Panerai SIHH 2013: PAM 512 Luminor 1940 42mm

For a person with a small wrist, a 44mm PAM is the most my wrist can take without looking completely silly.

The 512 at 42mm in the eyes of purists it should be its historic 47mm.  It utilises the 1940's style Panerai case.  I like it for its smaller size and will definitely consider adding it to my collection.

 

MOVEMENT

Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai P.999/1 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 12 lignes, 3 mm thick, 19 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 21,600 alternations/hour. Incabloc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 60 hours. 144 components.

FUNCTIONS

Hours, minutes, small seconds.

CASE

Diameter 42 mm, AISI 316L polished steel. Screw-down winding crown personalised OP.

BEZEL

Polished steel.

BACK

See-through sapphire crystal.

DIAL

Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Seconds at 9 o’clock.

CRYSTAL

Sapphire, made of corundum, 1.6 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.

WATER-RESISTANCE

10 bar (~ 100 metres).

STRAP

PANERAI personalised alligator strap and trapezoidal polished steel buckle.

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