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Simply launched by Panerai is the brand new Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte PAM 1664, a 500-piece restricted version solely for the model’s e-commerce retailer. The resilient but tremendous light-weight watch is finished in a 44mm Carbotech case, which is the carbon fiber composite that Panerai has used for the previous few years. That is the primary time Panerai has matched a Carbotech case with a blue dial, and the result’s a good-looking and well-proportioned watch that I’d completely put on regularly.
Carbotech is a carbon fiber composite utilized by Panerai for about six years now, favored for its light-weight sturdiness and nearly Damascus steel-like sample created by the fabric’s layering course of. The method of making Carbotech entails layering sheets of carbon fiber which can be held along with a polymer resin after which heated and pressurized.
Panerai was sensible to appreciate that not everybody within the watch group is a fan of the beige “fauxtina,” and final 12 months’s Luminor Marina PAM 1313 was appreciated for, amongst different causes, utilizing white lume in opposition to the fairly lovely blue dial. By mainly taking the dial of the PAM 1313 and placing it within the Carbotech case discovered on the PAM 1661, Panerai has struck a profitable stability of moodiness and modern fashion. Whereas the earlier Carbotech items have all had black dials with blue lume, the brand new PAM 1664 breaks with the custom by going with the blu notte dial. Nonetheless, it doesn’t look misplaced subsequent to the earlier iterations, because the widespread themes of blue and black nonetheless stay.
The dial is a deep blue that nearly appears to be like black in very low mild however in any other case shines. The sandwich dial has lume on the indices, numerals, and palms. The white lume is very nice in opposition to the blue of the dial, but it surely glows a radiant inexperienced as soon as activated. Personally, that is one in all my favourite dial configurations and coloration schemes from Panerai. I’d say I want the model would do extra Blu Notte dials, however I do suppose there’s one thing particular about its rarity.
The satin-finished blue dial does lend some dressiness to the PAM 1664, a vibe that’s punctuated with the matching Blu Notte alligator leather-based strap versus a sportier material strap. (Word that the pin buckle on the strap is definitely completed in titanium with DLC, not Carbotech.) Nonetheless, the 300m of water resistance ensures that it is a true dive watch, regardless of how dressed up it’s.
Beneath the titanium case again is the automated P.9010 motion, a staple of the Panerai lineup since 2016. Composed of 200 elements and 31 jewels, the P.9010 operates at 28,800 vph and options two barrels that assist obtain the 72-hour energy reserve. One draw back to this motion (as of an replace someday in 2020) is that there isn’t a hacking seconds perform. There may be, nevertheless, an impartial hour hand that may be adjusted ahead and backward and can also be used to set the date.
The PAM 1664 case measures 44mm-wide, about 13.5mm-thick, and has a lug-to-lug of 54mm. Whereas it’s definitely on the bigger aspect of what I normally put on, the sunshine weight of the Carbotech goes a good distance in enhancing consolation and wearability.
The Panerai Luminor Marina Blu Notte PAM 1664 is a contemporary and modern watch that actually is the model at its finest. Revolutionary supplies, an immediately recognizable case form, and an altogether beautiful dial come collectively in a bit that I actually would take pleasure in sporting commonly. Restricted to 500 items and solely out there by way of the model’s e-commerce web page right here, the Luminor Marina Blu Notte PAM 1664 is priced at $13,900. You may study extra and store this watch at panerai.com.
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