Clear and no-frill as usual, the recently introduced Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica watch (reference PAM335) gives us the familiar feeling with Panerai styles that we get used to.
Although it may look a bit conservative and understated, I am sure that this traditional Panerai style will be always welcomed by Panerai fans, because that’s what originally attracts them.
The watch feature very simple design. There is only two color on the watch: black and white, which ensures the exceptional legibility of the watch hands and hour markers. It incorporates a date display window at 3 o’clock, a 10-day power reserve indicator at 6 o’clock and a small seconds subdial and 24h indicator at 9 o’clock.. The watch is water-resistant to 100 meters.
Like the PAM348 we introduced earlier, the 44mm case of Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica is made of zirconium oxide ceramic, which is an exceptionally hard, corrosion and scratching resistant material.
I heard that the ceramic material gave Panerai some technical troubles before. At last year’s SIHH, the Panerai unveiled the PAM 317, which is a Panerai GMT 8 Day chronograph very similar to PAM 335. The production of PAM 317 were delayed because the ceramic is so hard that the craftsman found it difficult to drill holes for the crown and the mono pusher. Fortunately the Panerai technicians solved the problem finally. And they learned to reduce the trouble by omitting the chronograph functions, which means they can drill one less hole. Similarly, to avoid the PVD coating problem happened during the production of PAM 317, Panerai made a little compromise by offering a “smoked crystal” for the case back, which reduce the aesthetic feature of the watch a little bit.
(The case back of Panerai Pam317 and Panerai Pam335)
As many other Panerai watches, the Panerai Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Ceramica is in limited production, with only 500 examples available in the market. The price is around $20,000 US.
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#1 by vikas on February 26, 2010 - 5:11 AM
Really a dashing watch man…….