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Panerai Watches

Originally developers of waterproof diving instruments for the Italian Royal Navy during the Second World War, Panerai has since become a cult watchmaker with its bold sizes and distinctive styling. Ask any Panerai enthusiast—once the need for a Panerai sets in, nothing else will do.
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The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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Panerai Submersible PAM01209 232121

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01209

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£8,950
Panerai Luminor Blu Mare PAM01085 276173

Panerai
Luminor Blu Mare
PAM01085

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£3,365
Panerai Luminor Quaranta PAM01372 274934

Panerai
Luminor Quaranta
PAM01372

Box
Papers
Year 2023
£5,950
Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro PAM01289 265824

Panerai
Submersible QuarantaQuattro
PAM01289

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£7,110
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 245545

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Submersible PAM00960 267957
Limited Edition

Panerai
Submersible
PAM00960

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£10,950
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM01021 259354

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM01021

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£8,250
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00587 266071
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00587

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£5,450
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254278

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir Venti PAM02020 247343
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir Venti
PAM02020

Box
Papers
Year 2021
£4,400
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00441 280372

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00441

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£6,155
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 245549

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245544

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Luminor 8 Days PAM00911 270449
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 8 Days
PAM00911

Box
Papers
Year 2018
£9,950
Panerai Radiomir 3 Days Acciaio PAM00685 245567
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 3 Days Acciaio
PAM00685

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,005
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254285

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Luminor Luna Rossa PAM01037 255419

Panerai
Luminor Luna Rossa
PAM01037

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£9,015
Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00563 281243

Panerai
Luminor Marina
PAM00563

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£4,265
Panerai Submersible PAM01074 276169

Panerai
Submersible
PAM01074

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£11,465
Panerai Luminor Yachts Challenge PAM00653 278802

Panerai
Luminor Yachts Challenge
PAM00653

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,255
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246291

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254263

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 245541

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,785
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00662 263749
Limited Edition

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00662

Box
Papers
Year 2017
£5,175
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00346 246309

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00346

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£5,100
Panerai Radiomir Automatic PAM00391 240445

Panerai
Radiomir Automatic
PAM00391

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£7,950
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254268

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Radiomir GMT PAM00238 258138

Panerai
Radiomir GMT
PAM00238

Box
Papers
Year 2007
£10,550
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00127 274771
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00127

Box
Papers
Year 2004
£10,600
Panerai Radiomir 8 days PAM00992 278826

Panerai
Radiomir 8 days
PAM00992

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,740
Panerai Luminor GMT PAM00244 259834

Panerai
Luminor GMT
PAM00244

Box
Papers
Year 2008
£3,830
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00321 277569
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00321

Box
Papers
Year 2010
£4,960
Panerai Luminor Quaranta PAM01372 260890

Panerai
Luminor Quaranta
PAM01372

Box
Papers
Year 2022
£5,950
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00352 270773

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00352

Box
Papers
Year 2013
£4,000
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00361 255798

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM00361

Box
Papers
Year 2011
£5,400
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 254246

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM01359 269109

Panerai
Luminor 1950
PAM01359

Box
Papers
Year 2019
£4,370
Panerai Luminor Base PAM00114 265233

Panerai
Luminor Base
PAM00114

Box
Papers
Year 2014
£4,415
Panerai Radiomir 1940 PAM00627 254277

Panerai
Radiomir 1940
PAM00627

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£4,675
Panerai Luminor Power Reserve PAM00028 261283
Limited Edition

Panerai
Luminor Power Reserve
PAM00028

Box
Papers
Year 2009
£7,250
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days PAM00658 245546

Panerai
Radiomir 1940 3 Days
PAM00658

Box
Papers
Year 2020
£6,400
Panerai Manifattura Luminor PAM00320 271025

Panerai
Manifattura Luminor
PAM00320

Box
Papers
Year 2015
£4,465

Panerai History


When Guido Panerai, grandson of brand founder Giovanni Panerai, secured a contract with the Italian Navy to provide luminescent equipment, Officine Panerai moved from being just a manufacturer of diving instruments to becoming one of the most influential watchmakers in the world. The company’s prized invention was a zinc sulphide and radium bromide concoction which they patented as 'Radiomir'. The radium, a radioactive substance that releases alpha and gamma rays as it decays, reacted with the zinc sulphide in such a way that made it glow. The company used its radium-based luminescent paint on various devices such as night-sights, compasses, depth gauges and calculators.

Guido’s son Giuseppe took over in 1934, shortly before the Navy requested that the brand make a robust diving watch that was as readable in low light as the company’s other instruments. As the watches were to be used underwater and at night by pilots of single-man submarines, the hands and markers needed to be much brighter than for use on land. The watchmaker provided two solutions to this problem—the first was to layer a dial that was completely covered with a thick coating of luminescent paint with a secondary dial that had slots cut from it, and the second was to hollow out channels from a dial in the shape of the markers, allowing thicker quantities of luminescent paint to be used. Both of these ideas had a satisfactory result, particularly at sizes that were unconventionally large for the time.

The engine that powered Panerai watches was a tried-and-tested Rolex movement, and was mounted in a steel oversized cushion case. Lugs were soldered to the case to allow fitment of a strap, making the watch wearable on the diver's wrist. Called the Radiomir after the radium that powered the luminescent paint, it was the birth of a design icon. It was tested in 1936 by the First Submarine Group, and was a resolute success.

Following the Second World War, the Radiomir evolved fixed lugs and the famous patented crown locking device. The Radiomir became the Marina Militare which, following the introduction of a less dangerous tritium-based radioactive luminescent material called 'Luminor,' became the Luminor. An enormous version built for the Egyptian Navy, the Egiziano, came in the 1950s, which later inspired the Submersible. A chronograph, the Mare Nostrum, stalled at the prototype stage.

There were no Panerai watches available for civilians until 1993, when the Luminor and the Mare Nostrum were released in limited runs. Their success attracted the interest of the Vendome Group, now the Richemont Group, which purchased the watchmaker. The distinctive and immediately recognisable style of the brand’s watches may have evolved for functional reasons, but that hasn't stopped Panerai from amassing a loyal following. It has proven that just because form follows function, it doesn't necessarily mean something can't look good too.

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