Back in the spring of 2024 Panerai launched (technically relaunched) the Luminor Deici Giorni, a stylish GMT watch with a 10-day power reserve. A 10-day power reserve is a very impressive feat requiring not one, not two but three spring barrels. For context, most wristwatches only have one. A few months later at the end of summer Panerai have released a follow up watch featuring the same movement and complications in a new case with fresh colours, the Panerai Luminor Dieci Giorni GMT Ceramica.
Starting with the 44mm case, you may be able to guess from the name Ceramica that it’s made from ceramic, a high-tech, extremely hardwearing and virtually scratchproof material created through a complex firing process. It’s presented here in black, which is one of the most common colours of ceramic because it suits the matte finish of the material as well as being one of the easier to produce, since creating an even colour across a ceramic watch is unbelievably difficult.
The colour gives the watch a dark, stealthy appearance that wouldn’t look out of place on a military dive watch, which is of course where Panerai got their start in life, supplying the Italian navy. The same is true of the olive green sandwich dial, which is equally serious a militaristic save for the sunray brush finishing that catches the light nicely. The display features central hours, seconds and 12-hour GMT hand, with small seconds and day/night indicator on a subdial at 9 o’clock, a linear power reserve indicator at 6 and a date window at 3.
The movement providing the titular Dieci Giorni 10-day power reserve is the P.2003, which was the first calibre Panerai developed in their Neuchatel manufacture. It’s visible though the exhibition caseback. As mentioned, it has three spring barrels as well as a free-sprung balance. It’s a very impressive movement that in combination with the upgraded ceramic case and green dial leads to a price of £16,800, which feels like an appropriate increase from the £13,200 of the steel edition.
Price and Specs:
More details at Panerai.
