P. 9001 calibre. Panerai has launched several watches with its new P. 9000 calibre movement. We have taken a look at the PAM 305 and PAM 312 which have the new in-house movement. The new P. 9000 calibre is a self-winding movement which produces 28,800 vibrations per hour, has a three day power reserve and features a date display.
A varaint of this movement is the P. 9001 calibre, which adds additional functions: (1) a second time zone; and, (2) a power reserve indicator.
Officine Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic PAM 00320. The PAM 320 is a dual time watch with a power reserve indicator. Despite all this the dial is kept clean. This is because the GMT hand rotates every 12 hours (so you will have to figure out whether it is day or night at your second time zone on your own), so there are no 24 hour markings on the dial. The power reserve indicator is viewed from the back of the case, keeping it off the dial. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, depends on you.
The watch is housed in a steel 44mm "1950" style case. A 2.6mm sapphire crystal glass protects the hand and dial, and the movement can be viewed through a sapphire crystal caseback. The case and crytals are sufficient to provide the watch with a 300 meter water resistance rating.
The watch is housed in a steel 44mm "1950" style case. A 2.6mm sapphire crystal glass protects the hand and dial, and the movement can be viewed through a sapphire crystal caseback. The case and crytals are sufficient to provide the watch with a 300 meter water resistance rating.
Second time zone. The short arrowhead hand provides the second time zone. What is not too clear to us is whether this hand rotates once every 24 hours (which is common for most dual time watches, and some Panerai's) or once every 12 hours (like some Panerai's). The watch does not have a day/night indicator which leads me to believe that the second time zone displays 24-hour time. The are no 24 hours markers to read against the second time zone hand, but it should be easy enough to use the 12 hour markers for this purpose. Small price to pay for the nice clean dial.
About Panerai. Officine Panerai was founded in 1860 in Florence, Italy by Giovani Panerai. Panerai was acquired over by Swiss watchmaker Richemont S. A. in 1997.
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