Luminor 1950 Marina 3 Days Automatic 44mm Steel Bracelet
The 2009 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva marks an important turning point for Officine Panerai as it presents a new family of handmade movements designed and crafted entirely in-house. It’s the family of P.9000 movements, whose three new calibres join the existing four.
With the development of a new movement interpreted in three different versions – P.9000, P.9001 and P.9002 – Officine Panerai made its name as one of the few international high-end watch makers which design the majority of their watch movement components in-house. This is an undertaking which Officine Panerai has completed in an incredibly short time. Few other watchmakers have succeeded in developing and making no fewer than eight proprietary calibres fully operational and available in just seven years, with the design for the first calibre dating back to 2002. The three new P.9000 calibres are fitted with different functions, but they have in common automatic winding with a power reserve of 3 days and a special technical design which makes these movements immediately recognisable.
Luminor 1950 Submersible 3 Days Automatic 47mm, Titanium
The calibre P.9000, with 197 components, is used in the Luminor 1950 Marina models and the Luminor 1950 Submersible. The two Luminor 1950 Marina time pieces have a 44mm diameter steel case and are characterised by a black sandwich dial and a small seconds dial at 9, like the historic models. Water-resistant at depths of up to 300 metres, the first two models have an alligator strap, or the new metal bracelet, which has brushed asymmetric links rounded lengthways as well as across, but with polished points of contact. The latest version of the Luminor Submersible, thanks to the new movement, joins the Manifattura Collection for the very first time. With a 47 mm diameter titanium case, it’s a professional underwater model, watertight at depths of up to 300 metres. Distinctive features, in addition to its size, include a particularly large bezel with stud and relief markers, as well as a dial with wide baton hands – a design taking inspiration from the details of historic dials. It comes complete with a natural rubber strap.
Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic 44mm Steel Bracelet
The calibre P.9001, with 229 components, also comes equipped with a GMT function with 12h indicator, a seconds-reset device – historically designed for watch synchronisation – as well as a power reserve indicator, and it is used to operate two other new Luminor 1950 models. Both models are made in steel, have a 44mm diameter case, the classic sandwich dial design and feature a third hand for the second time zone in the centre. The power reserve can be read from a rotating disc on the movement, seen through the sapphire crystal caseback, and the case is water resistant at depths of up to 300 metres. Equal in size, design and features, the two models differ only in their wristband: an alligator strap or a metal bracelet.
Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic 44mm Steel
The calibre P.9002 (237 components) differs from the P.9001 in its power reserve indicator alone and is used for the latest model in the new Luminor 1950 Manifattura Collection. As well as the other versions of the new family of movements, the P.9002 calibre has a diameter of 133/4 lignes and is fitted with two barrels which ensure a power reserve of 72 hours; the single-piece rotor winds in both directions thanks to an automatic ratchet device; the balance wheel with adjustment screws oscillates at a frequency of 4 Hz; the stop balance wheel device enables the time to be synchronised with a reference time signal.
A specially-made version of the case has been designed, keeping the proportions of the original but holding a slightly less convex sapphire crystal which only barely protrudes from the bezel. In this case, designed for P.9000, P.9001 and P.9002 calibres, the power reserve can be read by a small hand which moves along a circular arc on the dial – a classic sandwich design like the other models. Water resistant at depths of up to 300 metres, this watch is only available with the new version of the alligator strap.
TECHNICAL INFORMATIONS
LUMINOR 1950 MARINA 3 DAYS AUTOMATIC 44MM STEEL BRACELET
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9000 calibre, 3 days power reserve
Case: brushed steel
Diameter: 44mm
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date
Case-back: sapphire crystal
Strap: metal
Water-resistance: 300m
LUMINOR 1950 SUBMERSIBLE 3 DAYS AUTOMATIC 47MM, TITANIUM
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9000 calibre, 3 days power reserve
Case: brushed titanium
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, calculation of immersion time
Case-back: sapphire crystal
Strap: rubber
Water-resistance: 300m
LUMINOR 1950 3 DAYS GMT AUTOMATIC 44MM STEEL BRACELET
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9001 calibre, 3 days power reserve
Case: brushed steel
Diameter: 44mm
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone, power-reserve indicator on the back, seconds reset
Case-back: sapphire crystal
Strap: metal
Water-resistance: 300m
LUMINOR 1950 3 DAYS GMT AUTOMATIC 44MM STEEL
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9001 calibre, 3 days power reserve
Case: brushed steel
Diameter: 44mm
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone, power-reserve indicator on the back, seconds reset
Case-back: sapphire crystal
Strap: brown alligator
Water-resistance: 300m
LUMINOR 1950 3 DAYS GMT POWER RESERVE AUTOMATIC 44MM STEEL
Movement: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9002 calibre, 3 days power reserve Case: brushed steel.
Diameter: 44mm
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone, power-reserve indicator, seconds reset
Case-back: sapphire crystal STRAP: alligator
Water-resistance: 300m
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