P.900

About the Panerai P.900

Panerai's earlier in-house automatics, the P.9000 family, are 7.9 mm high and built for 44 mm and 47 mm cases. The P.900 is 4.2 mm, which is what allows a Panerai at 38 mm and 40 mm to keep the cushion case and the crown bridge without the bulk. It winds in both directions, runs at 28,800 vph with 28 jewels and a 72-hour reserve, and shows a date at 3 o'clock with a small seconds at 9.

In the library it sits under 36 Submersible references, the QuarantaQuattro 44 of 2022, 35 Luminor Due references at 38 mm and 42 mm, 10 Luminor Marina Quarantas and 10 Radiomir Quarantas at 40 mm. The 42 mm case accounts for 39 references, the 40 mm for 20, the 44 mm for 18 and the 38 mm for 14. Four are limited editions.

The P.9010 is the full-size three-day automatic in the 44 mm cases, and the OP III the Valjoux-based automatic the Luminor ran before Panerai made its own.