Ferrari 8 Days GMT

In Context

At 45 mm it is a large watch — well above this catalogue’s 40 mm median, and enough to dominate a narrow wrist. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 100 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 192 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going.

FER00007 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a pink gold case. Beyond the time it carries a gmt.

A P.2002 variant used in one of the Ferrari-branded pieces Panerai built during its partnership with the marque. The base is the company's first in-house calibre: hand-wound, eight days drawn from three barrels in series, with a linear power-reserve indicator and a second time zone. The date changes over automatically rather than being dragged round by the hands.