Panerai Watches

PANERAI PAM339 MARINA MILITARE 47MM

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ITEM PANERAI PAM339 MARINA MILITARE 47MM PRICE £13,300 CONDITION Pre Owned ITEM INFO WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE THIS WATCH FOR A LONG TIME AND ITS FINALLY HERE. THIS IS AN UNWORN PANERAI PAM339 RADIOMIR COMPOSITE MARINA MILITARE 8 GIORNI WATCH. IT HAS A 47MM CASE. PANERAI RELEASED THIS WATCH IN 2010 AND IT HAS A FASCINATING COMPOSITE CASE. IT IS ALUMINIUM WHICH HAS BEEN COATED IN CERAMIC BUT DUE TO THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN MAKING THE CASE THIS PARTICULAR CHOICE OF MATERIAL IS STRONGER THAN BOTH STEEL AND TITANIUM AS WELL AS BEING LIGHTER. HAND WOUND MOVEMENT. 100M WATER RESISTANCE. COMPLETE WITH BOX AND PAPERS. THIS IS A LIMITED SPECIAL EDITION PIECE WHICH IS ONE OF ONLY FIFTEEN HUNDERED WATCHES IN THE WORLD. OUR 8-DAY MILITARE IS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. FROM ARMOUR WINSTON BOND STREETS OLDEST WATCH SHOP BY FAR. 1953-2011 Please call for more information on all models 0207 493 8937

PANERAI PAM339 MARINA MILITARE 47MM - Chronology

Panerai Chronology:

• 1864 – Giovanni Panerai opens his watch shop in Florence.
• 1913 – Panerai begins working with the Italian Navy on the manufacture of highly precise instruments.
• 1935 – This collaboration with the Italian Navy extends to the supply of pocket stopwatches.
• 1938 – marks the birth of the first military divers’ watch which measured 47mm and was designed by Panerai for optimum clarity underwater.
• 1956 – sees the commission of the Panerai Radiomir watch for the Egyptian Navy which includes a rotating bezel and a 60mm oversized case.
• 1995 – having been producing very small ltd edition watches for a couple of years Panerai is now asked by the actor Sly Stallone to make him a very small number of watches now known as the Panerai Slytech watches.
• 1997 – Panerai is purchased by the Richemont group and enters a new era.
• 2004 – The Panerai Luminor Submersible is released and wins several horological prizes.
• 2006 – Panerai releases its Manifattura collection of watches with movements created by Panerai’s master watch makers.

How to spot a fake Panerai

The old adage about a fake Rolex still holds – “if it ticks, it’s fake”. But what are the other signs you can look out for to ensure your investment stays just that, an investment?

Clear Caseback
One of the easiest ways to spot a fake Rolex is by its clear caseback (or “skeleton” caseback) which allows you to see the watch’s inner workings. Bonafide mass-produced Rolex watches do not have such a feature.

Engraving
Rolex do not engrave their watches.  On a genuine Rolex, the caseback will be smooth, whilst fakes might feature engraved logos and other designs. There are rare exceptions, including a pre-1990s ladies' models, which had "Original Rolex Design" (or similar variation) engraved on the back of the case, and a Sea-Dweller display that has "Rolex Oyster Original Gas Escape Valve" engraved around the outside.

Hologram Sticker
Real Rolex watches are shipped with a 3D hologram-encoded sticker on the caseback. This sticker features the watch’s serial number in gold lettering. For post-2002 models, this sticker features a Rolex crown above the serial number, which is in black lettering not gold. A fake usually features a non-hologram sticker which repeats the Rolex pattern and does not change when viewed from other angles.

Micro Etched Crystals
After 2002, Rolex introduced a tiny crown logo micro-etched onto the crystal of some watches at the area around the six o'clock mark. This should not be present in earlier models.

Cyclops Lens
Real Rolex watches with a current date display feature a Cyclops lens that magnifies the tiny aperture 2.5 times. Fake Rolex watches only magnify by 1.5 times, although some fakes offer a larger font on the date to give the illusion of higher magnification.

Case Reference Number
On real Rolex watches, the serial and case reference numbers are engraved in such a way that they feature very fine lines, which catch the light, similar to a diamond cut edge.  Some fake Rolex watches feature a sandy “acid etched” appearance. On fake Rolexes, the numbers can appear too close together, and most counterfeiters tend to use the same numbers on their watches.