Friday, December 14, 2012

1954 Cream Dial Small Egiziano



A Stunning Bleach Blond Beauty

1954 Cream Dial Panerai Small Egiziano
Auctioned for $326,000
47MM Reference 6154 

Earlier today, Christies Auction house auctioned a very rare stainless steel Cushion-shaped Small Egiziano, which was made in 1954 for the Egyptian Navy. This Rolex made vintage Panerai is unusual because it has a bleach blonde dial. Ironically this dial was once white, but the Radium on the markers literally bleached the dial to a blonde color over the last 57 years, which makes this watch a highly sought after watch. 

The Small Egiziano is arguably the most beautiful vintage Panerai model ever made, based upon its amazing simplicity, and hopefully the modern Panerai company will have the wisdom to bring this beauty back to life, just like they did with the Reference PAM00372. I think Panerai should offer it with an antiqued cream dial like this one, as well an antique brown one, modeled after Hammer's stunning 6154 example, as well as a standard antiqued black dial version with a dial like the PAM 00372.


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

All-New Panerai.com


All-New Panerai.com

It finally happened!!! Today, Panerai launched its all-new Panerai.com website and it looks great!!!



The new Panerai.com goes into more historical detail and showcases Panerai history, and here is an example:

1860
OPENING OF THE OFFICINE PANERAI WORKSHOP

Giovanni Panerai opens his watchmaker's shop on Ponte delle Grazie in Florence: both shop and workshop, and also the city's first watchmaking school, Officine Panerai's history begins here. The shop later moves to its current location in the Palazzo Arcivescovile in Piazza San Giovanni, changing its name to "Orologeria Svizzera" at the beginning of the twentieth century.


The old Panerai.com was long overdue for a major overhaul, and the all-new website does not disappoint, and it is now full of many high-resolution images so you can actually see the all the beautiful detail in the watches. The following images are from the new Panerai.com and this first one is of the Historic Luminor Panerai 1950 3 Days / PAM00372 which is 47MM.


I think it is safe to say that the all new Panerai.com now lives up to the beauty of their watches, and showcases them they way they deserve to bee seen.




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