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INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa

INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa

Felix Scholz

2019 is shaping up to be the year of the Submersible for Panerai, with the brand hitting hard with a collection full of their most modern takes on the dive watch. And one of the coolest is the Submersible Luna Rossa, a very cool carbon fibre number made to honour their brand new partnership with the 36th America’s Cup challenger of record, team Luna Rossa, and their AC75.

Luna Rossa america's cup

The first watch in this partnership is a 47mm large Carbotech case, and the material takes on a completely different, much more stealthy characteristic here than on the previous Carbotech model, thanks to the complementary dial and rubber strap. The dial is quite interesting too, a textured black that is literally textured, given that pieces of the sail of the Luna Rossa have been applied to it. On top of that, there’s a GMT, one of the few flashes of colour in this otherwise monochromatic landscape (the other is the small seconds at nine). The movement, hidden behind a titanium back engraved with the boat, is the P.9010 Manufacture movement. The complete package is rated to 30 bar.

Luna Rossa caseback

Specifications

Brand

Panerai

Model

Submersible Luna Rossa

Case Size

47mm

Case Material

Carbotech, with titanium caseback

Dial

Grey with sailcloth, luminous hour markers and dots. Date at 3 o’clock, small seconds at 9 o’clock.

Strap

black rubber, trapezoidal brushed titanium buckle

Movement

P.9010

Crystal

Sapphire

Functions

GMT, date

Bezel

Carbotech, rotating