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At first glance, the 49 mm by 21.9 mm high quality replica Panerai watches looks like a standard model for the company. (The exception is its case, made of Ti-Ceramitech, a patent-pending material whereby ceramitized titanium is put through a Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation process to achieve its special matte-blue hue.) But a simple push of the clicker, located beneath the Elux-branded protector at eight o’clock, illuminates the hands, indexes, subdial, power reserve—even the triangular pip on the bezel. It’s the first mechanical best 1:1 Panerai copy watches UK where lume can be activated on demand, rather than by absorbing and re-emitting light, which is how Super-LumiNova, the industry standard, works. It sounds simple, yet the invention was eight years in the making in Panerai’s Laboratorio di Idee, the company’s research and development workshop, and required four patents.
The Swiss movements replica Panerai Ref. PAM01800 watches, which is water resistant up to 1,640 feet, achieves its glow thanks to four minuscule barrels that draw on the movement’s kinetic energy and then, at the push of the button, unwind in a microgenerator, thus converting that energy into electricity that can power the LEDs for up to 30 minutes. (Another two barrels are used to power the movement, which has a three-day power reserve.) Should time run out on the activated lume, the top Panerai super clone watches also sports Super-LumiNova on the indices, hour markers, minute hand, and bezel dot.
Limited to just 150 pieces at $96,300 each, with only 50 pieces released each year through 2026, getting your hands on one is likely a shot in the dark. But for those elite top wholesale replica Panerai watches obsessives who have cultivated deep collections and the connections to match, the future looks bright indeed.