Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Panerai Luminor 1950 Chrono Monopulsante Left-Handed 8 Days
Panerai’s heritage as a pioneer of left-handed chronographs goes back to the days when the company made watches for the commandos of the Royal Italian Navy in the 1930s and ’40s. The commandos preferred to wear their watches on the right wrist, because they wore their compasses and depth gauges on their left, so the […]
By Adrienne Faurote
At Auction: A Rolex Panerai?
Panerai was originally a maker of precision instruments, as well as watches, but when the company set out to produce dive watches for the Italian Navy in the 1930s, it turned to Rolex for help. No watch brand at the time had yet cracked the code for water resistance, but Panerai knew that Rolex had […]