OFFICINE PANERAI – PAM00725 LUMINOR 1950 Oracle Team USA Chrono Flyback Automatic CERAMICA – 44mm Edition
35TH AMERICA’S CUP OFFICIAL PARTNER
OFFICINE PANERAI PRESENTS THE OFFICIAL WATCHES OF THE 35TH AMERICA’S CUP. A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LEGENDS OF THE SEA, A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN THE PAST AND FUTURE, BETWEEN TIMELESS PASSION AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
Officine Panerai is an Official Partner of the 35th America’s Cup, the most celebrated and prestigious sailing race in the world, first held off the south coast of England in 1851. The America’s Cup has borne witness to some of the most thrilling challenges in the history of sailing, including one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport in the last edition, when ORACLE TEAM USA won eight consecutive races to win the Cup for the second time.
The
2017 America’s Cup, to be hosted in
Bermuda, is sure to be an exceptional contest involving extreme athleticism, courage, passion and skills, as well as the most advanced technology in the sport. The new
America’s Cup Class foiling catamarans are expected to reach speeds over
90 km/h, raising the bar on extreme performance.
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It is no surprise that the oldest international sports competition in the modern world is also one of the most innovative from the point of view of technology: history shows that planning for the future demands deep roots and solid foundations. The partnership between Panerai and the
America’s Cup is an example of this shared awareness, of this perfect balance between the past and the future.
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A history rooted in tradition, the infinite passion for the sea, the
ceaseless search for avant-garde technical solutions to reach ever more
ambitious objectives, but always keeping man and his requirements at the
centre of everything. All these values find expression in the watches
created by
Panerai for the
35th America’s Cup, for
American fans of
ORACLE TEAM USA and for
SOFTBANK TEAM JAPAN, the first challenger from
Asia in
15 years. These are five
Special Edition
watches produced in limited numbers, notable for their Swiss mechanics,
Italian design and avant-garde technology, true to the unmistakable
Panerai identity but enhanced by fascinating elements created for the occasion of the legendary
America’s Cup.
Official Watch of Oracle Team USA
THE EXCELLENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF PANERAI MECHANICS ARE EMBODIED
IN THE NEW SPECIAL EDITION CREATED FOR ORACLE TEAM USA,
DEFENDER OF THE 35 TH AMERICA’S CUP,
WITH THE REVERSE COUNTER FUNCTION FOR ACCURATELY
DISPLAYING THE STARTING TIMES OF A RACE.
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Panerai pays its respects to
ORACLE TEAM USA, Defender of the
2017 America’s Cup,
Panerai has created the
special edition Luminor 1950 ORACLE TEAM USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic CERAMICA,
an automatic chronograph with a power reserve of three days, fitted
with the Regatta countdown mechanism. This is a new model of an
instrument with sophisticated technical solutions, designed to be worn
by sailing enthusiasts, and its design is inspired by the colours of
ORACLE TEAM USA: black, red, white and blue.
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The Regatta countdown function is remarkably simple to use, reflecting the excellence of the technical innovation within the
P.9100 automatic chronograph calibre used in the
Luminor 1950 ORACLE TEAM USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic. When
the chronograph is started, by operating the start/stop push-piece at
10 o’clock, the relative hands start to move, initially indicating the
minutes and seconds remaining before the start and, once the countdown
is finished, the time elapsed from the start of the race.
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The push-piece
at 9 o’clock returns all the chronograph hands to zero or, if it is
pressed when the hands are already moving, it operates the
return-to-zero (flyback) function, thus enabling a new time interval to
be started immediately without carrying out the stop and reset
operations. The black dial of the
Luminor 1950 ORACLE TEAM USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic
has the sandwich structure and the classic
Panerai design with its
large linear markers and figures, enhanced by the elements which enable
the indications of the chronograph functions to be read.
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The chronograph hands are central and distinguished by different easily
recognisable colours, while the red hand indicating the hours rotates in
the small dial at 3 o’clock, symmetrical with the small seconds dial
with a blue hand. On the flange are the 15-minute scale of the
count-down counter, with the last ten minutes marked in blue and red,
and also the tachymeter scale in knots which enables the speed of the
yacht to be measured over a predetermined distance.
The
P.9100 calibre is the first automatic movement with chronograph functions developed by
Officine Panerai and it is produced entirely in the
Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel, with materials and standards of workmanship at the peak of the sector in terms of technology, quality and reliability. With a chronograph with a vertical clutch and column wheel, the new calibre is unusual in that the chronograph minutes are displayed by a central hand which jumps forward once every 60 seconds. It also has the useful flyback function. This enables the chronograph hands which are already running to be returned instantaneously to zero and restarted without first having to stop them, return them to zero and then restart them. This function is controlled by the push-button at eight o’clock, which is also used to return both hands to zero when the chronograph has already stopped.
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The
P.9100 calibre is
13¾ lignes it has
37 jewels and consists of
302 components. The two spring barrels in series give a power reserve of
72 hours. The choice of the double spring barrel enables thinner, longer springs to be used, which is beneficial for the duration and evenness of the supply of energy. The automatic winding is carried out by a bidirectional rotor on ball-bearings operating two narrow arms terminating with hooks, which wind the springs of the barrels with every movement of the rotor itself.
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Supported by a single bridge with a
KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device, the
Glucydur® balance wheel oscillates at
28,800 vibrations/hour (equivalent to
4hz)and
it is the variable inertia type, with the regulation carried out by
adjusting four square-headed screws fitted in the outer perimeter of the
balance wheel; the spring is therefore free, without the curb pins
which can be a source of irregular timekeeping.
Water-resistant to 10 atmospheres (
100 metres), as is appropriate for an
advanced instrument for professional sailors, there are only
200 units of the
Luminor 1950 ORACLE TEAM USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic (
PAM00725).
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The titanium back is screwed in place and it carries the
logo ORACLE TEAM USA, the inscription
35TH AMERICA’S CUP and a drawing of the legendary trimaran of the defending team in relief.
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It is supplied with a black strap of natural untreated leather, personalised to express the spirit of the
America’s Cup: as well as having the logo of the competition heat-embossed on both sides, it is finished with double sewing in contrasting blue and red threads.
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35th AMERICA’S CUP Special Edition Watches
- PANERAI Luminor Marina 1950 America’s Cup 3 Days Automatic Acciaio – 44mm
- PANERAI Luminor 1950 Oracle Team USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Ceramica – 44mm
- PANERAI Luminor 1950 Regatta Oracle Team USA 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio – 47mm
- PANERAI Luminor Marina Oracle Team USA 8 Days Acciaio – 44mm
- PANERAI Luminor Marina 1950 Softbank Team Japan 3 Days Automatic Acciaio – 44mm
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TECHINCAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model:
LUMINOR 1950 REGATTA Oracle Team USA 3 DAYS Chrono Flyback Automatic CERAMICA – 44mm
Reference: PAM00725
MOVEMENT
Automatic mechanical,
Manufacture P.9100 calibre
Executed entirely by
Panerai
Diameter (
13¾ lignes) 31 mm, little thicker (8.55mm)
Movement consists of
302 components altogether
Oscillation frequency
4 Hz
Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour.
KIF Parechoc® anti-shock
device.
• 37 jewels
• Two spring barrels
• Column wheel
• Vertical clutch
• Incabloc® anti-shock device
Power reserve: 72H
FUNCTIONS
Hours, Minutes, Small Seconds, Flyback Chronograph, Seconds reset
Regatta
countdown, knots scale for calculation of average boat speed
CASE
Brushed black
CERAMICA.
Diameter
44 mm.
Engraved brushed
titanium buttons for the chronograph functions at 10 o’clock and 8
o’clock.
BACK
Back Screw, titanium with DLC coating
Solid back is engraved in relief with the logo
ORACLE TEAM USA.
DEVICE PROTECTING THE CROWN
Device protecting the crown (Protected as a trademark) Black Ceramic.
CRYSTAL
Sapphire, made of corundum, 1.6 mm thick.
Anti-reflective coating.
WATER-RESISTANCE 10 bar (~
100 metres).
DIAL
Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers.
Chronograph counter at 3 o'clock and small seconds at 9 o'clock,
central chronograph seconds and minute hands.
STRAP
Black Calf Ponte Vecchio, Black, Red strap of untreated leather, STD, 24/22 Standard.
Personalised with the America’s Cup logo heat-embossed on both sides, with contrasting sewing in red and blue thread.
Buckle: Trapezoidal brushed titanium buckle.
Special Unique Edition of
200 units pieces
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The trademark Velcro® and Coramid® are notproperty of Officine Panerai
*
Officine Panerai is not the owner of the Glucydur® and KIF Parechoc® trademarks.
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