) and power reserve indications are both aesthetically appealing and highly legible thanks to the high contrasting blue hands. Complementing the three-dimensionality of the balance floating in space, the white dials with their bright blued-gold hands float just above the top of the movement. The dials are gently domed with a translucent, high-gloss lustre created using a laque tendue process in which multiple layers of lacquer are applied and heated, causing them to stretch over the surface of the dials. To ensure aesthetic purity of the dials, a sophisticated fixation underneath removes the necessity of visually obtrusive attachment screws. A fine golden perimeter circumscribing each dial elegantly reinforces their timeless classicism.

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While the movement was developed entirely in-house, acclaimed master watchmaker Kari Voutilainen assumed responsibility for ensuring the movement’s historical accuracy of the bridge design and fine finishing. A finely engraved sun-ray pattern on top of the movement plate (dial side) subtly catches the eye at certain angles without distracting attention from the white dials of the time and power reserve indications and suspended floating balance. But it is in the style and finish of the bridges and plates visible through the display on the back of the movement where Kari Voutilainen has excelled in providing exquisite historical fidelity in both the shape of elegantly curved bridges and the traditionally wide space between the bridges and between the perimeter of the bridges and the case.

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On the back of the movement, over-sized ruby jewels set in highly-polished countersunk gold chatons provide striking visual counterpoints to the Geneva waves traversing the sensually curved bridges. While providing historical links with the large jewels seen in highgrade antique pocket watch movements, the ruby bearings have a practical application in reducing wear/increasing longevity by accommodating large diameter pinions and holding more lubricating oil.

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MB&F’s Legacy Machines were conceived when Maximilian Büsser started fantasising: “What would have happened if I had been born in 1867 instead of 1967? In the early 1900s the first wristwatches appear and I would want to create three-dimensional machines for the wrist. There are no Grendizers, Star Wars or fighter jets for my inspiration but I do have pocket watches, the Eiffel Tower and Jules Verne. So what might my early 20th century machines look like? They had to be round (tradition) and three-dimensional (MB&F Machine): Legacy Machines are the answer.” Maximilian Büsser has had a long affinity with pocket watches of the 18th and 19th centuries. Virtually all horological complications we see today were not only imagined in that period, they were developed using just paper and pen (no sophisticated computer programs), components were produced to extremely high precision using – by today’s standards – fairly primitive machines (no electricity) and finely finished, assembled and regulated to an incredibly high quality that we still strive to match today. Their generous size compared with modern wristwatches allowed for uncluttered movement architectures with beautifully shaped bridges and plates.
While MB&F’s futuristic Horological Machines have a firm foundation in the very best of traditional horology, Büsser wanted to pay homage to that rich tradition by imagining the type of timepiece he might create if he had been born a 100 years earlier. With its large, sedately oscillating balance, domed dials, historical bridge design and classical fine-finishing, Legacy Machines are the very contemporary, yet traditionally elegant fruition of that dream. Legacy Machine No.1 (LM1) was the first piece in the Legacy collection; LM101 takes the traditional theme even further in offering a more classically sized 40mm case compared to 44mm for LM1.

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The projects that gave Maximilian Büsser the most pleasure and personal satisfaction during his 15 years managing prestigious watch brands were those working with talented independent watchmakers. An idea for his own personal utopia emerged: that of creating a company dedicated solely to designing and crafting small series of radical concept watches in collaboration with talented professionals he both respected and enjoyed working with. The entrepreneur in Büsser brought the idea to reality. MB&F is not a watch brand, it is an artistic and micro-engineering concept laboratory in which collectives of independent horological professionals are assembled each year to design and craft radical Horological Machines. Respecting tradition without being shackled by it enables MB&F to act as a catalyst in fusing traditional, high-quality watchmaking with cutting-edge technology and avant-garde three-dimensional sculpture.
In 2007, MB&F unveiled their first Horological Machine, its sculptured, three-dimensional case and beautifully finished Engine setting the standard for the idiosyncratic Machines that followed – Machines that tell the time, rather than Machines to tell the time. In 2011, MB&F launched their round-cased Legacy Machine collection. These more classical pieces (classical for MB&F that is) pay tribute to 19th century watchmaking excellence by reinterpreting complications from the great horological innovators to create contemporary objets d’art. Each year, MB&F alternate between launching an exciting new Horological Machine and an historically-inspired Legacy Machine.

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Maximilian Büsser was born in Milan, Italy, before moving at an early age to Lausanne, Switzerland where he spent his youth. Growing up in a multi-cultural environment and family – his father was a Swiss diplomat who met his mother, an Indian national, in Mumbai – led Büsser to develop a cross-cultural, broad-based approach to life and to business. In July 2005, at the age of 38, Büsser created the world’s first horological concept brand: MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends), in which he is now partnered with Serge Kriknoff. Büsser’s dream with MB&F is to have his own brand dedicated to developing radical horological concepts by working in small, hyper-creative groups composed of people he enjoys working with. Entrepreneurship is Maximilian Büsser’s forte. In 1998, when only 31, he was appointed Managing Director of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces in Geneva. During his seven years there Büsser developed the company into a fully-fledged and well-respected haute horlogerie brand by developing the strategy, products, marketing and worldwide distribution, whilst integrating design, R&D and manufacturing in house. The results were a 900% increase in turnover and the positioning of Harry Winston as one of the leaders in this very competitive segment.


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Maximilian Büsser’s love for high-end horology was nurtured by his first employer, Jaeger-LeCoultre. During his seven years in the senior management team during the 1990s, JLC strongly increased its profile and multiplied its turnover by a factor of ten. Büsser’s responsibilities at Jaeger LeCoultre ranged from Product Management & Development to Sales & Marketing for Europe. Büsser graduated in 1991 with a Masters in Microtechnology Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Engine (Movement)
Three-dimensional horological movement developed in-house by MB&F
Aesthetical design and finish specifications: Kari Voutilainen
Manual winding with single mainspring barrel
Power reserve: 45 hours
Balance wheel: Bespoke 14mm balance wheel with four traditional regulating screws
floating above the movement and dials
Balance spring: traditional Breguet curve terminating in mobile stud holder
Balance frequency: 18,000bph/2.5Hz
Number of components: 229 components
Number of jewels: 23
Chatons: gold chatons with polished countersinks
Fine finishing: superlative hand finishing throughout respecting 19th century style; internal
bevel angles highlighting hand craft; polished bevels; Geneva waves;
hand-made engravings
Functions
Hours, minutes and power reserve indicator.
Large suspended balance wheel over dial
Case
Available in 18k red gold or 18k white gold
Dimensions: 40mm wide x 16mm high
Number of components: 35
Sapphire crystals: High domed sapphire crystal on top and box sapphire crystal on back, both with
anti-reflective coating on both sides.
Strap & Buckle
Black or brown hand-stitched alligator strap with gold tang buckle to match case

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Ulysse Nardin – Hourstriker TIGER

Ulysse Nardin – Hourstriker TIGER

The Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Tiger has leaped forward with a new aesthetic.

In the vein of the lion, the tiger is considered a symbol of power and energy, and is featured prominently across continents and cultures. In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, it is often associated with the mightiness of kings.

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The leader of Venice, Doge Agostino Barbarigo, commissioned the iconic St. Mark’s Clock Tower on the Piazza San Marco in the 15th Century.

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With its winged lion of St. Mark and its legendary bronze figures striking the bell hourly, the Clock Tower has been a monument to marvel since it first struck 12.

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For Ulysse Nardin, the idea to incorporate Jaquemarts, or animated figures, into its timepieces was ignited by the Clock Tower’s mythical hour strikers. The Clock Tower, alongside the shimmering City of Canals, became the inspiration behind the Ulysse Nardin San Marco Collection and its Hourstriker timepiece.

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Drawing from the roots of the original Hourstriker, the Hourstriker Tiger features a completely new case design. Forty three millimeters in diameter, it features a genuine black onyx dial accented by 18-karat rose gold. It is reflective of the trend towards classic watch design while remaining modern; its Jaquemarts illustrate this juxtaposition.

Classically royal in feeling, the timepiece’s focal point is its two beautifully hand-carved 18-karat gold tiger figurines that move with the sound of a gong. A sonnerie en passant with a rare automatic movement, the Hourstriker Tiger plays on the hour on demand or can be set to “gong” the time in passing. As it gongs, the tiger Jaquemarts move the precise number of times the hammer hits the gong.

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Depending on preference, the striking mechanism can be activated or deactivated by simply pressing pusher one.  When the striking indicator is pointing towards the hour glass (on the left), the striking is deactivated; if aimed towards the point, the striking mechanism is activated. Its complex yet fascinating inner workings are well protected and visible through its sapphire crystal case back. As well, it is water resistant to 30 meters.

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Producing mechanisms with a gong is a monumental part of the Ulysse Nardin history. At the end of the 1980s, the gong was combined with the Jaquemart feature, and Ulysse Nardin became one of the earliest manufacturers to fuel the rebirth of the striking mechanism. To this day, Ulysse Nardin remains the only manufacture to use Jaquemarts on the dial. Its minute and hour repeaters cannot be industrialized, making them exceptional examples of high horology.

The new Hourstriker Tiger presents a classic design of regal power and optimal performance for the future. It is a watchmaking masterpiece in the purest – and most original – form.

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Technical data

Reference: 6106-130/E2-TIGER 18 ct Rose Gold case
Reference: 6109-130/E2-TIGER Platinum 950 case

Movement
Caliber  11½" UN 610, self winding
Power reserve: 42 hours
Winding: Self-winding movement
Functions
Hour striker
Striking of hours and half hours
Automatic chime activation system
Animated Jaquemarts in 18 ct gold & Platinum
Case
18 carat rose gold
Diameter: 43 mm
Water resistance: 30 m
Crystal: antireflective sapphire crystal
Case back: screwed caseback with sapphire crystal
Crown: water resistant
Dial
Black onyx dial, "Tigers"
Strap
Leather strap with folding buckle
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RAYMOND WEIL – NABUCCO Rivoluzione II Chronograph

RAYMOND WEIL – NABUCCO  Rivoluzione II Chronograph 2014

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RAYMOND WEIL’s emblematic collection, nabucco, makes a strong comeback this year. Power and charisma exude from this new piece with architectural proportions, which recall the values of this collection originally inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s famous opera. Using ceramics on its bezels for the first time, RAYMOND WEIL reinterprets nabucco boldly, giving birth to a model with distinguished lines and a strong personality.

The nabucco collection was born in 2007, thanks to the impetus of the founding family’s third generation, which joined the Company in 2006. Both powerful and elegant, the collection appeals to connoisseurs around the world, whatever their cultural background. Different, surprising and a little provocative, it continues to impose its style and presence today.

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With its redesigned case, reworked dial and refined bezel, the nabucco Rivoluzione II combines the precision and know-how of Swiss watchmaking, sophisticated materials and high technology. Carbon, titanium and now, for the first time, ceramics give it an urbane and contemporary allure.

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 In the “all black” version, punctuated with crimson features, including the chronograph counter hands, the date and the stitching on the rubber strap, its sophistication and exclusivity match the materials comprising it. One of the symbolic elements of the nabucco collection, the number 12, is the only number here that is not an index.

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Remaining faithful to its predecessors’ code of ethics, the new nabucco retains the tachymeter engraved in the ceramic on the bezel, the three counters at 3 o’clock (30 minutes), 6 o’clock (12 hours) and 9 o’clock (small seconds) and the round date window at 4.30. The pointed pusher buttons accentuate the strength of character of this 46mm piece.

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To reinforce the links with the musical universe, in which its whole history is anchored, RAYMOND WEIL associates itself with sound specialist SENNHEISER. In this way, the Brand suggests the unique experience of combining watchmaking and music, to the great pleasure of lovers of precision, emotions and performance, values common to both worlds that the watchmaker would like to share with its clientele. Delivered in a special box, together with headphones offering an unmatched acoustic quality, the nabucco Rivoluzione II promises to make some noise.

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Technical Specifications

Reference:  7850 BSF 05207

Movement 
Mechanical chronograph – RW5010
Winding Automatic
Power reserve 46 hours
Jewels 27 rubies
Functions
Watch Central hours and minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock
           Round date window at 4h30, red inscription
           Date adjustment pushbutton at 10 o’clock
Chronograph Start, stop and restart using pushbutton at 2 o’clock
                      Reset using pushbutton at 4 o’clock
                      Central chronograph hand
                      30 minutes counter at 3 o’clock, 12 hours counter at 6 o’clock
                      Tachometer ring on the bezel
Case 
Titanium and black PVD coated steel with carbon fiber
Diameter: 46mm
Thickness: 15.25mm
Bezel Black ceramic
Crown Black PVD coated steel, screwed down - fluted with RW Monogram
Crystal Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
Dial Galvanic black
Indexes Luminescent applique Arabic numeral "12" and 8 luminescent applique indexes, with polished edges
Hands
Hours / Minutes 
 Steel type, bombé, enhanced with luminescent material, Boston
Small second Steel type, Boston
Chronograph Red steel type, baton
Counters Red steel type, Boston
Case back Screwed down with smoked sapphire crystal
Strap 
Black rubber alligator style with red stitching,
equipped with a RW folding clasp in titanium and black PVD coated steel, double push-security system
Water resistance 20 ATM

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OFFICINE PANERAI – PAM531 Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H

OFFICINE PANERAI – PAM531 Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H Automatic ACCIAIO – 44mm NEW

Designed particularly for those who travel, the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is a new watch from Officine Panerai with the GMT 24H function. As well as local time, this enables the time in a second time zone to be read simultaneously by means of an independent central hand which makes one revolution of the dial in 24 hours. GMT is short for Greenwich Mean Time, the time at the Greenwich Royal Observatory, which is the universal reference point for calculating time zones.

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The Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is the first watch from Officine Panerai to adopt a new manufacture movement, the automatic P.9003 calibre. This is a development of the P.9001 calibre, with which it has many useful functions and excellent features in common. The main innovation relates to the GMT function, which is indicated over 24 hours instead of 12 hours; it also has a newly designed circular power reserve indicator on the back of the watch, which is very visible and easy to read through the sapphire crystal in the caseback.

 Panerai P.9003 calibre
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The power reserve is three days, achieved by two spring barrels connected in series, and the oscillating mass rotates in both directions, making the automatic winding mechanism very efficient. In terms of regulation, the hour hand – connected to the date – can be moved independently and in jumps of one hour, without interfering with the minute and seconds hands; equally, when setting the time the device which stops the balance and zeroes the seconds hand comes into operation, so that the time can be exactly synchronised with a reference signal.

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The GMT 24H function is also evident in the design of the black dial: as well as the classic markers for reading the local time, the outermost part of the dial carries the figures for reading the second time zone, indicated by the hand with an arrow.

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The clarity and legibility of the dial, which also contains the date window and the small seconds counter at nine o’clock, are ensured in the poorest lighting conditions by its sandwich structure: the luminous substance is contained between two discs and shines through holes in the upper one corresponding to the markers. This type of construction has been used by Panerai watches since the 1930s and confirmed over the years as a distinctive mark of the Florentine brand.

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Another iconic element of the brand is the device protecting the winding crown with the locking leaver, revived in the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H in its most classic version: it is made of brushed steel contrasting with the polished steel of the case. The Luminor 1950 case 44 mm is AISI 316L steel, which is stainless with a low carbon content and particularly resistant to corrosion.

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Water-resistant to 30 atmospheres (a depth of about 300 metres ), the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is fitted with a black leather strap with ecru stitching. It is supplied with a spare rubber strap, a steel screwdriver and the tool for replacing the strap, an operation that is simply carried out thanks to the push-pieces in the lugs.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Movement: 
Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9003 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai,
13¾ lignes, 7.9 mm thick, 28 jewels,
Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour.
Incabloc® anti-shock device.
Power reserve 3 days, two barrels.
233 components.
Functions: 
Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone with 24h indication,
Seconds reset, power reserve indicator on the back.
Case: Diameter 44 mm, AISI 316L polished steel.
Bezel: Polished steel.
Back: See-through sapphire crystal.
Device protecting the crown: (protected as trademark) Brushed steel.
Dial: 
Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers.
24h indication on the edge. Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock.
Crystal: 
Sapphire, formed of corundum, 2.6 mm thick.
Anti-reflective coating.
Water-resistance: 30 bar (~ 300 metres).
Strap: 
PANERAI personalised leather strap and trapezoidal brushed steel buckle.
Supplied with a second interchangeable strap, a tool for changing the strap and a steel screwdriver.

Reference: PAM00531.

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