Panerai Releases a New Coveted Submersible Bronzo Dive Watch

Earlier this year, at Geneva's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, Panerai announced the addition of a fourth pillar to its familiar range of watches Known as the Submersible line, the dive watch collection has long belonged to the brand's Luminor 1950 range While many of the wristwatches under the Submersible label incorporate newfangled alloys, such as Carbotech, a lightweight, carbon fiber material, and innovative metals such as EcoTitanium, Panerai's latest addition to the line places one of the world's most primitive metals front and center.

Weighing 161 grams, the Panerai Submersible Bronzo bucks the lightweight trend so popular among contemporary watchmakers in favor of a timepiece with an unmistakable heft Weight is hardly the only thing the elegant dive watch has going for it "In terms of a material, bronze is one of the most unique ones available in watchmaking- its ability to change and evolve over time, based on who the owner is and how he lives his life, makes it a truly, if perhaps the only, authentically personalized watch in existence," says Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué, referring to the one-of-a-kind patina that forms on the surface of each bronze timepiece.

"This is a piece that has, from its launch, become one of the most collectible and coveted watches in the industry, only available to Panerai's very top global clients," Pontroué says. . Source