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With the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days to winding designed bronze in 1000 copies, the brand Officine Panerai explores the field rather favorably of Steampunk. Itiniative renewing a welcome design Panerai which began a little to turn around, like porthole elsewhere. The Steampunk, you know? This is a literary genre is closer to science fiction but rather a futuristic environment, the action takes place in an atmosphere very "nineteenth century. In summary, you take the Jules Verne novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and you add some board computers with touch screen. A kind of retro futurism, in short, if you pardon the oxymoron. If you have children, you probably know the cartoons "Skyland" which resemble the universe as "steampunk". In watchmaking, it is especially Romain Jerome and Yvan Arpa, which showed the way, but Vianney Halter is not left with his watch Antiqua Future Anterior. I would have Vou sécrive a feature article in this fashion, it could be interesting. The bronze chosen by Officine Panerai for the housing of the new Luminor Submersible CuSn8 is an alloy of copper and tin in pure highly resistant to corrosion by sea water and atmospheric agents. Together with high structural strength, this material retains intact the original pitch while acquiring, over time, an aged look, with the patina that covers it. This patina from the reaction of the bronze to external agents (air, moisture, heat, friction) and does not alter the material properties but shows its age, making each copy unique and personalized. The case in brushed bronze, 47 mm in diameter, is water resistant to 30 atmospheres techniques (300 meters) and has a unidirectional rotating bezel snap, with a graduated scale for the calculation of immersion time and reference index in relief. Even the bridge crown guard feature, with the lever that assures that held the crown, is made of bronze. However, the sapphire crystal is fixed to the middle by a ring of titanium. In fact, titanium is hypoallergenic, bronze, no. Too bad, I think it breaks a little the spirit of this watch. The dial incorporates visual layout typical of the Luminor Submersible, with indexes sticks instead of numbers 12 and 6, but it is an unusual dark green that blends well with the tone of the bronze casing. Protected by a sapphire crystal, the dial has very luminescent skeleton hands, small seconds dial at 9 o'clock and, in a symmetrical position, the date window. The movement of the Luminor Submersible Automatic Bronzo 1950 3 Days - 47 mm is the winding caliber P. 9000, completely designed and manufactured in the factory Officine Panerai in Neuchâtel. The class P. 9000 has a structure with three-quarter plate, visible through the transparent base, a diameter of 13 ¾ lines and two winding drums which provide a power reserve of three days. Produced in limited edition of 1,000 copies, the Luminor Submersible Automatic Bronzo 1950 3 Days - 47 mm reference PAM00382 motnée is a distressed leather strap with titanium buckle. Movement: automatic mechanical, Panerai P. 9000 caliber, 13 ¾ lignes, 7. 9 mm thick, 28 jewels, Glucydur balance, 28,800 alternations / hour, shockproof device Incabloc, 3 days of power reserve, 2 barrels, 197 components. Case: 47mm diameter, satin bronze, brushed bronze bezel with polished edges, unidirectional rotating in the counterclockwise direction, scale to calculate the time of immersion and ratchet click at minute, glass and sapphire corundum antiglare ( 4mm thick glass), the bottom ring brushed titanium, crown protector device bronze satin, waterproof to 300m. I was quite surprised to read the press release from Panerai to see no reference to Anonimo who released it a few years ago a box of bronze, while other brands are mentioned . . . curious. "The bronze watches are not widespread in the luxury watch . . . Until now, it could also be counted on the fingers of one hand: a Gerald Genta and Cuervo y Sobrinos. And that's all. Finally, was it! Since this year, Officine Panerai has just presented a Luminor Submersible 1950 with a 47 mm case made of bronze. ". . . .
