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Tuesday 22 June, 2010 - 09:50 am
Oficine Panerai Limited Edition 1950 Pangaea Submersible Depht Gauge PAM 307
Mike Horn in Pangaea
Oficine Panerai is sponsoring Mike Horn on “Pangaea”, his four-year expedition across all seven continents. Panerai will be supplying materials for the adventure, including the Panerai Luminor 1950 submersible depth gauge, a hygrometer, a thermometer and a barometer.
The celebrated South African explorer left the Principality of Monaco last May. His journey will take him to all the continents including Antarctica, with the intention of sharing awareness of the current state of our planet so as to make public opinion aware of this important problem. The headquarters of Pangaea will be a ship equipped with many innovative technologies. Constructed with respect for the environment, this vessel was designed and built in South America, it is equipped with communication and conference facilities, it can host 30 people in board.
Technical Information:
Mike Horn Limited Edition 1950 Pangaea Submersible Depht Gauge PAM 307
Unique Edition of 500 units .
Movement: automatic mechanical, exclusive Panerai OP XV calibre
Power reserve 42 hours.
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds.
Case: diameter 47 mm, titanium.
Bezel: brushed steel anti-clockwise unidirectional rotating bezel
Back: screw, titanium with the logo of the Pangaea expedition engraved.
Dial: blue with luminous hour markers and Arabic numerals, small seconds at 9 o’clock, depth gauge scale on the outer part.
Crystal: sapphire, formed of corundum, 3 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.
Water resistance: 120 metres.
Strap: PANERAI personalised rubber strap and brushed steel large-size buckle.
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Wednesday 31 March, 2010 - 08:50 am
Panerai Watches in Movies
Eraser, Daylight, Transporter, Transporter 2, Bridget Jones' Diary and Two Weeks Notice.
Panerai gets to be one of the most seen brands in the movie industry. Panerai has four major lines of watches: Historic, Contemporary, Manifattura and Special Editions. Most of the watches are produced in a limited run (normally of 500, 1000, 2000 or 4000 units) and carry an issue number on the case back. Some of the most famous movies in which Panerai Watches appear are:
After producing near 300 watches for the Marina Militare (Italian Navy, one of the four branches of military forces of Italy) between 1938 and 1993, the company stopped producing them because they were no longer cost-effective or did not featured the naval specifications.
When launching its products to the civilian market, Sylvester Stallone got to buy a Panerai Luminor in a jewelry store in Rome in 1995 to wear during shooting of the film "Daylight". He then ordered a batch of them with his signature on the case back. The model was called Slytech. He offered them as a gift to friends, including Arnold Schwarzenegger
Newly elected Governor Schwarzenegger, after receiving his Panerai as a gift from Sylvester Stallone, wore the timepice while shooting “Eraser”, a movie in which Panerai Luminor Marina actually had a scene before Schwarzenegger (main actor). The movie was released in 1996.
It then came the appearance of a Panerai Logo in Daylight. This time, worn by Sylvester Stallone. The movie was released at the end of 1996.
Jason Stratham, United Kindom actor, gets to be a very big Panerai fan as well.
Both movies, Transporter and Transporter 2, start with a similar opening scene in which the camera enters a parking garage with only one car. Inside, Jason Statham hears an alarm and looks at his watch: a Panerai in both movies.
The transporter I
Jason Stratham wearing a 40mm Panerai Luminor Automatic Chrono (PAM 74) on OEM Brown Alligator Strap with white stiching.
The transporter II
Jason Statham wearing a Panerai Luminor Chrono Daylight 196 
Another well known Panerai fan is Hugh Grant, who has been seen wearing his Panerai in magazines and also on TV interviews. He didn't leave the Panerai at home for "Bridget Jones' Diary" or "Two Weeks Notice".
Hugh Grant wears a Panerai watch at Bridget Jones' Diary
Hugh Grant wears a Panerai Watch at Two Weeks Notice
Tuesday 16 March, 2010 - 11:10 am
Panerai pays tribute to Galileo Galilei
Jupiterium Unique Watch
Officine Panerai not only sponsored the Stockholm exhibition “The Telescopes of Galileo: Instruments that Changed the World,” but also presented its own mechanical astronomical device called the Jupiterium, a three-dimensional, moving model of the stars, the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter and its moons, as Galileo would have seen them with his telescope from earth. Jupiterium gets to be a different kind of clock with a hand-wind movement. It features a power reserve of 40 days and no less than 1377 fine crafted Swiss pieces. This impressive Jupiterium uses a special equation of time telling from Galileo’s landmark invention.
2009 was the 400th anniversary of one of science’s most important achievements, Galileo Galilei’s legendary improvement of the telescope, with which he set the stage for the many astronomical discoveries he made. 
In order to honour Galileo’s achievements, last year was declared the International Year of Astronomy. Officine Panerai sponsored an exhibition in Stockholm, from October to January, of one of the two surviving telescopes Galileo designed and owned by him. And, between the many exhibited objects, there were also replicas of other important instruments housed in Museo di Storia della Scienza (Florence, Italy) on display at Stockholm’s Nobel Museum.
ella Scienza (Florence, Italy) on display at Stockholm’s Nobel Museum.
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Monday 15 March, 2010 - 12:00 pm
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