Swiss luxury watchmaker Officine Panerai have unveiled their first ever Submersible watch with the case 42 mm in diameter— the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic. A Divers Professional watch suitable for any situation, the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic is available in two versions: classic, with a stainless steel case (PAM00682), and in red gold (PAM00684), with a black ceramic disk on the rotating bezel, for a sporty look but with a very strong personality. The dial is black with applied luminous hour markers. The steel version (PAM00682) is water-resistant to a depth of 300 metres (30 bar), and the red gold (PAM00684) water-resistant to a depth of 100 metres (10 bar). Both versions have the P.9010 automatic calibre with a power reserve of three days, the time remaining being clearly visible through the sapphire crystal back. They follow the classic Panerai Submersible design, with the Luminor 1950 case fitted with a unidirectional rotating bezel for calculating the time of immersion and the lever device protecting the winding crown. The black dial has applied index markers, the date at 3 o’clock and the small seconds counter at 9 o’clock. At night – or in the darkness underwater – the minute hand and the stud on the bezel at 12 o’clock glow with a bright blue colour rather than the traditional fluorescent green of all the other markers, so that there is always a clear, unmistakable point of reference for calculating the times of immersion. The red gold model’s distinctive element is the matt black ceramic disc on the rotating bezel, with stud markers which, in conjunction with the graduated scale, enable the time of immersion to be calculated.
