Officine Panerai - Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days, new models

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The Luminor Marina, one of the world’s most appreciated Panerai models, has been updated with new case proportions.

This case is faithful to the historic design with the device protecting the winding crown made for the Italian Navy in the 1940s and 1950s, but thanks to the adoption of the new movement, it is now much thinner and lighter than those of the models already in collection.

The six new Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic models differ in their dimensions, finish, materials and dial designs, but they share the functions and technical characteristics of the same movement, the automatic P.9010 calibre beating at 28,800 vph and offering 72 hours of power reserve.

Entirely developed and created in the Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel, this movement has central hour and minute hands, the small seconds dial at 9 o’clock and the date at 3 o’clock. The energy necessary to accumulate a power reserve of three days – the basic standard for Panerai in-house movements – is stored in two spring barrels whose springs are wound by an oscillating weight operating in both directions.

We list below the six new Luminor Marina 1950 models.

Luminor Marina 1950 Carbotech 3 Days Automatic 44 mm PAM00661
This is the first Luminor Marina made using carbotech, a high-performance material with an irregular, matt black appearance, which makes each piece different from all the others. The black dial features luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Water resistant to 300 metres / 990 feet. Differently from the other five models, the PAM00661 model has a solid case back.

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic 44 mm PAM01359
44 mm brushed steel case with polished bezel framing a black dial with small and large Arabic numerals. Water resistant to 300 metres / 990 feet.

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic 44 mm PAM01312
44 mm brushed steel case with polished bezel framing a black dial with Arabic numerals and baton markers. Water resistant to 300 metres / 990 feet.

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic 44 mm PAM01499
44 mm brushed steel case with polished bezel case framing a white dial with Arabic numerals and luminous dot markers. Water resistant to 300 metres / 990 feet.

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic 42 mm PAM01392
42 mm brushed steel case with polished bezel framing a black dial with Arabic numerals and baton markers. Water resistant to 100 metres / 330 feet.

Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic 42 mm PAM01523
42 mm polished steel case framing a white dial with Arabic numerals and luminous dot markers. Water resistant to 100 metres / 330 feet.

The picture below shows the thickness of the new Luminor Marina 1950 models compared to the cases of the existing Luminor 1950 and the new Luminor Due (presented here).