Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio/DLC Bucherer BLUE

Black on blue, bold “Bucherer BLUE” version.

As the world’s largest watch retailer, the Swiss-based Bucherer company has enough influence to do things its own way… This means creating its own personalized watches, made by some of the most prestigious brands around, and One is called “Bucherer Blue”. After going through multiple versions including IWC, Longines, Breguet, GO or Oris, it’s time for Bucherer to have his own replica Panerai watch-in fact, this is caused by The second watch made by the Florentine manufacturer. Meet the new Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio/DLC Bucherer BLUE.

Who is Bucherer?
Bucherer is a private company headquartered in Switzerland, with a history dating back to 1888, when businessman and entrepreneur Carl-Friedrich Bucherer opened the first professional watch and jewelry store in Lucerne. As the business grew, Bucherer became one of the first Rolex retailers in 1924 and remains Bucherer’s most important partner. After World War II, business continued to grow, and the family business opened branches in other Swiss towns and tourist destinations.

In Switzerland, Bucherer acquired Kurz Group in 1989 and Swiss Lion AG in 2001. The independent company Carl F. Bucherer was also established in 2001, continuing the watchmaking tradition of the Bucherer family dating back to 1919. In 2013, Bucherer opened the world’s largest watch and jewellery store in Paris-this is your must visit and love watch in Paris. With the acquisition of The Watch Gallery in 2017, Bucherer added four more boutiques in London. In January 2018, Bucherer took over the American luxury watch retailer Tourneau, which has 28 stores in the United States. Since then, Bucherer has been hailed as the world’s largest watch retailer.

Bucherer started to create his own “Bucherer BLUE” series, which has now been expanded to cover all kinds of timepieces, from Longines and Oris to Breguet or Vacheron Constantin. The newest one is Luminor Marina Titanio/DLC, which you will see in it.

New Panerai LUMINOR MARINA TITANIO/DLC
Bucherer’s latest collaboration watch under the “Bucherer BLUE” umbrella is the black and blue color scheme of Panerai’s iconic Luminor watch-this watch is based on the classic Luminor Marina PAM01312 (Acciaio) and PAM01351 (Titanio). In this case, the new Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio/DLC uses a 44 mm case with the classic proportions and shape of this model. It has a trademark crown protection and locking device.

The uniqueness of this “Bucherer BLUE” version is that the watch is made of titanium and is coated with a black DLC coating on the entire case to obtain a deep black effect-this is the brand’s standard series Not available in China, because most black watches are made of ceramic. For a more robust appearance, the case is completely brushed. To strengthen this bold design, Bucherer chose a casual anthracite denim bracelet with beige stitching. Please also note that the display box contains a black rubber strap with a strap replacement tool.

This new Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio/DLC is part of the “Bucherer Blue” series and must use this iconic color on the dial. To this end, the two partners developed a new (fashionable) blue sandwich dial with vertical satin stripes. The plate under the dial is covered with a retro-style beige Super-LumiNova. The date wheel at 3 o’clock relies on the same color scheme, with the hands blacked out.

Powering this watch, and behind a special caseback, is the P.9010 automatic movement made by Panerai, with a central rotor and a 3-day power reserve, thanks to two barrels. The movement uses a modern engine with a frequency of 4 Hz, which can display the central hours and minutes, small seconds and date.

Technical specifications-PANERAI LUMINOR MARINA TITANIO/DLC BUCHERER BLUE PAM01021
Case: 44 mm diameter-brushed titanium, black DLC coated case and bezel-domed sapphire crystal dial with anti-reflective coating on the dial side-patented crown guard and locking system-30 bars / 300 meters water resistance
Dial: Bucherer blue sandwich dial, vertical satin stripes-beige luminous material-black hands
Movement: Calibre P.9010, internal-automatic with central rotor-6.0 mm thick-200 parts-31 jewels-28,800 vibrations per hour-power reserve 3 days (72 hours), with two barrels-hour , Minutes, small seconds, date
Strap: Anthracite denim bracelet with beige stitching-DLC coated pin buckle-Also includes black rubber strap and strap change tool
Reference: PAM01021