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A Panerai Watch with A Prada Strap? Now That’s The Pinnacle of Italian Luxury

What better way to celebrate Italian craftsmanship than with the combination of two renowned names in the world of luxury? During Watches & Wonders in Shanghai, Officine Panerai released a new collaboration timepiece with the luxury fashion house – Prada – to offer a Luminor Due watch paired with Prada’s Re-Nylon strap.

For aficionados of luxury fashion, Re-Nylon should sound familiar as it represents Prada’s take on sustainable fabrics. The straps are crafted from ECONYL®, which is a recycled nylon made from pre- and post-consumer materials such as fishing nets, discarded nylon, carpets and industrial waste. Expertly crafting the material into gorgeous straps for the Luminor Due, Prada has chosen four hues – iron grey, navy blue, alabaster pink and Fiordaliso light grey – to fit the 42mm and 38mm versions of the watch.

Hands down, our pick is the PAM01426, which offers a decidedly unique combination, pairing a stainless-steel case with a white matte dial and the sublime Fiordaliso light grey Re- Nylon strap. Okay, we understand that for men, Panerai watches should sit slightly larger on the wrist but hear us out, even though the case for this particular reference is 38mm, with the crown protection device protruding out, it still maintains its presence on the wrist. And that colour combination is just fantastic!

If you are still not convinced, however, there are versions of this watch with the classic 42mm case size, offering both a sunburst white or blue dial, paired with a grey or navy-blue Re- Nylon strap accordingly. One difference to note however is that for the 42mm versions of the collection, the straps will come with an adjustable polished-steel buckle while the 38mm variants will come with the traditional pin buckle system. Each of the straps offers Panerai’s PAM Click release system which is paramount considering that the strap is just as celebrated as the watch case and buyers would probably want to get all colour options and mix and match them as desired.

All four references of the Panerai Luminor Due Prada Re- Nylon collection come with Panerai’s signature sandwich dial and the small seconds counter at the 9 o’clock position. The watches are all powered by the P.900 calibre, an automatic movement that will offer an Incabloc® anti-shock device, 28,000 bph and a long 3-day power reserve. These watches are already available at the Panerai boutique in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.

MOVEMENT Self-winding Calibre P-900, 3-day power reserve
CASE 38mm/42mm polished steel, Safety Lock crown protection device
STRAP Prada Re-Nylon in alabaster pink (38mm), Fiordaliso light grey (38mm), navy blue (42mm) and iron grey (42mm)
PRICE MYR 29,000 (38mm), MYR 30,700 (42mm)

Panerai Celebrates a Golden Age With Their Luminor Marina in Goldtech™ Gold

One of the most appealing elements of watchmaking as we know it today, is its provenance. Knowing the watch or brand we put on our wrist represents the culmination of decades and sometimes centuries of history is part of why we take the trouble to wear these relics of the past. Panerai understands this and goes to great lengths to update its watches in a way that preserves the heritage while still being able to offer the customer something novel.

The Luminor Marina Panerai Goldtech™ PAM01112 is the perfect example of what we mean by this. With Panerai’s history of making watches for the Royal Italian Navy since the 20th century, a lot of their designs revolve around functionality and robustness in keeping with military use. However, for this modern watch, you can still see a lot of these historic elements preserved although they are more likely to be worn with business suits than diving suits. Like the crown guard, for example, it is no longer necessary to offer this kind of protection for a full gold watch but it is the inclusion of this feature that sometimes makes Panerai’s offerings one of a kind.

The gold used on this watch is Panerai’s trademarked Goldtech™ which is an alloy of gold combining copper and platinum to give it a more intensely red appearance. And with the large 44mm diameter of the case, the heft of this watch on the wrist is substantial in the best possible way. For the sapphire crystal, Panerai chose corundum, which is an aluminium oxide material that is the hardest known substance after diamonds. The technology put into the watch doesn’t stop there. Despite its classical appearance, the P.9010 calibre movement powering the watch is made with modern technologies like the Glucydur balance which is made mainly of beryllium and copper allowing it to be more stable through temperature changes. With its twin barrels among the 200 components of the movement, it can also provide the watch with a power reserve of 3 days.

On the dial, the watch offers a sandwich construction with the indices perforated to reveal the white Super-LumiNova beneath. Fun fact, the Luminor name actually came from Panerai’s innovative luminous substance, launched in 1949 that was both safer than the radium-based Radiomir lume (not to be confused with the collection of the same name) and glowed brighter. The Luminor collection today is recognised for its cushion-style case, wide and flat bezel, and its crown-protecting device. Each of these watches will be paired with a blue alligator leather strap to match the dial and its trapezoidal pin buckle will also be made with Panerai Goldtech™. In keeping with the original function of the Panerai watches, the new Luminor Marina Panerai Goldtech™ PAM01112 will be water resistant up to 300m.