Entries from March 2008 ↓
March 27th, 2008 — Officine Panerai
The Panerai PAM 270 is part of Officine Panerai’s new Manifattura collection. It is housed in a gorgeous 44mm stainless steel 1950 Luminor case and comes with a beautiful brown alligator strap.
The PAM270 features an automatic, in house Panerai calibre P.2003 movement. Completely manufactured by Panerai, the P.2003 features:
- 13¾ lignes
- 25 jewels
- 10 day power reserve
- 3 spring barrels
- Glucydur balance
- 28,800 alternations/hour
- KIF Parechoc anti-shock device
The Panerai PAM00270 displays hours, minutes, seconds, date, a second time zone, 24h indicator, horizontal power reserve indicator, and also offers a second reset.
Sapphire crystal is used for both the domed crystal covering the dial and the display back.
Water resistance on the Panerai 270 is rated at 100 meters.
March 19th, 2008 — Omega
The Omega Railmaster XXL watch comes on a leather strap and is housed in a 49.2mm stainless steel case. It is water resistant to 500 feet and features a domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.
The Omega Seamaster Railmaster XXL Chronometer (reference 2806.52.37) uses a caliber Omega 2201 manual winding movement with small seconds displayed at 6 o’clock.
In addition to a 53 hour power reserve, the movement also features Geneva waves, rhodium plated finish gold plated engravings, circular graining, and is an officially certified chronometer.
March 19th, 2008 — Officine Panerai
Officine Panerai’s PAM 292 is one of the hottest and most desirable watches in the modern day Panerai lineup. Unfortunately for collectors, OP is not exactly breaking any records rolling out this highly anticipated new model.
The PAM00292 features a striking black ceramic case measuring 45mm in diameter. The watch is water resistant to 100 meters and delivered on a stealthy black leather strap.
Panerai used a hand-wound mechanical, Panerai OP XI calibre movement in the PAM292 with swan’s neck regulator, 16½ lignes, 17 jewels, Côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges, and Glucydur balance with Nivarox I spring. The C.O.S.C. movement produces 21,600 alternations/hour and has a power reserve of 56 hours.
The Panerai 292 displays hours, minutes, and small seconds at 9 o’clock.
March 19th, 2008 — Ennebi
The Ennebi Mictofo (ref. 13200) is housed in a stainless steel X5 18Ni 10 Cr case that is 46mm in diameter and is 4.6mm thick. The lug size on the Mictofo is 22mm.
Ennebi used a mechanical movement in the Mictofo with a 38 hour power reserver, 25 rubies, producing 28,800 bph (4 Hz).
The watch is pressure resistant and waterproof to over 300 meters and it features organic or mineral glass coated with an anti-reflective coating. The dial displays hours, minutes, seconds and optional date and the bi-directional rotating bezel is lockable in every position by means of the stainless steel crown positioned at 2 o’clock.
The caseback is screw locked with a gold fiorino set in 750 ‘89 gold and the Mictofo is delivered with an attractive wooden case and screwdriver for dismantling the bezel and changing straps.
March 18th, 2008 — Zenith
Zenith recently announced the creation of their Defy Xtreme Tourbillon ZERO-G El Primero, a $500,000 monster of a watch that has certainly drawn an equal amount of praise and criticism from watch lovers.
Zenith’s gyroscope cage Tourbillon uses an escapement mounted on cardan joints similar to marine chronometers. The instrument, which is sensitive to changes of position, is kept in a constant horizontal position which ensures optimal amplitude for the spiral balance-wheel. Coordination is provided by a second gear train which is the reference point for the swinging of the escapement axles and a differential gear with inverter compensates all the relative movements of the framework.
Zenith’s Zero-G Tourbillon, whose cage alone comprises 166 of the 294 parts that make up the device, 10 conical geared wheels with spiral teeth and 6 ball-bearings, was developed from the El Primero automatic caliber that beats at the record speed of 36,000 vibrations an hour.
The Zenith Zero-G features a multi-layered dial made of Hesalite glass, carbon fibre and aluminium beneath two sapphire glasses, a blackened titanium case that is waterproof at 1000 meters, a black shot-peened titanium case, a protected crown, helium valve and titanium bracelet with Kevlar inserts.
This is certainly not a watch for the faint of heart (or light wallet-ed)…
