The Submersible family of Panerai’s storied military watch collections has experienced somewhat of an accelerated evolution in the past five years or so, ever since current CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué took over the helm in 2018. In one of his first acts as newly minted CEO, Pontroué would carve out the Submersible from the Luminor collection and have it stand on its own as Panerai’s flagship dive watch. It would retain everything we’ve come to know and love about the Luminor — its cushion-shaped case and its Safety Lock crown protection device — but with a uni-directional rotating bezel slapped on and increased water resistance to 300 meters. The Submersible was slated to be the line that spearheads innovation for the company, and we’ve seen that take shape in the form of cases made from Panerai’s material innovations such as Carbotech and BMG-Tech. Since 2018, the Submersible has only been available in 42mm and 47mm case sizes, and this year, Panerai will fill that case-sized hole in the middle with seven new 44mm Submersible references called QuarantaQuattro (or forty-four in Italiano).
According to Panerai, the QuarantaQuattro will be an established size within the Submersible family. The seven new references come in a variety of case materials, bezel, dial and strap colors, and are meant to round out the existing Submersible lineup with some overlap in configurations. So if you’ve always felt left out because a 42mm Submersible looks like a boy’s (or girl’s) watch on you and the 47mm option looks more suited to be on a bodybuilder’s wrist, you’ll be spoilt for choice now.
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