Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica

In Context

At 48 mm this is exceptionally large for something worn on a wrist, closer to a pocket watch given lugs. 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. 144 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

PAM00396 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a ceramic case. Introduced in 2012. Beyond the time it carries a gmt and a tourbillon.

Version of P.2005 GMT Tourbillon movement with black galvanic coating.