As early as 1936, Panerai created the first trial of the Radiomir watch for the Italian Navy, using a ‘half Roman numerals, half Arabic numerals’ dial design, it is said that this dial design The appearance of Rolex’s early shipping movement box was adopted by watch dealers in California, so the dial design was named ‘California’. Panerai launched a new California face watch at the 3rd Watches & Wonders Miracle Asia Watch Show with a Luminor 1950 case, which is intended to pay homage to history.
This new Luminor 1950 series case inherits the original design’s 47mm diameter. It is cast from lightweight, strong and sensitive to titanium, and is coated with DLC (Diamond-Crystalline Carbon) coating. Design, past and future. This watch is limited to 300 pieces.
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The details of the watch show the ingenious intention of Panerai design. Compared with other models, this watch is engraved with ‘1950’ on the crown bridge, which is intended to give birth to the history of the watch series pay tribute. The watch is equipped with a brown leather strap with stitching, embossed OP logo, a calm and rustic sports watch appearance, and the watch is water-resistant to 100 meters.
Inside the watch is a P.3000 manual winding movement with a power reserve of up to three days. The diameter of the P.3000 movement is 16½ centimeters, and the large balance wheel has a diameter of 13.2 mm. It is fixed by a balance bridge across the two ends. The wide frosted splint covers most of the gear components, and its edges are chamfered to make the movement look beautiful.
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