Panerai has a longstanding reputation for manufacturing high quality diving watches. Panerai began providing the Italian Navy with Rado Replica watches for divers. As high-tech world of luxury sports watch in a position to make the navigation tree Panerai watches is a good as any other clock maker.1860 Giovanni Panerai founded the family business and opens the first watchmaker shop in Florence, Ponte alle Grazie and establishes contact with famous and traditional Swiss watch manufacturers.1890/1900 Guido Panerai, grandson of the founder, expands the business his grandfather and give new impetus, specializing in high precision mechanisms and the official supplier to the Royal Italian Navy. 1900 At the turn of the century, the shop moved to the Piazza San Giovanni in Florence, where the Panerai boutique can today.1938 production Radiomir watches begins for the Italian Navy with a large (47 mm diameter) cushion-shaped case, wire loop strap system in the case, screwed crown, welded to read luminous dial dive in the dark, and gave a hand wound mechanical movement Rolex1940s up clock Luminor.
The water resistance is firmly secured by a locking device in case of PIN, then play clocks in at a depth of 200 meters, a remarkable achievement for its time. This device will be patented in Italy in 1956 and 1960.1956 the United States at the request of the Egyptian Navy, Panerai Luminor creates a large clock with Angelus movement with power reserve of 8 days and the time scale of 5 minutes to calculate dumping times.1980 produce a prototype titanium watch for an equivalent pressure at a depth 1000 metres.1997 Richemont acquires Officine Panerai and the company's range of Replica Rado Watches, compass, torches and depth gauges.2001 start of the first boutique Panerai survive in history area of Piazza San Giovanni in Florence.2002 opening a production facility in Neuchatel, and the first in Asia, Prince Building in Hong Kong.2003 opening of the Panerai Boutique in Portofino. 2004 The Radiomir collection is enhanced by the model of 8 days.
This is a return to the past by reintroducing a range of modern machinery has already experienced Officine Panerai, the hand-wound 8 days autonomy has movement.2005 2005, the store Panerai Corporation in Shanghai and Los Angeles. This year marks the debut of the caliber Panerai P.2002, the first interior designed exercise and produce 100 percent of Panerai. The stock of energy, with 8 days of operation independently released Angelus movements of the 1940s, created by the action of the new study, consisting of three drums and indication.For Highlights linear indicator of reserve power achieved: Panerai is defined as one of the most modern producers of innovation at the forefront of the movement, storage and majestic self-Fanclub, the Paneristi do with the signing of the continuous development and maritime history secret.