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Historic Sketch of the Panerai Luminor<\/p>\n
In addition, there are original military objects such as watches, compasses, depth gauges, as well as reproductions of historical patents for luminous material, underwater legibility, and case technology. These documents and devices make it clear how precisely defined operational purposes dictate design decisions<\/a>. Additionally, Panerai uses this occasion for a new edition: a jubilee watch is to be presented at the exhibition opening, which takes up the year 1993 and transfers the design status of that time into the present.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Historic 16-meter wrist depth gauge, from a series of measuring instruments produced by Panerai between the 1930s and 1980s.<\/p>\n The exhibition particularly illustrates very clearly how strongly Panerai’s design language emerged from the logic of its use. Oversized numerals for quick readability, robust cases, the distinctive crown protection bridge: every detail is derived from a technical necessity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panerai Luminor Marina Militare, 1960<\/p>\n \n In an earlier interview<\/a> with Chapter<\/em>, Alessandro Ficarelli, CMO of Panerai<\/a>, emphasized the brand’s distinctive design signature: \u00bb…modern brands continue to value both technology and a distinctive aesthetic in watchmaking and, like Panerai, constantly strive to combine functionality with design. And in the case of Panerai, it was functionality that created a recognizable design, and that\u2019s why we never needed famous designers.\u00ab<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Caseback of the Panerai Luminor Marina Militare<\/p>\n Opening archives<\/a> and making history, origin, and tradition comprehensible is quite common practice in brand management today. However, the fact that Panerai reveals sources and prototypes in this process is quite remarkable. As a result, \u00bbThe Depths of Time\u00ab is less anniversary folklore than a controlled opening. The show documents how a special instrument can become a cultural object<\/a> and implicitly asks what we want to retain in the context of a luxury watch of military origin: quality, precision, robustness, visual clarity of the display. The exhibition runs for two months in Florence starting September 10, 2025, followed by the aforementioned international tour. [TS]<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Featured image above: Panerai Egyptian 1956m \u00a9 Luciano Cipullo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 10, 1993, marks a significant turning point in Panerai’s brand history. On this day, a dedicated collection for civilian customers was presented for the first time in Florence \u2014 it was the transition from a specialized military supplier to a publicly operating watch manufacturer. Previously, since the 1910s, the company had exclusively produced precision instruments for the Royal Italian Navy, developed for combat divers and manufactured in an official context. More than three decades after this step into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10021330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,348,471],"tags":[368],"class_list":["post-10021342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-latest","category-watches","tag-uhren-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10021342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10021345,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021342\/revisions\/10021345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10021330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10021342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10021342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10021342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"historic](\"https:\/\/chapter.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/16-meters-depth-gauge-1940s-pnpampp09-01-500x406.jpg\")
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