Luminor 1950 Perpetual Calendar Goldtech Year of the Snake

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. 50 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

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.

PAM01688 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a red sunburst dial with a goldtech case. It was a limited edition. Beyond the time it carries a perpetual calendar.

Self-winding (micro-rotor) movement with perpetual calendar. Indicators for the month, power reserve, year on the case back.

5 other watches in the library run the Panerai P.4100.

Panerai

Luminor 1950 Perpetual Calendar Goldtech / Sapphire

PAM01269 · 44 mm

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Luminor 1950 Perpetual Calendar Platinumtech

PAM 1575 · 44 mm

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Radiomir Perpetual Calendar GMT Goldtech

PAM01453 · 45 mm

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Luminor 1950 Perpetual Calendar Platinumtech

PAM00715 · 44 mm