Thursday, December 09, 2010

Panerai Boutique Edition watches


Panerai has released a number of new watches under the Special Edition Collection to commemorate Panerai boutiques located around the world. There are basically 3 different models issued. The watches are being issued for the following boutiques; Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, Shanghai and Taipei. All the watches feature the vintage orange lume on the sandwich dial and an engraved case back depicting the nations icon. All these watches are limited edition models.

First, we have the Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Hong Kong and Taipei. Both watches share the same specifications, the difference being the engraving on the case back. The Hong Kong edition will show the financial center that is Hong Kong while the Taipei edition will show the Taipei 101 building. I was told that the Taipei edition is a limited run of 10 pieces.

Basic specifications:

Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, second time zone (12-hour display with am/pm indicator) and power reserve

Case: stainless steel, 44 mm diameter

Movement: Calibre P.2003

Crystal: sapphire

Water resistant: 30 ATM

Next we have the Radiomir 8 Days Shanghai and Madrid. Again both the watches share the same specifications. The Shanghai case back shows the skyline of Shanghai while the Madrid shows the Plaza de Cibeles. I understand the Madrid edition is limited to 20 pieces.

Basic specifications:
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date and power reserve

Case: stainless steel, 45 mm diameter

Movement: Calibre P.2002/3

Crystal: sapphire

Water resistant: 10 ATM

The next watch is the Luminor Marina Hong Kong, Taipei, Paris, Shanghai and Madrid. All of these models have the 'pig' (SLC) on the dial at the 6 o'clock position. The case back engraving is the same for Hong Kong, Taipei and Madrid as the models above. The Paris model features the Eiffel Tower. Again all the watches share the same specifications. I was informed that the Taipei edition is a limited run of 50 pieces while the Hong Kong edition is limited to 200 pieces, Shanghai 150 pieces and Madrid 100 pieces.

Basic specifications:
Functions: hours, minutes and seconds

Case: stainless steel, 44 mm diameter

Movement: Calibre OP II

Crystal: sapphire

Water resistant: 30 ATM

The watches:

Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT


PAM00402 Hong Kong and PAM00403 Taipei

Radiomir 8 Days


PAM00408 Madrid and PAM00410 Shanghai

Luminor Marina


PAM00412 Hong Kong, PAM00413 Taipei, PAM00414 Paris, PAM00418 Madrid and PAM00420 Shanghai

The case backs. 

The case back will be same for the respective boutiques regardless of the model, i.e. the Luminor 1950 10 Days GMT Hong Kong and Luminor Marina Hong Kong have the same case back, as will the Taipei edition and so on.

The Hong Kong case back.


The Madrid case back.


The Paris case back.


The Shanghai case back.


The Taipei case back.


Photographs: Panerai

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