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Orlando Bloom
Rockin' A 47MM Panerai PAM00249
In 2005 Orlando Bloom starred in a movie named Elizabethtown, where he sported a Luminor Panerai Reference PAM00127, which features a classic 1950 case. I published an article last October that showed Orlando Bloom wearing that beautiful watch, so when I found this image of Orlando Bloom sporting a PAM00249 back in 2007, I thought it looked super-cool on him!!! The more time goes by, the more I really like the classic and super-simple uncluttered California Dial, which is an true Art-Deco masterpiece.
The photo below taken by Luc shows a PAM00249 up close, and it is renowned by many Panerai collectors as being the quintessential Panerai. The blue hands with the tan lume on the California dial markers is an absolute winner, not to mention the fact the dial has no branding whatsoever on the dial, make it stunningly simple and low-key.
The PAM00249 was a special edition Panerai limited to 1936 units made in 2006, and was an enormously successful watch. It was argued at the time, that it was the most historically accurate made to date. Last year, Panerai made a somewhat similar model which was the reference PAM00448.
