Panerai Travel Clock Watches

Mike Disher of Time Zone is at the SIHH show and is covering some of the new releases. Today we are looking at Panerai watches. I'm pretty immune to the charms of this brand but these are some lovely and *** watches.My favorite is the Radiomir 10 Days GMT in pink gold, PAM00273. It uses the Panerai calibre P.2003 movement and has a 45 mm diameter pink gold case with a "sandwich" dial and pink gold hands. The central hand with the arrow displays the second time zone. The edition of 250 pieces that will be available starting in August.The Luminor 1950 Regatta Rattrapante, PAM00286 will be produced in a special limited edition of 500 pieces. It measures 44 mm in diameter and it houses Panerai calibre OP XVIII, an auto winder with column wheel created exclusively for Panerai. The watch will be available starting in May.This is Panerai's Radiomir Chronograph, ref. PAM00288. The movement is the Panerai Calibre OP XII with COSC certification in a Radiomir 45 mm case. The 700 piece edition will be available starting in August.The Radiomir Black Seal Ceramic, ref. PAM00292 has a case made of Zirconium Oxide. The movement is the Panerai Calibre OPXI which is COSC certified. 45 mm diameter, water resistant to 100 meters. The dial also has a torpedo in relief. The edition of 1000 pieces will be available starting in September.

(Click image for gallery - 3 photos)Photojournalist Chase Jarvis has teamed up with explorer Mike Horn, in collaboration with sponsor Officine Panerai, to offer an account of Mike Horn's PANGAEA expedition. Chase Jarvis is a world renowned photographer, famous for using Nikon DSLRS. Mike Horn is an internationally-renowned South African explorer. Here is a shot Chase took of Mike wearing a Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible Depth Gauge 1000 meters. (The photos above were all taken by Chase Jarvis.)Officine Panerai Press Release"New York, NY (October 2010) - Officine Panerai is collaborating with photojournalist Chase Jarvis to offer an account of Mike Horn's PANGAEA expedition. Chase will join Mike Horn, an internationally-renowned South African explorer, October 3rd through October 9th as he travels from Shanghai to Taipei. Equipped solely with two cameras, a handful of lenses and a Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible timepiece, Chase's coverage will include daily images, words and occasional posts on his blog, Facebook page and via Twitter. The goal of Chase accompanying Mike Horn for this leg of his expedition is to help capture through film the PANGAEA philosophy "More respect for the environment and a sustainable future for our planet," life of a modern day explorer and tools of the trade. Over the course of the expedition's three-year run, PANGAEA will cover the seven continents of our globe and all of its various regions (i.e. deserts, oceans, and polar landscapes) without using any man-made power devices. Italian high-end watch maker Officine Panerai is a long-term partner of Mike Horn's achievements and a supplier of the high-end professional instruments that support Mike throughout his adventures: during the PANGAEA expedition Mike is wearing a Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible Depth Gauge, a submersible watch with automatic winding and a chronometer certificate (C.O.S.C.), fitted with a depth gauge, whose measurement accuracy has been individually tested and certified by the officially qualified body METAS (the Federal Office of Metrology based in Berne, Switzerland).Chase Jarvis has been a professional photographer since 1996. Chase thrives on the challenges posed by new assignments, and is interested in being able to collaborate with an experienced creative teams. Working as a photographer has afforded him the opportunity to meet wonderful people from all over the world, and his work has won numerous awards and been featured internationally. ?Based in Seattle, Chase is now a highly praised sports, lifestyle and popular culture photographer working around the globe for major clients including Apple, American Express, Fuji Film, Kodak, Microsoft Corporation, MSN.com, Nike, Subaru and Volvo.Information about PANGAEAMike Horn left the Principality of Monaco in May 2008 on an expedition lasting four years, on board PANGAEA, a 35-meter long vessel which combines comfort and safety with rugged versatility and premium innovation. Integrated in PANGAEA are the latest state-of-the-art and eco-friendly, sustainable technologies with solar panels, a recyclable aluminium hull and trawling nets for bottles. In several stages, his journey will take him to all the continents with the intention of sharing awareness of the current state of our planet so as to make public opinion aware of this important problem. During the expedition, 12 groups of Young Adults will join Mike Horn and his crew, in order to engage in environmental projects inspired to the "Explore-Learn-Act" philosophy. www.PANGAEA-mikehorn.com."Source: Officine Panerai