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top: 0; right:0"><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/babywingzy/spidey.gif"></div> <body background="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/babywingzy/spideybg.jpg" width="1024" height="100" /> <div id="main" style="background-color:ffffff; position: absolute; top:180px; right:475px; width: 350px; height: 370px; padding:2px; overflow: auto; z-index:2;"> <div class="header1">Friday, March 21, 2008 </div> <br> <div style="clear:both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_BdbY8A0n0ukjo9uwwKdb7vR2lTw91EQPDfDid_iqW2citC9AZ9W1q-Z3VaFFSYBavu6abbglzDD442XEbL1l6ZfBaiSyhsHdalp_Q7fMxHJr_2P6dJMdlY2qAWWAu5eB8-m1Bw3wt0I/s1600-h/17022008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_BdbY8A0n0ukjo9uwwKdb7vR2lTw91EQPDfDid_iqW2citC9AZ9W1q-Z3VaFFSYBavu6abbglzDD442XEbL1l6ZfBaiSyhsHdalp_Q7fMxHJr_2P6dJMdlY2qAWWAu5eB8-m1Bw3wt0I/s320/17022008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180463331768202370" border="0" /></a><br />the 1950<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1MI_G2oPgNemZSXYAF9chIqsW2yH4xl6sdKFoqPHMR5K7rQIeuoUGEcmmXWWumtB8MVZ4_llmxlafgnhkC7QduzWFC8lzCadK8eTUV9VfwTg8-O6zvxXYzrdZzMrFzlDoo-vp8yXb1wC/s1600-h/09032008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1MI_G2oPgNemZSXYAF9chIqsW2yH4xl6sdKFoqPHMR5K7rQIeuoUGEcmmXWWumtB8MVZ4_llmxlafgnhkC7QduzWFC8lzCadK8eTUV9VfwTg8-O6zvxXYzrdZzMrFzlDoo-vp8yXb1wC/s320/09032008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180463340358136978" border="0" /></a><br />wristshot (marina titanium)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fzyppNlRp05YGvuGUCUrS375kky1xp9bFuKA9MJoXRFBIaD37Bd_BNFGRWEkPXlZpEI6ooqNgEmTC8anJeuplsJPcVaDIEovuMarmGyhRbk89nOZULoUHuFMiMKxWKzCmYxU-ZDkMaS1/s1600-h/04032008(003).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2fzyppNlRp05YGvuGUCUrS375kky1xp9bFuKA9MJoXRFBIaD37Bd_BNFGRWEkPXlZpEI6ooqNgEmTC8anJeuplsJPcVaDIEovuMarmGyhRbk89nOZULoUHuFMiMKxWKzCmYxU-ZDkMaS1/s320/04032008(003).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180463344653104306" border="0" /></a>another wristshot!grr blurry =P<br /><br />okay moving on..<br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><div> </div><center><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 0px; height: 0px;"> <tbody><tr><td><div> </div><div> </div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Panerai Vintage watch<br />The political circumstances in the second half of the 1930‘s forced the Italian Navy to order a special watch for underwater use from Officine Panerai, their long term supplier for various nautical, signal, and measurement instruments. Officine Panerai had manufactured instruments for the Italian Navy over many years, before they added diving watches to their product portfolio. During the 2nd World War, the watches and other instruments made by Panerai were standard-issue tools for Italian Navy frogmen, SLC torpedo riders, and commandos (e.g. Xa Flottiglia MAS / Marina Militare). A tool set/triple combination of diving watch, compass, and depth gauge was called <i>"Trittico"</i>.</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_trittico.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 253px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_trittico_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> A triple combination ("Trittico") with a 16 m depth gauge, 6152/1 Luminor watch and compass.</i><br /></span></center> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">From the late 1930‘s to the 1980’s, Officine Panerai developed diving watches alongside depth gauges, compasses, and torches. Almost all diving watches used movements and cases made exclusively by Rolex. The watches with Rolex movements only had hour and minute functions, as with today’s Panerai Base model.</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_radiomir47mm.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 232px; height: 185px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_radiomir47mm_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> Radiomir47 mm steel case with Rolex movement</i><br /><br /></span></center> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Later versions of the watches also had Angelus movements (8-day Power Reserve), with a small second hand at 9 o’clock – similar to today’s Luminor Marina models. Panerai added its own ideas into the early products, e.g. the self-luminescent material “Radiomir”, which gave the watch its name. Later, Panerai changed this material to “Luminor” which was still self-luminescent, but not as dangerous as the original radioactive material.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">We have to note that today’s Panerai watches carry different names for different case shapes – Radiomir today relates to the case with the wired lugs (removable in current watches, but originally welded to the case). Luminor refers to the case which Panerai has been using since 1993, and is still using now. For vintage Panerai watches, however, these two names, Radiomir and Luminor, mean the self-luminescent material of the dial, not the case/reference number.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">The first prototype watch, using a 47mm Rolex case with a Rolex movement and a Rolex winding crown, is called “2533”. Only one piece was made, and it still exists today, using a “Radiomir” dial.</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_2533_3646.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 295px; height: 221px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_2533_3646_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> Prototype 2533 next to a 3646</i><br /><br /></span></center><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Building upon this watch, Panerai produced watches with the reference “3646” in various versions from 1938 until the 1950‘s. These watches have also been used by German “Kampfschwimmer” units with “no-name” dials - no lettering on the dials. It is not documented exactly how many of these watches were delivered to the German “Kriegsmarine” (Navy). The “3646” initially had a Rolex dial, also called the “California Dial”, half with arabic and half with roman indices. Panerai later replaced these dials and began using the self-illuminating dials with Radiomir/later Luminor material. Panerai also changed the bezels to a deeper version because the “Sandwich” dials from Panerai were deeper than the “California” dials from Rolex.<br /><br />Panerai released the “Radiomir” in platinum as a special edition watch in 1997, to the same dimensions as the vintage originals, using vintage Rolex movements (PAM 21).</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_pam21_3646.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 251px; height: 189px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_pam21_3646_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> Richemont's PAM21 next to a 3646</i><br /><br /></span></center> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">At the request of the Italian Navy, progress through the following years resulted in the wired lugs being changed by creating a completely new case made of one massive block of steel to avoid damage and to make the watch more stable. In addition, a movement with a larger power reserve (8-day Angelus cal. 240) was used in these watches. These are listed as reference “6152”, “6152/1”, and “6154”. Cases were still made by Rolex. </span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_6152-1_proto.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 249px; height: 198px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_6152-1_proto_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> 6152/1 prototype watch with 8 days movement from Angelus.</i><br /><br /></span></center> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_6152-1_protom.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 264px; height: 213px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_6152-1_protom_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> 6152/1 prototype, movement by Angelus</i><br /><br /></span></center> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Today’s special edition, the “Luminor 1950” (PAM 127), is a homage to the vintage “6152/1”, with crown protecting device. With regard to vintage references, numbers are not in relation to the crown protecting device. There are existing models, with or without protecting device, using the same reference e.g. “6152/1”. The reference “6154” was made specially for the Egyptian Navy around 1954, using, as requested, the old style radioactive dials. A very small number of watches was produced without protecting device. The case style is slightly different from the references “6152” and “6152/1”. This reference is also called the “Small Egiziano”, and was followed in 1956 by a completely new case (60 mm diameter) made by Panerai - the “GPF 2/56” (the “Big Egiziano”).</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_gpf_2-52.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 257px; height: 205px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_gpf_2-52_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> The GPF 2/56, made for the egyptian navy.</i><br /><br /></span></center> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Only a very small number of watches was built with protecting device and 8-day movement. Today’s “Luminor Submersible” is a homage to the vintage GPF 2/56, using similar design elements such as the rotating bezel, but in a smaller case size (44 mm).<br /><br />The period of time from 1956 to the late 1980‘s is much less well documented. Some prototype watches have been made from titanium (1960‘s/Rolex movement) and from aluminium (1980‘s/ETA automatic movement). The aluminium prototype was depth-tested for 1000 metres (“Mille Metri”).</span></p> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_proto_pvd.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 267px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_proto_pvd_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> PVD prototype watch with Rolex movement<br />(picture courtesy of Francesco Ferretti)</i><br /><br /></span></center> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 279px; height: 191px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_proto_alu.jpg" border="0" /><br /><i> Aluminium prototype watch with ETA movement<br /><br /></i>Another prototype watch, developed in the 1940‘s but which never made it to production was a chronograph for deck officers - the Mare Nostrum. This name was already being used by Panerai for torpedo timers. The watch incorporated a bi-compax chronograph, using a “Radiomir” dial. Panerai produced this chronograph for the civilian market during the “Pre-Vendome” era. Some unsold watches were taken over by Vendome/Richemont and have been sold slightly reworked (a different bezel and three colour versions for the dials - white, black, and blue).</span></center> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_marenostrums.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 285px; height: 163px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/paneristi_marenostrums_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> Different versions of production "Mare Nostrum": PAM 006, 007, 008</i><br /><br /></span></center> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/vintage_kampfschwimmer.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/vintage_kampfschwimmer_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> "Kampfschwimmer" watch for german military units<br />(picture courtesy of Francesco Ferretti)</i><br /><br /></span></center> <center><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/Xa04.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 279px; height: 209px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/reference/vintage_pics/Xa04_k.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><i> "California dial" watch<br /></i><br /></span></center> <p> </p><p><span class="sitebodytext" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="sitepageheading">A Look At A Vintage Panerai</span></span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">I've been interested in military issue Rolex subs for a few months or so, and when I found out Rolex made the cases and most of the movements for the vintage Panerai, I just had to love it. This one is post WW2, probably made around 1950.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you think the 44mm Panerai are big, well the case size of the vintage ones is 47mm with a lug width of 26mm. Here it is next to a submariner.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 301px; height: 226px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View1.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">I think the dial and hands are original. The dial has faded to a nice uniform dark brown. The luminous material on this watch is tritium based. The earlier one were radium. The dial and hands still have a bit of a glow. This must have been incredibly bright when new.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 305px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View2.jpg" /></span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">The movement is a Rolex 17 jewel pocket watch movement. The condition is remarkably good considering it’s a 50 year old plus watch that certainly has spend time underwater.<br /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 281px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View3.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">A shot showing the dust cover and rear of the bridge. The rear of most of the bridges I've seen have 'Brev.' on them meaning 'patent applied for.' Panerai was granted various patents after the war, so I'm going to guess this watch was a later one after the locking device was patented.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 292px; height: 218px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View4.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">The inside of the case back showing the model number 6152-1. That model number is also used for an earlier version with a screw-down crown. My guess is Panerai simply added the locking lever to the older style case so the cases are the same.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 279px; height: 208px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View5.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">Finally scans of the lug areas showing the case number and model number. The case number does not seen to be consistent with published lists of Rolex case numbers versus years I've seen. But I've heard Rolex did some odd things with case numbers around WW2. Other case numbers I've seen reported for the versions with the locking device are 124650, 124644 and 124537, and all these were reported to made in 1947.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 289px; height: 216px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View6.jpg" /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 309px; height: 231px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/vintage/View7.jpg" /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;">nice huh!<br />Mare nostrum<br /></span><p> </p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr style="height: 24pt;"> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 26%; height: 24pt;" width="26%"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td> <td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 47%; height: 24pt;" width="47%"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"> unofortunately both the Mare Nostrum and the whole Slytech range have gone the way of the dodo, so I can hardly recommend that anybody goes out to their local authorized dealer to pick up one of these watches. However the whole watch is an interesting peek into the history of Officine Panerai, both during the Second World War and more recently in the mid 1990s. </span><p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Mare Nostrum was originally conceived as an officer's deck watch with a two register chronograph in 1943. Pictures (which are unfortunately copyrighted) show that the Slytech is very close indeed to the original prototype. The Mare Nostrum was however never put into production.</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">In 1993 when the Panerai brand was relaunched from Florence the line included the Luminor, the Luminor Marina, and a slightly modified version of the Mare Nostrum. Still basically the same design, a tachmeter scale was introduced on the bezel, with the inscription "Km/h" at 2 o' clock. The Mare Nostrum was always the odd man out in the range, lacking the patented crown locking device, and not being as heavy-duty as its siblings in the line since it was never intended for diving. The crystal is 1.5mm thick instead of the more usual 3.5mm (or 5mm on the modern 1000m Submersible).</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">Around 1995 the Panerai brand had come to the attention of one Sylvester Stallone, obviously a man of impeccable taste. Stallone commissioned a new model, the "Slytech Submersible", which was basically a black-faced Luminor Marina with custom wording on the dial, and his signature on the back. This was intended to coincide with the filming of "Daylight". He later participated in the production of the "Slytech Daylight", again a Luminor Marina, but with a white face. Both models were issued in runs of 500 pieces and were individually numbered. Finally, the "Mare Nostrum Slytech" appeared, with a slate face, and with a completely plain bezel unlike the other modern Mare Nostrums (Nostra?). Again this piece was signed, and existing examples are numbered xx/500. However one can only guess that the sponsorship deal fell through since allegedly only 50 were produced (at least, according to <a href="http://www.antiquorum.com/catalog/html/nyoct99w/78.htm">Antiquorum</a>) .</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">There is one more Slytech, the <a href="http://www.paneristi.com/gallery/page6/Panerai-Black-Seal-box.jpg">Black Seal</a>. It appears that the few existing examples of this watch were prototypes for another Slytech deal that never came to fruition, accordingly there are only five in existence.</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Mare Nostrum survived well past the acquisition of Officine Panerai by the Vendome group, and when it was released with blue, black and white dials for the first post-Vendome Panerai collection the only change was that the "Km/h" on the bezel was replaced by the word "Tachymeter".</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext"><span style="font-size:100%;">So, down to the pictures. The Mare Nostrum Slytech comes in an enormous walnut veneered box, obviously a harbinger of the superb packaging of modern Panerai. In the top layer of the box sits the watch itself, a spare strap, an a model of the mini-sub used by the daring Incursore during the second world war. Presumably the officers who sent them were meant to be wearing a Mare Nostrum.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 295px; height: 194px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns_box.jpg" alt="Mare Nostrum Slytech box" /></span></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p class="sitebodytext" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">The watch itself is almost a classic Mare Nostrum, but with a plain bezel and the word "Slytech" at 6 o' clock. This one is sitting on the original shark skin strap, definitely the most comfortable Panerai strap I've worn, light and supple unlike a lot of shark straps. Come on Panerai, ship some more of these.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 311px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns.jpg" alt="Mare Nostrum Slytech" /></span></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p class="sitebodytext" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">Under the top layer of the box is a large book in Italian about the mini-sub pilots. It's a shame I don't read Italian.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 198px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns_closed_book.jpg" /></span></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 304px; height: 233px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns_open_book.jpg" /></span></p> <p align="left"> </p> <p class="sitebodytext" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">The back of the watch is numbered, and bears Mr. Stallone's signature.</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 267px; height: 248px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns_back.jpg" /></span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="width: 267px; height: 259px;" src="http://www.paneristi.com/archives/mns_review/mns_flyer.jpg" /></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="sitebodytext" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">Frankly, I'd like to see Panerai make the Mare Nostrum again, but with the release of a significant line of chronographs this year I can't see this happening. To wear it is a reassuringly heavy and chunky piece without being an enormous aggressive lump. If anything its place in the line has been usurped by a combination of the modern Luminor chronographs, and watches in the Radiomir case which seem to be Panerai's new dressy (or at least dressier) line.</span></p> <p class="sitebodytext" align="left"><span style="font-size:100%;">Anything bearing the word "Slytech" is now highly collectable, and the whole Mare Nostrum line (since it is no longer produced) is now being hoovered up by collectors too. 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