Panerai Partners with Brabus to Launch its First Skeletonized Automatic, the Submersible “Black Ops” Edition
In its continuing quest to bring innovative materials from the world of high-end boating into its watch portfolio ? particularly into its most marine-ready collection, the Submersible ? Panerai has partnered with Brabus, a German engineering firm that customizes high-performance automobiles and other vehicles. One of those vehicles, the “Black Ops” line of luxury dayboats, provides the template for the first watch to emerge from the collaboration, the Submersible S Brabus Black Ops Edition. The “S” in the model’s name signifies its main talking point: it’s the first Panerai watch outfitted with a skeletonized automatic movement.
The watch, a limited edition of only 100 pieces, was three years in development, according to Panerai, and among its notable features is a patented, polarized date display at 3 o’clock, which allows the date disk to be viewed through an opening without covering up the mechanics of the openworked movement behind it. The 47-mm case is made of Carbotech, a robust composite material that Panerai has used in watch cases since 2015 (more detail on it can be found here), and includes the ratcheting unidirectional dive-scale bezel and patented Safety Lock crown-protecting device characteristic of the Submersible family of timepieces.
The case’s dark gray color and the dial’s red details harmonize to re-create the hallmark Brabus color palette of gunmetal gray, black and red. The German fir...
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