PANERAI - CONTEMPORARY PAM00507 Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Power Reserve Automatic Bronzo

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PANERAI - CONTEMPORARY PAM00507 Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Power Reserve Automatic Bronzo


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TWO YEARS AFTER THE EXTRAORDINARY INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION GIVEN TO ITS FIRST WATCH WITH A BRONZE CASE


Officine Panerai presents the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Power Reserve Automatic Bronzo, a new Special Edition produced in this material with its decisively nautical character which owes its fascination to the aged appearance it acquires with the passage of time.
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The new feature which distinguishes this model is in the dial: the display of the power reserve of three days on an arc-shaped indicator positioned at four o’clock. This very useful function joins the date display, the device for zeroing the seconds hand that is invaluable when synchronising the watch with a reference time signal, and the system for rapidly adjusting the time, the hand of which can be moved forward or backwards in jumps of one hour without affecting the running of the watch. The dark green dial, with applied hour markers, is surrounded by a studded bezel in bronze with the scale for measuring the length of the dive. The bezel is connected to the case by a special system designed and patented by Officine Panerai to ensure that the ratchet moves precisely from one click to the next.
 
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The case is the classic size for Panerai watches, 47 mm in diameter, fitted with the equally classic bridge device with the locking lever ensuring the water-resistance of the winding crown.
The sapphire crystal back is fixed by a titanium ring through which can be seen the Panerai P.9002 calibre, developed and produced entirely in the Officine Panerai manufacture. The Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Power Reserve Automatic Bronzo is water-resistant to 30 atmospheres (300 metres) and is completed by a brown leather strap with stitching of a subtly nautical character and a titanium buckle.

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BRONZE

Bronze has a long history, dating back as far as the second millennium BC. At that time, it was used to produce items such as tools, weapons, musical instruments and armour, being stronger and tougher than its predecessors copper and stone. Bronze consists of copper with a variable percentage of tin. It may also contain varying amounts of aluminium, lead, beryllium, manganese and tungsten, sometimes with silicon and phosphorus as well.
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Bronze is very versatile and it is highly valued for its many different uses: in the arts, in sculptures (80% copper and 20% tin) and for making bells (21.5 to 24% tin), the creation of hydraulic systems where the bronze alloy contains 10% of tin and 3% of zinc, and the more recent use of this material for ship propellers, where its high resistance to corrosion by seawater is invaluable. And in the past, since its resistance to corrosive seawater is much greater than that of iron, this alloy was used for the equipment of many yachts of yesteryear: portholes, handrails, cleats, winches and compass binnacles were made of bronze, and it was also used for divers’ helmets.

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Its ancient history and its close links with the world of the sea make bronze the material that embodies the core values of Officine Panerai, which uses an alloy of copper and tin in the pure state. In addition to its high structural strength, this material retains its original warm tones while with the passage of time it acquires an aged appearance through the patina that covers it.
This patina is the result of the reaction of the bronze with external agents such as air, moisture, heat and friction. It does not alter the properties of the material, but it is evidence of ageing, giving each piece its own unique personality. The patina of the bronze is its skin: it is a protective layer, and as the surface of the metal becomes covered, it slows down any further oxidation of the metal.

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Technical Specifications

MOVEMENT

Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9002 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 

13¾  lignes, 7.9 mm thick, 29 jewels, 

Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour. 

Incabloc® anti-shock device. 

Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 237 components.

FUNCTIONS

Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, seconds reset, 

power reserve indicator, calculation of immersion time.

CASE

Diameter 47 mm, brushed bronze.

BEZEL

Brushed bronze with polished edges, 

anti-clockwise unidirectional rotating bezel with graduated scale for calculating the time of immersion and ratchet click at minute intervals.

BACK

Brushed titanium with see-through sapphire crystal.

DEVICE PROTECTING THE CROWN

(protected as a trademark) Brushed bronze.

DIAL

Green with applied luminous hour markers. 

Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock, power reserve indicator at 5 o’ clock.

CRYSTAL

Sapphire, made of corundum, 2.9 mm thick. 

Anti-reflective coating.

WATER-RESISTANCE

30 bar (~ 300 metres).

STRAP

PANERAI personalised leather strap and trapezoidal brushed titanium buckle. 

Supplied with a second interchangeable strap and a steel screwdriver.

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