Thursday, November 14, 2019

PANERAI – PAM01055 Submersible Verde Militare – 42 Edition


OFFICINE PANERAIPAM01055 Submersible Verde Militare Steel – 42 Limited Edition

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE EDITION

Designed for the depths, developed for the net. Panerai is widening its array of professional diving instruments with a special edition, available exclusively through e-commerce in 500 pieces.

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By nature immune to stress and vocationally inclined to extremes, this watch is able to face the most challenging exercises through its inherent character.

The Submersible range of professional instruments produced by the underwater division of Panerai welcomes into its specialist sector a new model with a striking personality: the Submersible Verde Militare - 42 mm (PAM01055), developed specially for the e-commerce channel.

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With a powerful identity, this is no ordinary watch. The new Submersible Verde Militare - 42 mm (PAM01055) challenges convention by successfully experimenting with an aesthetic dimension never previously explored.

The first Submersible in history to have a green dial, it deliberately breaks the bounds of traditional colour usage, being designed to communicate through an unusual choice of colour.

New, yet positioned in an expressive language, a constant of the Panerai brand in 2019. Solid green, distinctive green, military green.

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With the qualities of a specific professional tool, it capitalises on proven technical know-how. Made of brushed AISI 316L stainless steel, the case has a screw back, a unidirectional rotating bezel graduated in relief and the brand’s unique, proprietary, legendary crown-protecting device.

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Expressly meeting the strict standards of accuracy and precision, and with the fundamental appearance of precision instruments conceived to be immersed in the depths of the sea, the new Submersible Verde Militare - 42 mm (PAM01055) is fitted with the latest P.900 mechanical calibre.

This automatic movement, with its restrained diameter and thickness, combine a power reserve of three days, the required technical minimum of the brand, and date indication.

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The mechanical calibre has a high degree of efficiency and strength, and it is entirely designed and developed in the Panerai Manufacture at Neuchâtel.

Water-resistant to 30 bar (a depth of about 300 metres), the new Submersible Verde Militare – 42 mm is fitted with a rubber strap in the same colour as the name.

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A second strap of high-tech water-resistant material, black with a velcro closure and titanium loop, completes the equipment, together with a special tool for changing the straps and a screwdriver for removing the buckle.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Submersible

Ref. PAM01055

MOVEMENT
Automatic mechanical, P.900 calibre
Base: Panerai OP XXXIV
Diameter:  30.00
, 25 jewels,
Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour.
Incabloc® anti-shock device.
Power reserve 3 days.
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, small seconds, date
CASE
AISI 316L brushed steel
Diameter 42 mm,
Brushed steel anti-clockwise rotating bezel with graduated scale
Caseback: screwed brushed steel
DIAL
Military green with luminous hour markers and dots.
Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock.
WATER-RESISTANCE 
Water Resistance 30 bar (~300 metres)
STRAP:
Anthracite denim bracelet with beige stitching., STD, 24/22 Standard.
Rubber strap (a strap-changing tool is included).
Buckle:
Caoutchouc , - Stitching, 22/20.0
Buckle: Trapezoidal brushed steel buckle


Limitation  
Limited Edition - Only 500 examples



*Officine Panerai is not the owner of the Glucydur® and KIF Parechoc® trademarks.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

SEIKO – 1969 Quartz ASTRON 50th Anniversary Edition

















SEIKO1969 Quartz ASTRON Gold 50th Anniversary Special Limited Edition 

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A tribute to a watchmaking revolution. 
The 50th anniversary of the Quartz Astron is celebrated 
in a limited edition GPS Solar watch.

On December 25th fifty years ago, Seiko introduced the world’s first quartz wristwatch. It was a watch that revolutionized the watchmaking industry and its launch remains one of the most important landmarks in Seiko’s history. The Quartz Astron set a new standard in wristwatch precision with an accuracy rate of ±5 seconds per month, made possible by several technological advances including the tuning fork shaped quartz oscillator and the open type step motor which are still standard components of quartz watches today.

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Soon after the launch of the Quartz Astron, Seiko opened most of its patents to the world, a move that helped bring the advantages of quartz timekeeping within the reach of all. In 2004, the Quartz Astron received the IEEE Milestone Award for its breakthrough contribution which is today widely used not only in horology but also in a vast range of other electronic applications. The Seiko Quartz Astron is recognized as one of Japan’s greatest achievements, giving all mankind access to high precision timekeeping and changing the way time was told around the world.

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The Astron name was revived in 2012 when the world’s first GPS solar watch was launched. Like its predecessor, the Astron GPS Solar took electronic watchmaking to new levels with its ability to connect to the GPS network and adjust to every time zone* at the touch of a button while taking all the energy it needed from light, never needing a battery change.

*If there are changes in the region / time zone / DST manual selection may be required.

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Today, on the fiftieth anniversary of the original Quartz Astron, a new creation in the Astron GPS Solar collection pays tribute to its celebrated predecessor and brings together the two revolutionary advances in watchmaking history that share the Astron name.


The spirit of the 1969 Astron is reflected in every aspect of the design

This new limited edition watch brings back to life the form and design of the 1969 Quartz Astron in its entirety. Both the elegance of the celebrated timepiece and its characteristically futuristic feel are reflected in the curved silhouette of the case, the wide case lugs and the thin bezel.

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Like the 1969 watch, the case is in 18K yellow gold with each delicately hand carved by the highest skilled craftsmen and women. The dial has a subtle vertical hairline pattern and the hands and multi-faceted indexes are thin and carry a black line on the surface, just as on the first Quartz Astron.


A new slim GPS Solar caliber, a slim profile

The limited edition watch houses a new GPS Solar movement that allows it to have the slimness and grace of the 1969 watch’s form. The new Caliber 3X22 is the world’s thinnest* GPS solar caliber to be fitted in a watch case and is made possible by the highest level of modern watchmaking technology.

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Reduced to its essentials of time adjustment and timekeeping, the watch connects automatically up to twice a day to the GPS network to maintain its precision of one second every 100,000 years, and when time zone adjustment is required, with a simple push of a single button, the hands move faster than ever thanks to the system that moves each hand independently.

*As of October 31, 2019, based on Seiko's research.

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This watch is available as a limited edition of just 50 in December, 2019 at selected Seiko boutiques and selected retail stores worldwide.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection ASTRON

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Model 1969 Quartz ASTRON 50th Anniversary Limited Edition

Ref. SBXD002J

Movement
Quartz GPS Solar
Caliber 3X22

  • GPS controlled time and time zone adjustment
  • Perpetual calendar correct to the year 2100
  • High Speed Time Zone adjustment
  • Signal reception result indication
  • Power save function
Accuracy: ±15 seconds per month
(without receiving a GPS signal and at temperatures between 5°C and 35°C)

Specifications

18K yellow gold case and claspCase Size
Diameter: 40.9
Thickness: 12.8
Box-shaped sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Water resistance: 10 bar
Magnetic resistance: 4,800 A/m
Length: 43.9
Crocodile strap with three-fold clasp with push button release

Approximate recommended retail price in Europe: €38,000

Limited edition of 50


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Tokyo­­ 105-8467
Japan
Telephone+81 3 6739 2150
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