SIHH 2013: Panerai PAM526 Luminor 1950 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback Titanio 47mm

Jan 21, 2013,06:03 AM
 

The start of a vintage yacht race is a moment of remarkable beauty. The boats of every class, with timbers sometimes a hundred years  old  or more, gather together at the  starting line between the  buoys, driven  only by the  wind  which fills the  sails and  by the  skill of the  captains and  crews who with  a few  simple instruments must carry  out  complicated tactics to  master the  sea,  the wind  and  time.  Timing  in particular is crucial:  in the  minutes preceding the  start,  marked by the ritual  of  the  strict  countdown  signalled by  the  judges’ flags,  the  Lords of  the  sea  must line up behind the buoys without crossing the imaginary line before the race has started. It is not a simple operation for yachts which are often tens of metres long  with  an immense sail area exposed to the unpredictable nature of the elements.





These are passionate moments at the start of which Officine Panerai is well aware, given that since 2005 it has sponsored the  Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge, the  main  international circuit of races for vintage and  classic  yachts. From  the  most beautiful locations of the  Mediterranean Sea to the waters of the Solent,  from the Caribbean Sea to the coast of New  England on the East Coast of the United States of America, Officine Panerai  gathers together each  season hundreds of vintage yachts and thousands of sailors to celebrate the beauty, elegance and uniqueness of yachts which have  been part  of the  history of sailing, since  the  end  of the  19th century to which many of them date  back.





From  the union  of Officine Panerai  and the world of classic  sailing the Luminor 1950 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback Titanio was  born.  This is a chronograph with  an automatic movement and a three-day power reserve, fitted with  the Regatta countdown function, specifically created for yacht racing  starts.

The remarkable simplicity of using the Regatta countdown function is evidence of the excellence of  the  technical innovation achieved by  the  new  P.9100/R automatic chronograph calibre,  the movement of the  new  Luminor 1950 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback Titanio.





An orange push-button at  four  o’clock moves the  central orange chronograph minute hand  back one minute at a time,  until it is at the  correct position in relation to the  length of the  countdown. On starting the  chronograph, by  pushing the  chronograph stop/start button at  ten  o’clock, the relative hands begin to move, indicating first the minutes and seconds which remain until the start, and  then,  when the  countdown has finished, the  time  elapsed since  the  start  of the  race.  The push-button at eight o’clock ends  the time measurement, returning all the chronograph hands to zero.  Alternatively, if it is operated while  the hands are still moving, it activates the return-to-zero (flyback) function of these hands, thus enabling a new  time  interval  to be measured immediately without having  to operate the stop and reset buttons.

The  black  dial  of  the  Luminor  1950 Regatta  3  Days Chrono Flyback Titanio has  the sandwich structure and the classic  Panerai  design distinguished by the large linear hour  markers and figures, enriched by the elements enabling the indications of the chronograph functions to be read.  The chronograph hands are central and  distinguished from each  other by different, easily recognised colours, while  the  orange hand  of  the  hours  rotates within  the  small  dial at three o’clock, mirroring the  small seconds dial at nine o’clock. The flange  carries  not  only the  scale  of up to 15 minutes for the countdown to the start,  with  the five final minutes picked out  in orange, but  also  the  tachymeter scale  expressed in knots which enable the  speed of the  yacht to  be measured over  a defined distance.





The  Luminor 1950  case  has  the  characteristic Panerai  lever  device for  protecting the  winding crown and it is 47 mm in diameter. It is made of brushed titanium, a material which is light, strong and  non-allergenic, contrasting with  the  polished bezel.  On  the  back, a wide  sapphire crystal window reveals  the P.9100/R movement, with its rotor which winds the springs of the two barrels while  oscillating in both directions, providing a power reserve of three days.  The open back also permits the  admiration of  other details  of  the  sophisticated chronograph movement, with  its column wheel and variable  inertia balance which oscillates at 28,800 alternations/hour.





Water-resistant to  10 bar  (about 100  metres), as  is to  be  expected of  a professional sailing instrument, the Luminor 1950 Regatta 3 Days Chrono Flyback Titanio (PAM00526) is part of the Contemporary Collection. It is supplied with a rubber strap with strong sports connotations, using  a patented Officine Panerai  system enabling it to be easily replaced by means of the  little tool provided with the watch.


LUMINOR 1950 REGATTA 3 DAYS CHRONO FLYBACK TITANIO – 47mm

Movement:   Automatic mechanical, Panerai
P.9100/R calibre,  executed entirely  by  Panerai,
13¾ lignes, 9.55  mm thick,  37 jewels,  Glucydur® balance, 28,800  alternations/hour. KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two barrels. 328 components.

Functions:   Hours, minutes, small   seconds, flyback chronograph, regatta countdown, knots scale   for  calculation of  boat  speed, seconds reset.

Case:   Diameter 47   mm,    brushed  titanium. Engraved brushed titanium buttons for  the chronograph  functions  at   10  o’clock  and   8 o’clock. Brushed button and  orange surface for the regatta function at 4 o’clock.

Bezel: Polished titanium.

Back: See-through sapphire crystal.

Device protecting the crown: (protected as trademark) Brushed titanium.

Dial: Black  with  luminous Arabic  numerals and hour markers. Chronograph hour counter at 3 o’ clock, seconds at 9 o’clock, central chronograph seconds and minutes hands.

Crystal: Sapphire, made of corundum, 1.6 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.

Water-resistance: 10 bar (~ 100 metres).

Strap: PANERAI personalised rubber strap and trapezoidal brushed  titanium buckle. Supplied with  a second interchangeable strap,  a tool  for changing the strap and a steel screwdriver.

Reference: PAM00526





P.9100/R

Officine Panerai  has  for  many years  promoted the  Panerai  Classic  Yachts Challenge, the  most important international circuit  of regattas for classic  and vintage yachts. It has dedicated a series of watches to it which today have become cult items among collectors. The fascinating world of classic yachting shares with haute horlogerie the extraordinary ability to arouse great emotion and passion through a unique blend of history, technology, craftsmanship and  beauty. Values  which make every  vintage yacht unique, as well as every  Panerai  watch. To celebrate its special link with the  world of classic  yachts, Officine Panerai  has created the  P.9100/R calibre,  the  first Panerai watch with  a function specifically associated with  the  world of  sailing:  the  Regatta countdown function for the start  of the race.

The P.9100/R calibre is a development of the P.9100 automatic calibre with chronograph function. With  its flyback chronograph with  vertical clutch and  column wheel, the  P.9100/R is identical in architecture and diameter (13¾ lignes) to the P.9100 but it is a little thicker (9.55mm) and it has 26 more parts (328 altogether) as a result of the greater constructional complexity resulting from the addition of the Regatta countdown function.
The  indication of  the  countdown to  the  start  is displayed by  the  two central hands, and  it is controlled by the push-button at four o’clock. The minute hand  moves backwards by one minute each  time the push-button is pressed, until it reaches the position required for the duration of the countdown. At this point  it is only necessary to press on the  push-button at ten  o’clock to start the chronograph function. The hands begin to move, indicating the minutes and seconds which remain before the  start,  and  when the countdown is completed, they  continue to measure the time, thus displaying the time elapsed since the start of the race until the chronograph is stopped. The device which enables the minute hand to be moved backwards on operating the countdown function is controlled, like the  whole chronograph, by  the  column wheel. This is taller  than  the one  in the  P.9100 calibre  so that  it can engage the  correcting lever  which is mounted higher up, because it is located on an additional plate.

Functions
•     Hours, minutes, small seconds
•     Chronograph flyback
•     Regatta countdown function
•     Seconds reset

Technical specifications
•     Automatic winding
•     Power reserve of 3 days
•     328 components
•     37 jewels
•     13¾ lignes in diameter
•     9.55  mm thick
•     Two spring  barrels
•     Column wheel
•     Vertical  clutch
•      Oscillation frequency 4 Hz
•     KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device



This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2013-01-21 12:11:34


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