How Panerai’s Naval DNA Lives On in the Luminor

In the 1930s, the Royal Italian Navy (a.k.a the Regia Marina) faced a tactical crisis: their elite frogmen lacked a way to synchronize movements or track bottom time in pitch-black waters. With war on the horizon and technology rapidly changing, they turned to a small Florentine instrument maker called Panerai to come up with a solution. Nearly a century later, the Panerai Luminor is a top-tier luxury watch with dozens of variants, from the Luminor Marina Bronzo to the limited-edition Luminor...