Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Left Handed Three Days Automatic Titanium Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com The Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Left-Handed Three Days Automatic Titanium is a mouthful. It's also one hell of a lot of watch. Panerai hits all the marks with this 2014 Special Edition. One of only 1,000 built for the global marketplace, this exceptional "Destro" (Lefty) walks a line between vintage authenticity and contemporary attitude. The burly Luminor Submersible 1950 case takes everything fans love about the Luminor and adds a unique Destro left-handed crown guard. While designed to make the Luminor crown protector easier on the right wrists of lefties, righties can and do wear Destros with great flair. The 47mm titanium monolith is capped by a dive-style unidirectional bezel that turns with a crisp ratcheting "rrrrriiiiiippppp" of precision pawl chatter. It's a reassuring sound on a tool-grade watch that can easily shoulder diving duty for work or play. The famed crown guard is present and correct; its distinctive "locking lever" enables setting and winding without the fumbling and blistered fingers that tight screw-down crowns can induce. An inverted "hobnail" dial design adds a fine grid of concave undulations that articulate the empty expanses of the large dial. All luminescent material is treated with a browned patina-look "dirty dial" that references the aged radium of vintage Panerai dive watches. Panerai takes the vintage vibe to another level with an untreated, natural calf leather strap with faded saddle-colored thread. It