Quaranta is Italian and means the number 40. This is how the Italian-rooted Panerai Replica has simply named its model series, which brings the manufacturer known for its masculine size policy closer to those users who are looking for a smaller-sized “Pannu” for their wrist.

Due to its size, Quaranta is placed in Panerai’s size hierarchy in the series of medium-sized watches, between the Submersible, Luminor and Radiomir collections, and the Luminor Due launched by Panerai as a women’s collection. Quaranta, on the other hand, is a series of watches that permeates different collections, which are specifically united by the size of 40 millimeters. A good example of this is the previously introduced Luminor Quaranta, which was a 40 millimeter version of the popular Luminor Marina model series.

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The Luminor collection was introduced in 1993, the characteristic features of which are the cushion-style watch case, the patented pull-knob protection mechanism, and clear hour indexes. The Luminor Marina model series introduced at the same time brought a small seconds dial placed at nine o’clock. This small seconds dial remained Marina’s exclusive for a long time, but later it has appeared in other models as well. For this reason, the split second can also be found in the Submersible collection, which before its “independence” was a model series of the Luminor collection. Submersibles produced before 2019 can be recognized by the LUMINOR SUBMERSIBLE text on the dial”.

The introduction of the Luminor Due collection in 2016 was the first step towards a more refined style, where a caricatured collection of watches was brought to people who stayed closely out of the water, on the deck of a yacht if possible. However, Luminor Due, presented as Panerai’s first women’s collection, was a unisex collection that for the first time offered an ever-growing selection of watches for those who appreciate good styles.

For Panerai purists, this was a tight spot, as Panerai, originally designed for the combat divers of the Italian Navy, jumped out of its established compartment – and especially from its water resistance characteristic of a diver’s watch, which was 30 meters on the Due. At this point, many people forgot the fact that the watch model designed for combat divers was the Radiomir and the Luminor only came on the market in 1993, but the leap from the deep end to the edge of the swimming pool (or the deck of a yacht) was undoubtedly a bold move.

There are six different models of the watch, of which the gold-shell model with a light dial was presented in the spring in Geneva at the Watches & Wonders event. Four steel-shelled models (black, blue, light, green) were presented after the trade fair with less fanfare, of which the green-faced model (PAM01386) is unfortunately an online store model of 500 pieces. In addition to this, there is a model with a gold cover and a green panel.