tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52913345741257102952024-03-18T21:00:33.000-07:00...Welcome to PaneraiMagazine.com Home of Jake's Panerai World...Jake Ehrlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426853558297300297noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291334574125710295.post-50872156432370039722019-02-14T04:49:00.000-08:002020-02-14T13:40:07.347-08:00Phil Collins Luminor Panerai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Phil Collins began his ultra-succesful career with the by being a part of the trio band named Genesis, and later went on to have an incredible solo career.</span></div>
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Jake Ehrlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426853558297300297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291334574125710295.post-70967677387099344372019-02-05T13:16:00.004-08:002019-02-05T13:16:29.062-08:00Joe Rogan & Sebastian Maniscalco Rockin' Panerai Luminor Models<div style="text-align: center;">
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Jake Ehrlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06426853558297300297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5291334574125710295.post-40009120273136090302018-05-17T13:34:00.000-07:002018-05-18T13:35:09.702-07:00The Pontiff Apologizes To Panerai<center>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the video below, the Paul Pluta, the Governor's Governor formally apologizes to Panerai for not getting Panerai. I say it's about time Paul!!! I am a big fan or Archie Luxury, and he always makes me think and laugh...Congratulations Paul...Welcome on Board!!! Now all you have to do is get some cool straps for you Pam...</span></center>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There has been a great deal of false information spread throughout the world regarding the history of Panerai. I have been working with Jose from <a href="http://perezcope.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Perezcope.com</span></b></a> on separating the fact from the fiction, and over time I plan to update this story until it is complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">How is it so much false information has been spread about vintage Panerai watch history? The answer is simple. The vintage Panerai watches began their life as a Classified Italian Military Secret. Many people and organizations have attempted to put together all the pieces of the Panerai history puzzle, and in doing so, with only about 50% of the pieces in place, they often guessed at what the missing pieces looked like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While I understand this approach, my goal is to accurately add many of the missing puzzle pieces to complete a better picture. Over the next year or so, I intend to do a complete update on my story titled "<a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/the-history-of-panerai.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Complete History of Panerai—The World's First Professional Diving Watch.</span></b></a>" So this story will parallel that story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Let's begin with a recent story, but first, allow me to introduce you to <a href="https://perezcope.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Jose from Perezcope.com</span></b></a>. Jose was raised in Switzerland and in the photo below we see <a href="http://www.rolexmagazine.com/2017/10/in-search-of-bob-barth-sealab.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Jose on a recent trip to the U.S. Navy SEALAB Museum in Panama City, Florida</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jose and I have been collaborating for some time now on both Rolex and Panerai history. The result of some of our collaboration are the two historical timeline posters seen below. Before I go into detail on the timeline poster I want to point out Jose made and beautifully laid out the posters. I contributed with historical facts, and by consulting on how I insisted some of the layout elements were structured, as well as adding subject content to better contextualize the timeframes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first timeline poster below covers <a href="http://www.rolexmagazine.com/2017/04/the-return-of-single-red-sea-dweller_76.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">the History of The Rolex SEA-DWELLER</span></b></a>. If you examine the poster closely you will see on the left side, vintage Panerai watches that affected the development of the Rolex Submariner and SEA-DWELLER.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next photo below is titled, "The Panerai Time Machine." This magnificent timeframe poster charts the REAL history of Panerai vintage watches. I highly recommend right-mouse clicking on the poster above and below, and opening them in a new window so you can check out the incredible high-resolution details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jose is what I refer to as a brilliant <b>Horological Forensics Investigator.</b> Jose and I often remind me of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, in the sense we have made so many discoveries together, and I have to say Jose is beyond brilliant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The interesting thing about Jose is he appeared from out of the wild-blue-yonder and started pointing out all kinds of bizarre inconsistencies regarding vintage Panerai watches. In doing so, he seems to have had a strong effect on the resale value of collectible Panerai watches. Jose was so effective in his attack on manipulated vintage Panerai watches, that for the past year or so, we don't see any of the auction houses offering them for fear he might attack and discredit them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana";">The image seen below was originally published all over the web, including in my story titled, "<a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/the-history-of-panerai.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Complete History of Panerai</span></b></a>." Jose from <a href="http://perezcope.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Perezcope.com</span></b></a> discovered it had been falsely manipulated.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Both the photo above and below are correct with the sign at the top of the image that says, "Orologeria", which means <i>Watchmaking</i> in Italian. Notice how in the upper image it says, "Officine Panerai" toward the bottom of the window? That is a fake sign and was the result of photo manipulation. It is profoundly ironic that whoever manipulated this image was dumb enough to use the Helvetica Typeface for the fake sign. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Helvetica was introduced in 1957 as the official typeface for the London Underground and simply did not exist in the 1920s or 1930s. In other words, in the 1920s, there was no such thing as Officine Panerai, nor was there a Helvetica typeface. The term Officine Panerai was first used by Panerai in 1955 when they sought to patent compasses and depth gauges. The correct photo, which was taken in the 1920s can be seen below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Notice this correct photo, in the same place, says "Orologeria Svizzera" which is correct, and when translated into English means "Swiss Watchmaking." As a matter of fact, the image below shows Giovani Panerai standing in front of his first Orologeria shop around 1860. According to Panerai "Giovanni Panaerai's shop also served as a workshop and Florence's first watchmaking school. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">The shop later moved to its current location in the Palazzo Arcivescovile in Piazza San Giovanni, having also changed its name to "Orologeria Svizzera" at the beginning of the twentieth century." If you look closely at the image below, you will notice an Omega sign in the wider window about a foot above Giovanni's head. The Omega brand was made by a company named La Generale Watch Company and was founded in 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week Panerai issued a press release saying the upcoming 2017 Panerai PAM00721 was based upon a vintage Panerai Reference 3646 that was made in the 1930s. This is simply NOT true. The watch in question was made in 1944.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">An obvious question is how did this myth get perpetuated over the years? It turns out that there are several examples of Rolex made Reference 3646 models, with cases and movements from 1936 and 1938 that have these dials, but the watches did not originally come with these dials. Instead, they came with Type A dials, that were made out of riveted plastic, that easily lost their shape and were later replaced with anonymous dials as spare parts that were made in 1944. <a href="https://perezcope.com/2017/12/08/the-anonymous-panerai-dials/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">You can learn much more about this story and the truth about the Anonymous Panerai dials on Perezscope</span></b></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The dial of FIG. 1 is a round dial with an hour circle with twelve signs, one for each hour. The signs for hours 10 and 11 and 1 and 2 are Roman numerals, those for hours 4 and 5 and 7 and 8 by Arabic numerals and those corresponding to <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1822887829" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">noon</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1822887830" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6 o'clock</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1822887831" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">3 o'clock and 9 o'clock</span></span>, By simple geometrical elements, namely a triangle and three horizontal sticks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For years now, Panerai had mistakenly use the term "Panerai Radiomir 1940 - Watches Collection", as seen below on Panerai.com to describe a case that was NEVER made until it was introduced in 1953. So these cases simply did not exist in the 1940s. Why does Panerai use this false 1940s taxonomy? Your guess is as good as mine. For historical accuracy sake, this case really should be called Radiomir 1950 Case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Panerai introduced two new models from their 2017 Special Edition Watches, which are referenced as the PAM 00685, and the PAM 00687. Panerai claimed these models were based upon two Panerai Reference 3646 Type A models, that were produced in the late 1930s." Specifically, they said, “…one of the most sought-after historic Radiomir prototype watches supplied by Panerai in the late 1930s to the Royal Italian Navy”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Panerai further claimed these prototypes were made for presentation purposed from the late 1930s. If you look closely, these two new models have exhibition casebacks on the front of them, which makes zero sense???? Also, the exhibition caseback is engraved with "OFFICINE PANERAI", which as mentioned earlier in this story was first used in the mid-1950s, but NEVER used in the 1930s. <a href="https://perezcope.com/2017/02/08/vintage-panerai-3646-for-presentation-purposes/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">You can read much, much more about this bizarre model on Perezcope.com</span></b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are wondering why I am writing this story, it is due to the fact that <a href="http://www.rolexmagazine.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">as a horological researcher and the worlds leading Rolex historian</span></b></a> I want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To my way of thinking, since almost all the vintage Panerai watches were made by Rolex, they are basically Rolex watches—on a different day. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When it comes to Panerai watches, I am a purist of sorts, so much so, I have been referred to by a top Panerai executive as being a 'Panerai purist.' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As Jose so accurately articulated recently, and I am paraphrasing. He said <i>when Richemont's predecessor, the Vendome Group purchased the Panerai brand in 1997, not much was known about Panerai's history, but in the time since then, a lot more pieces of the Panerai History puzzle have come together</i>. It seems like Panerai themselves today are not really very interested in their own true history, but simply focused on selling watches.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So if Jose and I are correct with this conclusion based upon deep research, how is it the current Panerai is not aware of these facts and continues to release watches based upon false historical facts? It's a good question, and it has a lot to do with the Italian man pictured below, whose name was Giuseppe Panerai. Giuseppe Panerai was the grandson of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Giovani Panerai and</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> was born in Italy in 1903 and died at age 69 in 1972. Giuseppe Panerai's widow, Maria Panerai is still alive and well today and lives in the Villino Panerai in Italy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Giuseppe Panerai was the man most responsible for developing all the amazing vintage Panerai watches with Rolex. Giuseppe had an interesting habit. He was a packrat of sorts, who never wasted material or threw out old stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To make a long story short, back in the late 1980s and early 1990s a few people got ahold of a lot of Giuseppe Panerai's equipment and spare parts and did some strange stuff with it, that ultimately may have led to the current state of falsely perpetuated Panerai history. In the future, Jose and I plan to release much more information on this subject, which will completely boggle your mind. I say this because it did so to me!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jose and I are absolutely committed to getting as many of the historical facts as straight as possible. We also believe Panerai deserves to get its facts straight, and at least be aware of the fact they have made some historical blunders. Also, Jose and I agree that Panerai's true history is so amazing, it needs zero exaggeration.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the future, I plan to significantly update my story titled "<a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/the-history-of-panerai.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Complete History Of Panerai: The World's First Professional Diving Watch.</span></b></a>" There is so much amazing previously undocumented vintage Panerai history, which Jose and I have discovered and plan to share in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pierce Bronsnan's career achievements are awe inspiring, and he is certainly one of the coolest guys to ever wear a Panerai watch, as well as at least<span style="color: #783f04;"> </span><a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2013/02/sir-sean-connery.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">one of two actors who have played James Bond, that wear Panerai, the other being Sir Sean Connery</span></b></a><span style="color: #783f04;">. </span>In the photo below, we see Pierce wearing on of his trademark Panerai Luminor watches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pierce Brosnan is one of the great action/adventure actors of his generation. Brosnan not only starred as James Bond for several movies, but has been in some other great movies, including The Thomas Crown Affair, as well as After The Sunset. In <i>After The Sunset</i>, Pierce wore a Stainless Steel Luminor [Reference PAM 00091] as seen below. The PAM 00091 could easily be mistaken for the later PAM00297, and they are similar, but not the same reference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After The Sunset is an action/adventure/comedy move which debuted in 2004, and had an all-star cast including; Pierce Brosnan, Salma Kayek, Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle. On could argue that the After The Sunset plot was based loosely on Cary Grant's original <i>To Catch A Thief</i> movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nichant took this amazing lume shot of his PAM587 with the Marina Militare dial designation, and it looks so cool!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">• The watch has a sapphire crystal v. a plexiglass crystal. Of course the vintage Panerai Reference 6154 had a plexiglass crystal. This stops this model from being 100% historically accurate. Contrast this with the all-new PAM00587, which has a plexiglass crystal that make it look more vintage. There are some advantages to having a sapphire crystal: For instance, it is </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">scratch-proof. The general consensus is that plexiglass offers a warmer look.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At Jake's Panerai World, we were extremely fortunate to get ahold of the first Panerai PAM 587 to reach the United States, so a special thanks to Panerai for making this happen!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Brown leather strap with ecru stitching is sooooo good looking, warm and Italianate...Very 1940s <i>English Patient (movie)</i> palate looking...I'm surprised the hot-stamped OP logo kind of looks cool, and is much more low key than it looks in photos...</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also the tapered strap is very comfortable and the highest quality OEM Panerai strap I have ever seen. I think one of the reasons it works so well is the strap is 4mm thick, so it is beefy, just like the watch...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• The curved and polished trapezoidal polished steel buckle gives the watch a dressier, more formal/modern industrial design look. Buckle is <i>really</i> beautiful...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• The case is </span><b style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">NOT</span></b><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the same as a PAM 372. The PAM 587 has taller, wider, curvier, squarer, thicker lugs, which look more balanced and masculine, and also have much longer flat bottoms. The top to bottom (from lug to lug) has the 587 measuring just a tad bit shorter (1/3MM)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Wears smaller than a PAM 372, and looks much dressier as well. Has a much more fitted, curved look that hugs the wrist better than the 372.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">•</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am including the photo below that show a Luminor Panerai PAM00372 next to the Radiomir Marina Militare PAM00587. The 372 is considered by many Paneristi to be "<b>THE</b> Panerai", but I think that quotient has just changed with the advent of the PAM 587. The PAM 587 makes the 372 look almost contrived, whereas the 587 looks much more balanced and organic, and more complete in a less-is-more kind of way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• The pointed pencil hands look super-sharp and clean, which give the watch a great streamlined, clean art-deco, Populuxe look...Arguably Panerai should replace the hands on the PAM 372 with these significantly improved hands. These pencil hands are not dauphine hands, but they have that great 1950s, longer and leaner, elegant, pointed look...Notice how in the comparison shot above that hour hand on the Luminor falls far short of covering the marker at 10 O'clock. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now notice on the Radiomir how it actually overlaps it. Also notice with the hour hand that on the Luminor it does not completely cover the 2 O'clock marker, and on the Radiomir it perfectly covers it. A friend of mine who wears a 372 said he was so bummed that his 372 didn't have the much better hands, and I mentioned to him that I think they might be upgradeable. I think Panerai should definitely change this detail on the 372.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• The 587 "Marina Militare" etching has a smaller font size, and looks more refined and elegant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• <b>NSFW</b>: If a man who already owns a PAM 372 buys a PAM 587, you might not want to mention it to your girlfriend or wife. If you say: "Look Honey, I got a new Panerai", and show it to her, there is a pretty high likelihood she will respond with something like, "You paid how much!?!? for the exact same watch!?!" and inevitably you will respond by saying, "No it's quite different!!! It has a 8MM winding crown instead of the big crown guard, and it has pointier sword hands, and..." She will likely cut you off, roll her eyes, and say, "It says 'Marina Militare', instead of 'Luminor Panerai'!?!?! Wow, thats really different!?!! Honey, maybe you are not as smart as I thought you were. You pretty much just bought the exact same watch again!?!?!" [Don't worry, if you are a Paneristi WIS that's kind of the point of the PAM 587, which is that all those subtle nuances are esoteric if not arcane, and that is really one of the great strengths of Vintage Panerai design ;-]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Super clean, uncluttered BASE dial design is highly complemented by the simple 8MM winding crown. This watch is as simple as it gets, and the large dial makes it so easy to see the time at a glance. If you are not familiar with the term 'Base Panerai' it refers to the design of the watch dial, which is super 'Basic', meaning it only has an hour and minute hand, and lacks any complications, including seconds hands, or even single minute markers. Basically (pun intended) the PAM 587 has a 'Base' cushion case, which in my design mind is highly congruent with the simplicity of the 'Base' dial. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• This watch exudes warmth, understated sporty elegance, charisma and refinement. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Extremely versatile to mix and match with everything from shorts and flip-flops to being worn with a suit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Insanely timeless, art-deco, Avant garde design, which has been beautifully updated and modernized by Panerai.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• This is a TRUE Minimalist Masterpiece.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evolution Of The Rolex/Panerai Cushion Case</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• I think the 1940s Radiomir case is much more consistent with the 1930s Radiomir case, and seems like a perfect update of the design to make it inevitably perfect, and take it to its obvious logical design conclusion. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I put together this next image which shows the actual evolution of the Rolex/Panerai Cushion case. All three of these watches were made by Rolex for Panerai. The first image shows a Radiomir Panerai Reference 3646, which was made in 1940, the second Radiomir Panerai is a Reference 6154, which was made in 1954 and began its life with a black dial that got bleached over the last seven decades by the radium located in the dial and hands. The last image shows a Luminor Panerai Reference 6152/1, which was made in 1946 and notice it has a very rare Marina Militare dial.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In other words, the wired lugs on the 1930s case were evolved into the 1940s solid lugs as seen in the photo above.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo above also illustrates how Panerai has evolved in technical design details over the past decade. Notice the PAM 232 has greenish colored five-minute markers, (which glow in green lume) as apposed to the same markers on the PAM 587 and 372, which are a warm tan/ecru (and glow in green lume). Also notice the "Radiomir Panerai" dial designation on the PAM 232 is pad printed, whereas on the PAM 587 and PAM 372 it is etched into the Sandwich dial, and then filled with the tan/ecru paint, which offers a much, much warmer and richer refined, thoughtful, complete vintage look.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If I have not seriously already confused you, basically the first watch pictured above has what Panerai today would refer to as a 1930s Case, the second they would refer to as a 1940s case, and the third watch has what they would refer to as a 1950s case. Of course there are some slight inconsistencies with this naming convention, but I think it makes good sense for Panerai to have adopted this nomenclature.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is worth noting that the half-crescent crown-protecting device, despite being modern Panerai's greatest trademark, is really the odd man out. It is also ironic when you think about it, that in the 1950s Luminor case with the crown protection device, that it was the last experiment Panerai made, and there are proportionately very few examples of that case style in existence compared to the 1930s Radiomir wired lug, and 1940s Radiomir fixed lug style cases. Once again, the profoundly ironic takeaway point of is that today, the modern-made (after 1990) Panerai watches are best know for their trademark half-crescent crown guard, despite the fact the two generations of cases that came before it, comprise the vast majority of actual vintage Panerai watches. This is likely due to the fact that the half-crescent crown guard is unique, bold and outstanding, whereas the "Onion" winding crown and 8MM Brevet winding crown are far more generic and common looking. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once again, lets take a closer look at the difference between the two case designs. For all intents and purposes, these watches look identical with the exception of the winding crown area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On of the great Panerai mysteries, is where did the half-crescent crown guard come from? Who designed it and why? Also, it is important to note that Rolex stopped making Panerai watches in or around 1955, so you have to wonder if this was due to the fact that Panerai filed for a Patent on this new method of waterproofing a watch winding crown? It could have been an attempt to overcome the issue of the crown tubes potentially being able to be striped. Nobody knows today for certain, and an obvious question, is why didn't Panerai fit the watches with automatic movements?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pictured below it a copy of the original Panerai Tight Seal Device Patent application filed in the United States Patent Office on November 26th, 1956. Figure 1 illustrates how the half-crescent crown guard functions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The application claims priority back to an application filed in Italy on November 30, 1955. The way U.S. Patent law worked at the time, was that if you filed a patent application in a foreign country, was that you had one year to file your U.S. patent, so we see that the U.S. application was filed 6 days before the 1 year deadline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At this point, it is worth asking the obvious question of why after putting all this energy into developing the half-crescent, tight-seal device did Panerai stop making watches altogether and apparently abandon this innovation?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was likely due to market forces exercised by Rolex. The Rolex Panerai watches were the very first diving tool-watches ever made in history, and were highly experimental. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a matter of fact, I believe it was the Italian Royal Navy that was gun-ho on the diving watches in the mid 1930s, and it Rolex the better part of two decades to come up with the Rolex Submariner, which was based to a large extent upon the Rolex made Panerai watches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rolex never acknowledge this fact, but the historical design record provides overwhelming evidence to support this fact. The significance of this is that after Rolex formally introduced the Submariner at Basel World in 1954, it became THE Diving watch that all the divers wanted, including the divers from the Royal Italian Navy. Why? Because the Submariner had many features the Rolex made Panerai models lacked, including being equipped with automatic Rolex Perpetual moments. Also the Rolex Submariner modes had stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelets that were completely waterproof, unlike the leather straps on the Panerai watches. The Rolex Submariner's also had a second hand, and most importantly a spinning bezel that could measure secondary time. Not to mention the Submariner models were 40MM, which made them easier to wear as an everyday watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So it was the Rolex Submariner that killed off the Panerai tight-seal, which makes it that much more profound that Panerai successfully resurrected the brand in the mid 1990s, and along with Richemont, and under the absolute control of the brilliant Angelo Bonati have grown the brand into a major success today, and once again, up until now, much of that success from a design perspective was based upon the tight-seal design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is also probably worth noting that out of all the historical images of Royal Italian Navy divers, and German Kampfschwimmers, that NONE of them, to the best of my knowledge were ever photographed with a vintage Panerai with the half-crescent, tight-seal crown guard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The image below is about as old-school vintage Panerai as it gets! This is a very cool image of two Italian Royal Navy commandos, and the man pictured on the right, is wearing an original vintage Rolex made Panerai. He is standing next to a fellow Italian Royal Navy commando wearing a re-breather suit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I added this image because we see the man on the right wearing what is clearly a Radiomir 3646 case, which is common. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Same thing with this German </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kampfschwimmer's Panerai, which is clearly a 3646 Radiomir with soldered lugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also the greatest achievement of the Royal Italian Navy, was during World War II, when they secretly snuck in the harbor at Alexandria in Egypt and dropped two British Destroyers, and the commandos were wearing 3646 models. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In other words, the 6152 models with the crown guards were developed in peace-time as prototypes, and never saw any real combat, and the teams illustrated below never wore these watches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think it is worth pointing out that one of the most outstanding details about vintage Panerai watches is that Rolex only made somewhere around 300 watches in total, which is astounding if you think about it. It stands testament to the brilliant artisanship of the Italian Panerai company, and their ability to push the envelop so hard. Think about this for a second. This article is about the new limited-edition Panerai PAM 587, which was produced in what many would consider to be a very small quantity of 1000 pieces for the international market, yet that is 700 more pieces that the vintage Panerai produced from 1935 to 1955!!! More than three times to be exact!!! And that is what makes Panerai so genuinely fascinating, is the fact they created so many different variants over such a long period of time. The other supreme irony is that these watch designs are as avant-garde today as they were back when they were originally designed. This fact continually blows my mind!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I would also like to add that as I understand it, Panerai intends to introduce more models in the future based upon their "1940s" case design, which I am very excited about, because I think it is such a great looking style. My intense love of the 1940s cases is in no way an indictment of the 1950s Luminor case with the tight-seal crown protecting device. As a matter of fact, wearing the PAM 587 makes me like and appreciate the PAM 372 that much more. As I write this paragraph, I am wearing the 587 on my left wrist, and the 372 on my right wrist, and it is amazing how similar, yet different they look. They really are kind of Yin & Yang, and compliment each other like Peanut Butter compliments Jelly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also, I would like to share another interesting point. The PAM 587 dial has the "Marina Militare" etched into it, which in Italian means "Navy". There are MANY watch brands, which over the last several decades have offered fake "Milspec" / "Military" Special Ops/ Navy-Seal watches, and I tend to think the say thing about them as I think of Omega watches with "007" featured on the watch dial or hands. They are just fako/poser/stupid watches. The vintage inspired Panerai watches are a whole different story. They pay homage to the first real dive watches in history, and their historical provenance is 1000% real!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am also really a purist when it come to Panerai watch design. I only wear 47mm Panerai watches, which have a basis in history. I think the 44mm Panerai watches, look cool, and I like many of them, but would not personally wear one. It's not that I dislike them, I am just madly in love with the 47mm historical models that are largely based on vintage Rolex made Panerai watches.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Super low-key, understated design. This watch is bold and outstanding, but in a quiet, reserved kind of way. Most people, I imagine won't recognize it is a Panerai for two different reasons. First, since it lacks the half-crescent crown guard, and secondly, since it does not say Panerai on the dial. Having the 'Marina Militare' designation is kind of like a reverse, reverse psychology, in the sense it will throw most people off. And that is kind of what the quiet appeal is of this watch. It's like a more gentlemanly Panerai. If the PAM372 is Sylvester Stallone, the PAM587 is Cary Grant. Some watches are about showing others who you are and what you have achieved. This watch is about showing yourself who you are, and not caring what other people think...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">• Amazingly good-looking, handsome watch, with very Rolex Oyster Cushion-Case look. Basically this watch is very rich in Rolex DNA, including the 8MM Brevet 'Big Crown'. This might sound unusual, but in my mind all the vintage Panerai watches, since they were made by Rolex are basically Rolex watches. The best vintage inspired Panerai watches, including the PAM587 have so much art-deco Rolex design DNA, that in my mind they are amazing Rolex watches...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is important to realize that Rolex and Panerai were once as close as brothers, and now in some ways they may seem like distant cousins. The Rolex watch pictured below is a 47MM Rolex Reference 6154, which was made in the early 1950s, and I put it next to the late 2014 PAM00587 to illustrate how similar the case DNA design is, as well as the sharp pencil hands. Obviously back in the 1930s through the 1950s, Panerai made their own trademark 3, 6, 9, 12 Sandwich dials in their Italian workshops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Rolex on the left was made just around the time of the Rolex Submariner model in the early 1950s, and shares its 8MM 'Big Crown', which is a great look. The Panerai PAM 587 shares this fantastic look, and I measured the crown diameter–just out of curiosity– which came in at 8.5MM. There is a tremendous amount of subtle design refinement in the Panerai that is not visible to the untrained eye, but this is both the beauty and mastery of Panerai today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Despite being an immense fan of Panerai, at my core, I am even more of a Rolex fan, and the thing that originally drew me to modern Panerai was the awesome Rolex Design DNA...Hopefully at some time in the future, we will once again see Rolex and Panerai collaborate together, and pick-up where they left off...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo below shows me years ago wearing the original Rolex Made Panerai 6152/1, which had a "Marina Militare" dial designation. This is the exact vintage 1952 Panerai the 2014 PAM00587 is based upon. Just to by crystal-clear, this is a photo from years ago, wearing an original Rolex made vintage Panerai, and not the new one it is based upon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo below shows the Rolex 8MM Brevet winding crown which clearly has the Rolex logo on it. The main difference between the original, and the all-new PAM00587 is that the 587 has flattened lug ends and a solid steel </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">casebook, which is thicker than on the 587. Personally, I like the improvements made to the 587.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo below shows an original Rolex made Radiomir Panerai 3646, next to the Rolex made Radiomir 6152/1. This photo speaks volumes on the design evolution of the cushion case from having soldiered lugs to fixed lugs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just to be clear on the the difference, the Reference 3646 with the soldiered lugs required the leather strap to have to be sewn around and onto the lugs!!! So in order to remove or switch the strap, you would have to cut one strap off, and sew on another. With the advent of fixed lugs, you could </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">simply pop-off the spring pins, and easily swap straps. Talk about going from the Flintstones to the Jetsons!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo below is James who is an industrial designer who worked for a company I own named <a href="http://www.bullettrain.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">BulletTrain</span></b></a>. Today James works for Tesla in Northern California. This wrist-shot offers another perspective on what the original 6152/1 that the PAM587 is based upon looks like (complete with 'Marina Militare' dial designation).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the days and weeks to come, we will be doing an in-depth review of this instant-classic limited-edition Panerai. The photo below of the 587 is on the best I have seen so far. <a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2014/09/panerai-launches-radiomir-marina.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">You can learn much more about this beauty from the first preview article I wrote on the PAM 587</span></b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If modern Panerai makes a 6154 based upon Hammer's brown dialed example, it would be Purfect!!!! Hammer's 6154 is pictured below on the right, with the brown Radiomir Panerai Dial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hammer's 6154 is pictured above, and notice is has a much sleeker case profile, which in my mind is perfect!!! Especially the low profile domed crystal design, and the smaller </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">caseback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tonight I attended a Panerai Special GTG Event in San Francisco hosted by Shreeve & Company, and they held the event at the famous San Francisco restaurant named BIX, which is nestled in a hidden alley near downtown San Francisco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the photo below, I am pictured (on the right) with the President of Panerai, Rafael Alvarez (pictured on left wearing necktie). Of course, I am rockin' my Luminor Panerai PAM 372 as you can see below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Panerai fans came from all over the Bay Area to attend the elegant San Francisco GTG, including many of the beautiful saleswomen from Shreeve. If you live in the Bay Area you are probably familiar with Shreeve & Company, which is renowned for their superb jewelry and watches they offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kimball Musk is a famous restauranteur and former high-tech maverick, who also happens to be Founder of TESLA Motors, and SpaceX, Elon Musk's brother. You can see Kimbal Must sporting his Panerai in the video interview below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Volker published <a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/353391/thread/1412744188/Hammertime+in+Europe." target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">a great overview of the time he and Hammer spent together in Italy called, Hammertime in Europe</span></b></a>. Volker is one of the worlds leading authorities on all things Vintage Panerai, and co-authored many definitive Panerai history books. <a href="http://www.vintagepanerai.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">You can learn much more about Volker on his excellent VintagePanerai.com website</span></b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While at the new Panerai factory, <a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2014/09/panerai-launches-radiomir-marina.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Volker took the photo of the all-new Panerai PAM 587 Marina Militare pictured below</span></b></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333;">It is hard to believe, but after all these years of waiting, Panerai finally brought the watch to life which was known as the "Small Egiziano" which was know in vintage Panerai parlance by its reference number of Reference 6154. The only challenge with this watch is that Panerai is only making 1000 units. </span><a href="http://www.panerai.com/en/special-editions-collection/2014/699-radiomir-1940-3-days-marina-militare-acciaio-pam00587" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Panerai has named this model the PAM00587, </span></b></a></span><span style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.panerai.com/en/special-editions-collection/2014/699-radiomir-1940-3-days-marina-militare-acciaio-pam00587" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">and you can learn more about it on Panerai.com</span></b></a><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Panerai formally introduced this watch at the Watches & Wonders trade-show in Hong Kong, which is now the sister trade-show to SIHH, which occurs annually in Geneva. The Watches & Wonders show is relatively new, but the idea is that it it allows Panerai and all other Richemont brands the ability to not have to introduce all of their new models annually at SIHH. Instead the can divide it up, and Watches & Wonders is focused more on the Eastern market, whereas SIHH is focused more on the Western Market. </span><a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/search/label/SIHH%202014" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I covered this years SIHH trade-show live from Geneva, Switzerland and tie was absolutely fascinating.</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The 587 also looks sharper, cleaner, longer and leaner, simpler, more streamlined, and less chunky than its sibling 387. In my opinion, the PAM 587 is a pure and absolute <b><i>Minimalist Masterpiece</i></b>, and it looks less affected, contrived, and obvious than the 372. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the 372, and wear one, but the 587 is an example of less, really being more. The 372 is more Sylvester Stallone/Rambo, and the 587 is more Cary Grant/James Bond.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">So what does this mean? As much as I love my PAM00372, I still am crazy about the PAM00587!!! It is so weird how similar they are, but how different they are at the same time!!! </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">There is kind of a Yin/Yang balance between the two vintage Panerai styles, that is almost kind of Zen-like, to mix metaphors ;-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">Let's begin with a side by side comparison of the original vintage Panerai next to the new model. On the left we have the Reference 6152/1 next to the modern PAM00587. Obviously the PAM387 has a stunningly warm and beautiful dial and hand color </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">combination. Some people say they think that giving new watches a more patina'd look is inauthentic, but I could not disagree more. I think it is like a beautiful suntan. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;">Notice the PAM 587 "MARINA MILITARE" dial designation uses a slightly larger font, which makes it just a tad bit more </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">legible. On the 6152/1 on the left, we see the "M" in "Marina" is to the right of the 11 baton marker, and on the PAM 587 ins is definitely further over to the left. Also, the 587 "MARINA MILITARE" dial designation is etched into the sandwich dial, and it is colored similarly to the ecru lume and gold hands. Ironically, the original 6152 has the hands found of a modern PAM 372, but I like the sharper pencil hands on the new PAM 587. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">In my mind, the objective of Panerai today is not to make reproductions of vintage Panerai watches, but to take the best characteristics of their design features, and to present them as beautifully as they can. Ironically, as much as I like the original vintage 6152, I prefer the look of the new 587...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we are going to closely examine a stunningly beautiful vintage Panerai that was made in the late 1940s for the Italian Royal Navy. This watch has the Italian Royal Navy designation on the Dial which reads: "MARINA MILITARE." In case you are not familiar with the vintage Panerai watches with the </span><span style="font-size: large;">"MARINA MILITARE" designation on the dial, they were made for the Italian Royal Navy, and lack any kind of "Panerai" designation on the entire watch. In other words, this watch is 100% pure Panerai, it just does not say so on the watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the photos in this article were taken by Matthew Bain, and they showcase a very, very rare vintage Panerai model which has a "MM" engraving on the back, with a military issue number.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It appears that all the parts on this watch are original. Notice the hands have an interesting patina where they have oxidized over time and the hour hand almost has a sunburst pattern on it. This watch has the serial number 124XXX engraved between the top lugs, and the 6152 1 Reference number engraved between the lower lugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The photos below show this beauty from both side views of the case. The first image below shows the 8MM Rolex BREVET winding crown. Keep in mind that Rolex made this watch for Panerai, which explains why the winding crown has the Rolex </span><span style="font-size: large;">five-finger</span><span style="font-size: large;"> hand </span><span style="font-size: large;">winding crown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From a design perspective, this watch is outrageously beautiful in its simplicity. The 1940s watch case was super-streamlined in every way, yet very masculine. The case is almost identical to the <a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2012/10/original-panerai-tight-seal-device-us.html"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>6152 which has the "Tight Seal Device"</b></span></a>, but it has the Rolex Brevet winding crown instead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In my personal opinion, the only vintage Panerai watch ever made, that is more beautiful that this, is the super-iconic <a href="http://paneraiworld.blogspot.com/2012/11/panerai-6154-small-egiziano.html"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Radiomir Panerai Reference 6154 "Small Egiziano" which was made for the Egyptian Navy</b></span></a>. The Panerai 6152/1 and the Panerai 6154 are remarkably similar in case design, but the 6154 is skinnier and even more streamlined that the 6152/1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next image below shows the Panerai 6152/1 with the case-back removed, and it appears to have a movement cover which may have been designed to improve anti-magnetic performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the next photo below, we see the 17 Ruby Mechanical Rolex Movement, which is remarkably simple, sturdy, accurate, and durable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pictured below we see the inside of the screw-out case back, which has twelve sides. Notice inside is says "Montres Rolex S.A., Geneva, Switzerland, Patented. Stainless Steel. Swiss Made. 6152 1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the most interesting details that sets every single vintage Panerai apart, is how different the patina is, both on the dial and the hands. The unique patina on everywatch is unique and almost like a fingerprint. This particular watch lume has not darkened or changed very much. The Arabic numeral markers are still bright white, which give the watch a precise, fresh look. The hands also look really cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the most interesting things about all the vintage Panerai models is how each one has developed a unique patina, as see in contrasting the different version as seen above and below. The one above has greenish lume, and the one below has very white lume, and the hands look like they have have some radium burn or tarnishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took the photo below of my 372 with the new iPhone 6 Plus, which in my mind are similar in the sense they are both large, masculine and very cool looking. By the way, Jake's Panerai World looks amazing in Safari on the iPhone 6 Plus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photos below show one of the rarest Luminor Panerai watches ever made. This is a standard vintage Luminor Panerai Reference 6152/1 made in 1952, which was made with a unique prototype dial. The dial has complete second markers that run around the entire dial. Of course, the detail that makes this watch look so unusual, are all of the small circular second marker, which have never appeared on a base Panerai dial. In other words, just to be crystal clear, this vintage model typically had an identical dial, without the small round minute markers between the 12, 3, 6, 9, and baton 5 minute baton markers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This first photo was taken by Luciano Cipullo, and it appears in his amazing Panerai book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To the best of my knowledge this is a unique piece, which is still owned today by the Panerai family. It never ceases to amaze me, how much Panerai experimented with design, and it is equally amazing how many ultra-rare examples of vintage Panerai watches have been documented. I believe this is something Panerai and Rolex have in common, is that they both experimented like crazy, and often times the watches that never made it into production are even more fascinating than the ones that were produced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The photo below shows the lume pattern of this unique Luminor Panerai that was made in the early 1950s, and as we see, its Lume is still glowing strong!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #999999;">Photo by Jason Kempin</span></b></div>
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