PANERAI Luminor Marina LOGO 3 Days STEEL PAM00776

PANERAI has unveiled a new collection of ‘’Luminor Logo’’ models for SIHH 2018. The collection includes 3 Luminor Base models and 3 Luminor Marina.



This is the Luminor Marina Logo 3 Days Acciaio 44MM AKA PAM00776. The watch has black dial with white OP Logo and black leather band.

Panerai’s old school OP Logo models not only sell better, but are generally more collectible than others.



The OP Logo consists of the interlinked letters O and P with two arrows pointing up and down, this logo refers to Officine Panerai’s two historic vocations, the sea and the sky as they created optical and other precision instruments for the Royal Italian Navy, not only for underwater operations but also for searching the skies.



Basic specifications of the Luminor Marina Logo include: a 44mm in diameter 44mm, AISI 316L polished steel case with a water-resistance of 100 meters.



Powering the models is a hand-wound mechanical, P.6000 caliber, 15½ lignes, 4.5mm thick, 19 jewels, 21,600 alternations per hour. Incabloc anti-shock device. 3 Days Power Reserve, one barrel. It comprises of 110 components.



This is a simple, classic style that you would not easily tire of but which of the three do you like best? Has to be the blue logo on black for me – perfect!

PANERAI Luminor Marina LOGO 3 Days STEEL PAM00777

PANERAI has unveiled a new collection of ‘’Luminor Logo’’ models for SIHH 2018. The collection includes 3 Luminor Base models and 3 Luminor Marina.



This is the Luminor Marina Logo 3 Days Acciaio 44MM AKA PAM00777. The watch has black dial with blue OP Logo and blue textile band.

Panerai’s old school OP Logo models not only sell better, but are generally more collectible than others.



The OP Logo consists of the interlinked letters O and P with two arrows pointing up and down, this logo refers to Officine Panerai’s two historic vocations, the sea and the sky as they created optical and other precision instruments for the Royal Italian Navy, not only for underwater operations but also for searching the skies.



Basic specifications of the Luminor Marina Logo include: a 44mm in diameter 44mm, AISI 316L polished steel case with a water-resistance of 100 meters.



Powering the models is a hand-wound mechanical, P.6000 caliber, 15½ lignes, 4.5mm thick, 19 jewels, 21,600 alternations per hour. Incabloc anti-shock device. 3 Days Power Reserve, one barrel. It comprises of 110 components.



This is a simple, classic style that you would not easily tire of but which of the three do you like best? Has to be the blue logo on black for me – perfect!

PANERAI Luminor Marina LOGO 3 Days STEEL PAM00778

PANERAI has unveiled a new collection of ‘’Luminor Logo’’ models for SIHH 2018. The collection includes 3 Luminor Base models and 3 Luminor Marina.



This is the Luminor Marina Logo 3 Days Acciaio 44MM AKA PAM00778. The watch has white dial with blue OP Logo and tan leather band.

Panerai’s old school OP Logo models not only sell better, but are generally more collectible than others.



The OP Logo consists of the interlinked letters O and P with two arrows pointing up and down, this logo refers to Officine Panerai’s two historic vocations, the sea and the sky as they created optical and other precision instruments for the Royal Italian Navy, not only for underwater operations but also for searching the skies.



Basic specifications of the Luminor Marina Logo include: a 44mm in diameter 44mm, AISI 316L polished steel case with a water-resistance of 100 meters.



Powering the models is a hand-wound mechanical, P.6000 caliber, 15½ lignes, 4.5mm thick, 19 jewels, 21,600 alternations per hour. Incabloc anti-shock device. 3 Days Power Reserve, one barrel. It comprises of 110 components.



This is a simple, classic style that you would not easily tire of but which of the three do you like best? Has to be the blue logo on black for me – perfect!

ULYSSE NARDIN Hammerhead DEEP DIVE

Here’s something a little out of the left field, an actual full-on tool-diver from UN. It’s the newest member of their Hammerhead Divers’ Collection, named a little too predictably – Deep Dive, but we can forgive that because by all accounts this is a damn cool watch.



Let’s just process the design a moment. Like any member of the Hammerhead collection it is adorned with a Hammerhead motif which is all very nice – UN have even gone to the trouble of engraving a shark somewhere on the outside of the case and filling it with red enamel, but what we are really looking at is that great big un-UN-like, hulking crown-locking device where it can be found.



If you’re more of a diver’s for the boardroom rather than the bathtub kinda guy then you might not like the Deep Dive – the Diver Le LOCLE might be more to your liking, but if you like your divers to look rugged and purposeful then this might be UN’s greatest diver, ever.



To be honest crown-looking devices are for the most a superfluous feature on a modern dive watch. Do we really need to actually clamp down a crown when a simple screwed-thread will suffice? No. But like any piece of over-engineering it's a nifty little design feature that will put a smile on your face – which is good enough.



The thing is even UN are little unsure of how the new Hammerhead Deep Dive will be received as they have tentatively only planned a Limited Edition of just 300 pieces – not sure that’ll be enough – I see further iterations in the future. Then again with an MSRP of 12000CHF!



Divers features of the Hammerhead Deep Dive Ref. 3203-500LE-3/93-HAMMER include: a 46mm Titanium case with a water-resistance to 1000 meters, a Sapphire crystal, a screw-down security crown, an HEV (9 o’clock), a partially rubber-clad Titanium unidirectional rotational divers bezel and a rubber divers strap with expandable elements and folding clasp both in Titanium.



Power comes from a Caliber UN-320, self-winding movement with a Silicium spiral and anchor escapement. Its functions include: a date at 3 o'clock, front and back date corrector and sub-seconds counter at 5 o'clock. The movement has a Ulysse Nardin Performance Certificate.

So what do you think? Is this an over-designed, over-priced FROGMAN or is it instant grail material? Personally I love it and but only from a far. I hope they make more than 300.

JAEGER-LeCOULTRE Polaris AUTOMATIC

For 2018 JLC have created a brand-new Polaris collection which includes: an auto, a DATE, a CHRONO and a special MEMOVOX edition with an alarm.



Taking its inspiration from the 1968 Memovox Polaris, the new JLC Polaris Automatic in steel is equipped with either a leather band or steel bracelet, and is water-resistant to a depth of 100 meters.



The Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date is finished in a sporty, casual style; it boasts a delicate case-band integrated with short lugs. The elongated numerals and hour markers, as well as the baton hands, are coated with a luminescent finish.



Basic spec. includes: a 41mm by 11.2mm Stainless steel case which is water-resistance to 10 ATM – (so it would seem that the 100m WR is due to the slimmer style of this model whereas others in the collection get 200m)

Power comes from an automatic, self-winding, Cal. 898E/1, single Barrel with 28800 vph.



It has a JLC’s classic compressor-style case with Twin-Crowns, positioned at 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock, one to turn the rehaut and one for adjusting the time and winding the movement.



The watch’s sleek dial, is available in black, grey or in different grades of blue with brushed-polished finish of the case and readability of the luminescent coating make the Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Automatic with a steel strap or leather band.



MSRPS 6300USD (leather) – 7600USD (steel)

JAEGER-LeCOULTRE Polaris MEMOVOX 50th Anniversary ALARM

The JLC Memovox is back and this time it isn’t a tribute watch as such, it’s an actual new watch, a contemporary re-design of a Grande Maison classic from 1968 but with all the latest JLC mechanical tech.

So, yeah, it is a kind a tribute to the iconic Polaris Memovox from a bygone era and yes, it’s more very nicely redone vintage from JLC, I am not exactly gushing, but to be fair, it is an exceptional watch with some really nice modern touches.



Basic spec. includes: a 42mm by 15.9mm Stainless steel case which is water-resistance to 20 bar – (holy sh!t finally a proper 200m WR, I’m shocked!)

Power comes from an automatic, self-winding, Cal. 956 made up of 268 components and with 28800 vph and 23 jewels.



And now to the best part – the 2018 Polaris Memovox watch is equipped with an alarm, indicated by a small triangle on a rotating disk in the center of the dial.

Simply, pull the crown at 2 o'clock and turn it counter-clockwise to rotate the disk and align the triangle with the desired time. To wind the mechanism, push back the crown and turn it clockwise.



Its case-back bears two engravings: a delicate stylized diving helmet, a nod to the original model that hid this same symbol inside its case; and a 50th anniversary an inscription to commemorate the date the Memovox Polaris timepiece was created in 1968.



I was hoping for an update of the JLC Diving collection, perhaps that will come next year. So until then we’ll have to make do with the incredible new Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Memovox which is a Limited Series of 1000 editions and has an MSRP of 12600USD.