Panerai Luminor 1950 Chrono Monopulsante 8 Days GMT PAM 311 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com "Fully loaded." It has a magical within the confines of an automobile showroom, but Paneristi watch aficionados have a track record of skepticism towards complicated - loaded - Panerai watches. The Panerai Luminor 1950 Chrono Monopulsante 8 Days GMT PAM 311 blows that notion out of the water like a manned torpedo. Between its classical Panerai Luminor good looks and enough special features to keep Batman entertained, the PAM 311 proves that Panerai and complications can comfortably share one 44mm case. Start with the monopusher chronograph. Based on the Panerai in-house caliber P. 2004, the chronograph is integrated without disturbing the fundamental appeal of Panerai's high-legibility dial and clean "cushion" case. One pusher starts, stops, and resets the mechanism, and that actuator is discreetly stashed on the eight o'clock flank of the case. A GMT function permits the use to track a second independent time zone, but the feature is hidden until needed. A black oxidized reference hour hand blends into the tobacco dial of the Panerai Luminor PAM 311 until the user specifically searches for it, and the 24-hour am/pm indicator is hidden within the seconds sundial at nine o'clock. Black oxidized local hour and minute hands express themselves only as thin strips of luminescent material, and the gorgeous tobacco Panerai "sandwich" dial remains remarkably free of clutter. At six o'clock Panerai's minimalist "dog fang" power reserve gauge tracks the