Sylvester Stallone Fall 1995

...Panerai Super-Coolness...

Sylvester Stallone

Fall 1995

Stallone & Schwarzenegger A Story Of Friendship & Panerai

...Panerai Coolness...

Stallone & Schwarzenegger

A Story Of Friendship & Panerai

The two most influential actors in Hollywood who originally helped to popularize Panerai are Hollywood acting legends Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. How did this happen? In the future, I plan to expand on this story in detail, but I thought I would get it going now.

The first five photos below were taken at the opening party for Planet Hollywood in Berlin on September 24, 1996. These photos show Sylvester Stallone giving his good pal, Arnold Schwarzenegger a gold played Panerai prototype. 

It is important to note that when Sly started wearing Panerai watches, he would always wear them on his right wrist.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is pictured above and below showing off his Panerai which Sly gave to him that evening as a gift, and he appears to be very proud of his gift.

This fourth image shows Arnold Schwarzenegger trying on his Panerai Sly Tech model (Pre-Vendome Luminor Panerai Daylight Reference 5218-203A) that Sylvester Stallone gave him as a gift. Arnold Schwarzenegger still wears his Sly Tech Panerai to this day.

This next image shows Sylvester Stallone with Gerard Depardieu and Arnold Schwarzenegger at Planet Hollywood in Berlin. Sylvester Stallone is wearing his white dial Luminor Daylight Sly Tech Panerai, and Schwarzenegger is holding his Pre-V Gift Box.

Sylvester Stallone wore a Pre-Vendome Panerai in his movie named Daylight which debuted December 6, 1996. The two photos below were taken on the set of Daylight. 

We See Arnold Schwarzenegger sporting his Pre-Vendome Panerai Reference 5218-203A in the two pictures below.

The screen grab below shows Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing his Pre-V Panerai in the 1996 Movie named Eraser, and we see him talking to his co-star, Vanessa Williams.

The 44MM Luminor Marina Panerai screen grab pictured below is from the opening scene of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1996 movie named Eraser, which I remember seeing back in 1996 in a movie theater. I think this was the first time I ever saw a Panerai watch. I think this is likely the first close-up of a Panerai in movie history, and for the record, the Panerai is in Arnold's characters hands. 

Above image is from the opening scene in the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, named Eraser

One of the obvious questions, is whether or not this was product placement, or was Schwarzenegger using the Panerai to make a high-tech/cool statement about his special agent character? Either way, I say it is really cool.

In the photo below we see Sylvester Stallone attending a special Panerai event on October 3, 2002, to launch the new Panerai 1950 "Fiddy" 47MM PAM00127, and he is standing next to Phillipe Bonay, who, at the time was the President of Panerai. 

Sylvester Stallone is sporting a PAM127 in the photo below and when he spoke at the event he mentioned that when he first encountered Panerai watches in Florence, Italy in the first Panerai boutique, he knew they possessed a star quality, and he went on to mention how impressed he was with Panerai's enduring success.

It is interesting to note in the photo above, we see Sylvester Stallone wearing his Panerai for the first time on his left wrist. For some reason, as witnessed in all the prior photos, he always wore it on his right wrist?

Sylvester Stallone Rockin' Pre-Vendome Panerai Luminor

...Panerai Super-Coolness...

Sylvester Stallone

Rockin' Pre-Vendome Panerai Luminor Marina

 44mm Reference 5218-203/A PVD Coated Titanium

Sylvester Stallone is more responsible for the success of modern Panerai than anybody else on earth. It all began in 1995, when he was filming a movie named Daylight in Italy, and he happened to wander into the Panerai boutique in Florence, Italy, and fell in love with modern Panerai. It is arguable that Sylvester Stallone is the living embodiment of Panerai. He is strong, confident, handsome, clean-cut, masculine, macho, sophisticated, Italian, precise, outstanding, timeless and has always been cool. In other words, if Panerai was a man, it would by Sly, and visa versa.

In the future, I plan to write a much more detailed article on Sly and his impact on the ultra-succesful rebirth of Panerai. In this first photo we see Sly with Angie Everhart in the mid 1990s, probably around 1996, which was close to 20 years ago!!! It is interesting to note that when Sylvester Stallone first began wearing Panerai, he always wore them on his right wrist, but after a few years he switched to his left wrist, where they have remained.

In this next image below, we see Sylvester Stallone around 1996 with his current wife, Jennifer Flavin who he met in 1988. Jennifer Flavin is wearing a Yellow-Gold Rolex Lady Date.

The photo below shows the same Pre-Vendome Luminor Panerai Marina Reference 5128-203 A, which was the very first Panerai to be offered with a PVD coating, which also had a titanium case. 

Pictured below, we see the original 1993 Brochure for the Panerai Luminor Marina PVD Reference: 5218-203/A model that Sylvester Stallone is wearing in the photos above.

Sylvester Stallone 2009 Special Edition 60MM Radiomir Egiziano

Sylvester Stallone

2009 Special Edition

60MM Radiomir Egiziano

Unique Edition of 500 Units

Reference PAM00341

Nobody was more responsible for the popularization of modern Panerai than movie star Sylvester Stallone. In the photos below Sylvester Stallone is pictured wearing his 60MM Radiomir Egiziano. In the future I will be going much more into detail on Sylvester Stallone and his love of Panerai.

This monster is 60 MMM–and you thought 47 might be too big for you!?!? The PAM00341 has a hand-would mechanical, Panerai P.2002/7 calibre with an 8 day power reserve. The entire body and rotating bezel is made from brushed titanium with a 26mm lug width. The Plexiglass crystal on this  beast is 5.8MM thick!!!

2009 Panerai [Reference PAM00341] 60MM

Radiomir Panerai Dial Designation

8 Giorni Brevettato [8 Days Patented]

500 Examples Made Available To Public

1956 Panerai [Reference 2/56] 60mm

Radiomir Panerai Dial Designation

8 Giorni Brevettato [8 Days Patented]

50 Examples Made for Egyptian Navy Commandos

The PAM00341 (pictured above) pays homage to the 1956 Panerai Reference 2/56 (pictured below) which was made for the Egyptian Navy Commandos. Panerai only made 50 of these watches, which are very rare. An original 1965 Panerai Radiomir Egiziano is pictured below. 

The new PAM00341 is extremely close in design. The only difference is that the original 1956 Panerai lacked fluted spinning bezel teeth. Also the GPF 2/56 had a 16" Angelus 8-day movement which had the subsidiary second hand subdial at 9 o'clock.