Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible Amagnetic PAM 389 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com/watches/panerai The Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible Amagnetic PAM 389 may be the finest iteration of Panerai's diving Luminor since the original PAM 64 "Bomba." With a clever premise and a handsome execution, the PAM 389 "A-Mag" has it all; presence, content, quality, and authenticity. This Luminor 1950 stays true to the brand's design essence while forging a new standards in sports watch capability. Rolex makes the best known anti-magnetic watch (Milgauss) and the best known dive watch (Submariner). Panerai's PAM 389 Amagnetic seeks to one-up the horological hegemon of Geneva with a single sports watch that challenges both of the Rolex classics. Panerai's ambition for the PAM 389 is daunting, but this Italian-Swiss moonshot concept watch delivers the goods. The key to the PAM 389's success is that it achieves meaningful evolution of the Panerai Luminor style and functionality without undermining the core appeal of the model. Start with the case; it's Panerai's upscale "1950" model in beautiful brushed titanium. The grey-blue hue of the exotic metal adds charisma to a sinuous shape that's already a cut above the squat "tuna can" of the original Luminor. Moreover, the 1950 is true to history, so while its size and shape keep the Luminor relevant to modern enthusiasts, the form of the 1950 actually draws this super-Sub closer to its tactical warfare predecessors. The bezel of the Panerai Luminor PAM 389 is another case study in successful evolut