Panerai announced today the introduction of the Luminor Due (meaning Two in Italian) lineup. The Luminor Due is the first Luminor case redesign from Panerai since the brand re-emerged in the 1990s, and with a profile that is said to be 10.5mm, is the thinnest Luminor case ever created.

Looks like the thinner Radiomir 1940 case, but with the patented Luminor crown lock system (I'll have to study the case contours a bit more to compare). All of this enabled by the new, thin In-House movements from Panerai. Like the Radiomir 1940 line, this new Luminor is being offered in 42mm and 45mm case sizes.

Here's a link to more information from ablogtowatch:
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/panerai-...-days-watches/

I like them, but really scratching my head that the Luminor line (a diver line watch) is only rated to 30m of water resistance (at first I thought it was a typo and they meant 300m...but the caseback is stamped 30m)...seems like a misstep for the Luminor line IMO. Heck, even the Radiomir 1940 lineup is rated for 100m WR! (I simply cannot understand why the Luminor Due case design would be rated lower than the Radiomir 1940 case???

What do you all think?

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