Panerai celebrates the Year of the Rat with a special edition of 88 units decorated using the ancient technique of sparsello. Panerai Luminor Sealand Year of the Rat: Chinese astrological tradition depicted and enhanced by Italian craftsmanship.
Panerai recalls the evocative thousand-year tradition of the Chinese Zodiac with the new Luminor Sealand – 44 mm (PAM00863), a special edition created to anticipate and accompany the Year of the Rat which will officially start on the 25th of January 2020.
For Panerai this is a true tradition within a tradition which started in 2009 with the celebration of the Year of the Ox and culminating today, in the 12th year, with the Luminor Sealand – 44 mm dedicated to the Year of the Rat. This is the 12th Panerai Luminor Sealand model and marks the end of the 12-year cycle in which each year is distinguished by a sign of the zodiac represented by an animal.
Both ambitious and brilliant, those born under this sign use their intelligence and shrewdness to adapt to any situation, easily overcoming the problems and pitfalls of everyday life. They are also endowed with inspiration and intelligence, qualities which they share with the rat, the animal represented on the steel cover of the Luminor Sealand – 44 mm dedicated to it.
A distinguishing feature of every Sealand, the decorated cover – with a signalling mirror inside – is hinged at 12 o’clock on the brush-finished AISI 316L steel case of the 44-mm model. This aesthetic and functional element protects the grey dial with its printed Arabic numerals and linear hour-markers, supplemented by luminous SuperLumiNovaTM dots.
The decoration of the cover has been engraved by hand by Italian master craftsmen using the ancient art of sparsello. This technique is named after the tool, like a little scalpel, which is used to make incisions. These are then inlayed with gold threads which are carefully hammered to fill the recesses. This operation takes up to 50 hours of work for each watch.
The mechanical movement of the new Luminor Sealand – 44 mm is the P. 9010 Calibre with a power reserve of three days provided by twin spring barrels, and rapid time adjustment which also changes the calendar. With automatic winding and only 6 mm thick, it was entirely conceived and developed at the Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel.
Water-resistant to a depth of 10 bar (about 100 metres), the new Luminor Sealand – 44 mm is fitted with a semi-matt calf strap, gold in colour with beige stitching, and it is presented in a pear wood box. It is supplied with a second strap of black rubber, a special tool for changing the strap and a screwdriver to remove the buckle.
Panerai Luminor Sealand Year of the Rat – 44mm Technical Specification
Ref. PAM00863 – Unique edition of 88 units/boutique exclusive
MOVEMENT:
- Automatic mechanical
- P.9010
- 13¾ lignes
- 6 mm thick
- 200 components
- 31 jewels
- 28,800 alternations/hour
- GlucydurTM balance
- IncablocTM anti-shock device
- Two spring barrels
- Executed entirely by Panerai
FUNCTIONS:
- Hours, minutes, small seconds
- Date.
POWER RESERVE:
- 3 days.
CASE:
- In AISI 316L brushed steel
- Diameter 44 mm
- Thickness 15.80 mm
- Cover in brushed steel, engraved by hand, decorated with inlayed gold threads and lacquered
- Brushed steel Panerai Safety Lock deviceTM protecting the winding crown
- Sapphire crystal obtained from corundum
- Screw back in brushed steel
DIAL:
- Grey, with sun-brushed central section
- Printed Arabic numerals and hour markers
- Applied luminous Super-LumiNovaTM dots with green luminescence
- Small seconds dial at 9 o’clock
- Date at 3 o’clock
STRAP:
- In semi-matt calf,
- Golden with beige stitching,
- With trapezoid buckle clasp in brushed steel.
- Additional rubber strap, black.
WATER-RESISTANCE:
- 10 bar (~100 metres).
