2022-04-04

PANERAI Submersible QuarantaQuattro BIANCO [more white done right?]

If this was a pizza it’d be pizza bianca but it isn’t; it’s another damn nice looking Submerisble BIANCO only it comes in a new mid-sized case and is sporting a diver’s strap in military green.

You don’t need to be proficient in Italian to work out what QuarantaQuattro is all about; QuarantaQuattro is to 2022’s new Submersibles collection what quattro formaggi is to pizza! 

It’s Panerai’s newfangled way of referring to a recently introduced 44mm case diameter for their dedicated Submersible diver’ watch family –

brand nomenclature , where by all new models moving forward will now receive their case-size designations in Italian; such as the Luminor Quaranta models. 

Why? Well because QuarantaQuattro just sounds better than 44mm, doesn’t it!

Introducing the new Submersible QuarantaQuattro Bianco AKA PAM01226, recently debuted alongside several other QuarantaQuattro (44mm) Submersible models at Watches and Wonders 2022 in Geneva. Its 44mm diameter case is in AISI 316L Stainless steel with a brushed finish and has a water-resistant to 300m. Its matte white dial is comes with a black handset and matching black-ringed appliqué markers.

Powering the watch is an automatic mechanical, P.900 caliber, with 23 jewels, 28,800 alternations/hour, Incabloc anti-shock protection and a power-reserve of 3 days. 

MSRP in Switzerland is CHF 9'000 incl. sales tax.

Thoughts? I used to have an innate aversion to white dials until I saw THIS; now this winsome, white, wristwatch has wowed me.

I don’t think my next watch will be white (I know what that will be, already) but maybe the one after that will have a white dial. But how about you?

 

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