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Main Forums => General Discussion - Modern Watches => Topic started by: TheHobbit on December 28, 2013, 11:16:03 AM

Title: Minute markers
Post by: TheHobbit on December 28, 2013, 11:16:03 AM

It was an interesting question posed once in the forum about the lack of minute markers in Panerai watches. Since I am nursing a bad back and will not be going anywhere soon, I decided to check out just how many Panerai watches or models did Panerai make that had minute markers.

So out with the books....

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3766_zpsb82b99af.jpg)

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3767_zps2e5323ed.jpg)

Special Edition catalogue.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3768_zps85b58585.jpg)

Normal catalogue.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3769_zps17eabbbd.jpg)

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3770_zps0f87c38c.jpg)

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_3771_zps2cddc6f5.jpg)

Not forgetting the website....

Interestingly I found 104 models have minute markers. So if we consider that Panerai have made 532 models (counting to PAM00532), that is about 20% of the watches that Panerai makes, have minute markers. And we know that Panerai do not use all the numbers, so the percentage will only go up. Cool....

Some of the current models with minute markers....

PAM00088

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00088_front_zpsc4199df0.png)

PAM00090.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00090_front_zps8206bc76.png)

PAM00113.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00113_front_zpsffb4078b.png)

PAM00114.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/Pam114_Cat_Front_B_liv_zps134e868b.png)

PAM00523.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00523_front_zpse1898940.png)

PAM00503.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/Pam503_front_zps2af73f34.png)

PAM00524.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00524_front_zpsa8920637.png)

PAM00526.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00526_front_zpsfbd83d71.png)

Of course if you look at older models, you can find pieces like the ones below.

PAM00165.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/panerai_image1875151_zps3a6b0c23.jpg)

PAM00091.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/watch_zpscd321b2e.jpg)

Photographs: Panerai

As for me, I only have the PAM00003 that have the minute markers.

Title: Re: Minute markers
Post by: kenji1903 on December 28, 2013, 11:24:17 AM

i personally prefer PAMs without the minute markers ;D

Title: Re: Minute markers
Post by: Everdying on December 28, 2013, 11:57:15 AM

where the california dials? :P

Title: Re: Minute markers
Post by: mav23 on December 28, 2013, 02:18:18 PM

for pam, the cleaner the dial the merrier it is  8)

Title: Re: Minute markers
Post by: Jules Vega on December 28, 2013, 08:53:45 PM

Really informative. Thank you for the effort. The site is proving to be a wealth of information by the day.

Title: Re: Minute markers
Post by: TheHobbit on December 28, 2013, 09:21:22 PM

Quote from: Glampyre on December 28, 2013, 11:57:15 AM

where the california dials? :P

As requested, some of the cali dial models....

PAM00424.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/Pam424_Cat_Front_B_zpsbbf9c267.png)

PAM00448.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/Pam448_Cat_Front_D_zpsd7701ca5.png)

PAM00249.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/pam00249_front_zps990f74c1.png)

PAM00376

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/PAM00376_front_zpsa2b18e91.png)

PAM00349.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/PAM349_FRONT_zps5d084144.png)