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Offline fireken

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Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« on: September 01, 2014, 10:56:50 PM »
Anybody know what is the different between  luminor 1950 vs luminor? Both look quite same to me.. Try to search internet but no much info...

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 08:47:14 AM »
47 vs 44

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 09:46:15 AM »
base on my limited knowledge... casing is different... numerals are fatter and shorter in the 1950... i personally prefer this design...

all 1950s are 47mm except for 312 @ 44mm and 392 @ 42mm both from contemporary series (auto)

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 06:06:06 PM »
crown guard different as well

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2014, 10:59:22 PM »
not the size ....

the design

1950 is cushion case...
luminor is not

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2014, 02:07:25 PM »
Technically it is the case design. The 1950 case is based on the case design Panerai used in the 1950s. There also have the 1940 case design which is a mix of the Radiomir case design of the 1930s minus the wire lugs. It is just a progression of 'improvements' to the case design. The current cases that we are familiar with (44mm) is called the Bettarini case, named after the case designer Alessandro Bettarini.

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2014, 11:24:33 AM »
Thanks for the all the info... Have further check with AD and found some differences.

The different has been highlighted 
Case - 1950 is cushion casing while luminor is not..(as highlight by chrisyen)
Movement - 1950 is in house movement while luminor is modify movement based in eta(still not sure about this facts, hope any sifu can confirm)
Crown guard - 1950 shown reg at crown guard while luminor has no wording
Date - 1950 date window is a square one while luminor date window is have magnifying glass.


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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2014, 01:41:17 PM »
Thanks for the all the info... Have further check with AD and found some differences.

The different has been highlighted 
Case - 1950 is cushion casing while luminor is not..(as highlight by chrisyen)
Movement - 1950 is in house movement while luminor is modify movement based in eta(still not sure about this facts, hope any sifu can confirm)
Crown guard - 1950 shown reg at crown guard while luminor has no wording
Date - 1950 date window is a square one while luminor date window is have magnifying glass.

I think there is a need to clarify the situation.

Luminor refers to the basic design where the dial does not have the seconds sub dial or what is referred as base. In your question, what is the difference between the 1950 Luminor and Luminor. I am guessing the Luminor you refer are models like the Pam112? The basic difference then is the case used. The Luminor 1950 uses the 1950 case, while the Luminor uses the Bettarini case. Yes the 1950 case has more a cushion shape compared to the Bettarini case.

With regards to the above, the pam243 has a 1950 case, eta movement and magnifying glass.

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Re: Panerai Luminor 1950 vs Luminor
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2014, 05:17:35 PM »
A good thread for learning on differences on 1950 vs bettarini

Sifus please keep the info coming  :thumbsup: