Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24h Automatic Acciaio 44mm

In Context

At 44 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. 300 m is a professional diving rating, far past any demand a wrist is likely to make of it.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 72 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.

PAM00531 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a black dial with a stainless steel case. Beyond the time it carries a gmt.

In 2014 Officine Panerai launches its new P.9003 movement, completely developed and made in the Officine Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel. Its characteristic feature is the GMT 24H function, with second time zone indication on the edge of the dial, fitted with an automatic in-house movement. The GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) system, divides the terrestrial globe into 24 time zones, each equivalent to 15° of longitude. The Greenwich meridian, meridian 0°, was historically used as the fundamental reference for the definition of local time zones since the International Conference of Rome in 1883 and it has always been extremely important for seamen: the time at Greenwich is the reference for the calculations which enable to determine the longitude at sea, thus establishing the precise position of the vessel.