Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio | WATCH REVIEW

Jamie Weiss

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It’s been properly over a month since Watches and Wonders 2025, and the mud has really settled from that manic week. While you’re on the bottom in Geneva, it’s straightforward to get overwhelmed by the sheer amount and high quality of releases, with each exhibiting model jockeying on your consideration with massive landmark releases. However typically the perfect watches from the honest aren’t the headline acts: it’s the refined, understated releases that appear tame on paper, however truly signify essentially the most attention-grabbing, most collectible watches long-term.

Living proof: the brand new Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio ref. PAM03325. In comparison with Panerai’s extra sophisticated releases in Geneva, just like the Luminor Perpetual Calendar GMT Platinumtech ref. PAM01575 or the Jupiterium planetary clock, this titanium-cased Luminor is relatively tame. It’s a simple Luminor, with out main problems. We’ve seen titanium Luminors earlier than, too. However that is the place a better studying of its specs is required to grasp why this is likely to be the perfect every day wearer within the Luminor assortment.

To start with, this Luminor Marina Titanio advantages from the identical upgrades because the metal Luminors that have been launched in Geneva, particularly a lift in water-resistance from 300 metres to 500 in addition to a brand new P.980 calibre, which is considerably slimmer than the P.9010 whereas retaining the identical 72-hour energy reserve. Thinner, lighter and extra waterproof – fairly arduous to complain about that. Nonetheless, the Marina Titanio mannequin, being crafted from titanium, helps deliver the load down even additional, making this 44 mm-wide watch much more approachable to put on.

In fact, these accustomed to the Italian model’s historical past would possibly know that Panerai was a pioneer in the usage of titanium for watch instances within the Eighties. Nonetheless, this Luminor feels very 2020s, that includes a pleasing mixture of polished and brushed surfaces, complemented by a moody sunburst inexperienced dial and inexperienced scamosciato (suede) calf leather-based strap. And earlier than you rise up in arms about Panerai pairing a leather-based strap with a dive watch, maintain your horses: the watch comes with a further inexperienced rubber strap, and each straps have a quick-change system.

Inexperienced dials have been on pattern for the previous couple of years, and it’s a pattern that reveals no indicators of slowing down. I believe inexperienced actually fits the Luminor, too – it’s why I’ve all the time been a fan of the Luminor Marina Verde Smeraldo e-Metal ref. PAM01356. Nonetheless, the place that watch’s shade of inexperienced is a vivid, verdant emerald, the Luminor Marina Titanio is a extra muted, duskier inexperienced, which in flip makes it a bit dressier; a bit extra versatile, as does the suede strap.

Briefly, it’s gentle on the wrist, thinner, has higher specs and is an everyday manufacturing mannequin, that means you’ll be capable to decide one up anyplace on this planet. It’s additionally solely a A$1,500 premium over its metal siblings at A$14,800, which ain’t nothing, however is a smaller premium than many manufacturers cost for titanium fashions over metal. Truthfully, I believe the Luminor Marina Titanio at the moment represents the decide of the litter within the Luminor vary. It’s not as flashy as a platinum perpetual calendar, however I’m certain it’ll be a really thrilling watch for a lot of Paneristi.

A curveball

Nonetheless, if lightness is your final aim, Panerai additionally launched a really good-looking ceramic Luminor at Watches and Wonders 2025: the Luminor GMT Energy Reserve Ceramica ref. PAM01574, produced to mark Panerai’s return because the official timekeeper for Salone del Cellular, higher referred to as Milan Design Week. The Luminor is likely to be primarily a device watch, however actually it’s a design piece, which is why this partnership is sensible.

Its mixture of a matte black ceramic case (together with a ceramic crown and crown safety gadget) plus a darkish blue sunburst dial provides it an umbral, dapper look – and whereas it’s ‘solely’ 300m waterproof, it additionally comes with, you guessed it, a GMT complication in addition to a dial-side energy reserve indicator. It’s even lighter, dressier and extra sophisticated – however at A$25,100, you’ll pay for that privilege…

Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio PAM03225 and Luminor GMT Energy Reserve Ceramica PAM01574 pricing and availability

The brand new Panerai Luminor Marina Titanio and Luminor GMT Energy Reserve Ceramica are each out there now from all Panerai retailers and by way of Panerai’s e-boutique. Worth: A$14,800 (PAM03225), A$25,100 (PAM01574)