You might find yourself needing a built-in depth gauge on your watch so you can accurately measure how far underwater you are. Or, given that most of you are not wearing fins and a breathing apparatus, maybe you’ll just like the gauge because it’s the kind of sexy “complication”—in watch-geek parlance—that horology aficionados drool over.Officine Panerai’s latest version of the Luminor diving watch comes with a pedigree that excites the brand’s stalkers (often called “Paneristi”) who snap up limited editions like this one. Developed from their role as instrument suppliers to Italian Navy frogmen during World War II, the Luminor 1950 saw Panerai combine watch and depth gauge in a single instrument for the first time...[WSJ Magazine]
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