Panerai Luminor Submersible Depth Gauge PAM 193 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.watchwant.com It's a dive watch that doubles as a depth gauge. And it's huge. The Panerai Luminor Submersible Depth Gauge PAM 193 is the equivalent of a "Swiss Army watch." With an automatic winding system, a diving bezel, a METAS-certified depth gauge, a COSC chronometer movement, two accessory straps, and a full factory accessory set, this Luminor Submersible PAM 193 will give any red knife a run for its money. Originally released in 2007 as the first Panerai dive watch with an integrated depth gauge (the PAM 307 of 2008 was the second), the PAM 193 carried the Luminor Submersible into a new era of dive technology while paying tribute to the Panerai combat dive instruments of the firm's storied past. Historically, Officine Panerai was a manufacturer of naval "instruments" - not watches -for the Italian armed forces. Depth gauges for divers, combat compasses for amphibious forces, signal lights, and "Radiomir"-illuminated navigation tools were Panerai's specialty. The Luminor Submersible PAM 193 recalls these formative years with its mechanical depth gauge complication. Panerai rates this watch to 120 meter; that is the company's estimate of the maximum safe depth for amateur divers. While the historic Panerai "Trittico" of a dive watch, depth gauge, and submersible compass represents a "grail" target for many Paneristi, the PAM 193 combines two of the trifecta in a single no-nonsense tool. The 47mm case is no joke. Panerai built this one big and strong for