Luminor Base
REF. PAM00055
8/10
Very rareCase
Dial
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 closed, so the movement stays out of sight, 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 is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 56 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.
PAM00055 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a brown dial with a titanium case.
Inside: Caliber OP I
Explore this caliber →Panerai's designation for the ETA/Unitas 6497-2, the 16-and-a-half-ligne pocket-watch calibre whose size made the brand's large cases practical when Panerai reached the public market in 1997. The OP I is the simplified execution, with the small-seconds train left out. That is why it appears in the Luminor Base, the model with an unbroken dial and no subdial at nine o'clock.
11 other watches in the library run the Panerai OP I.
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