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LEFT: Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech, £34,800


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Each watch comes with a side order of danger and excitement


the Luminor family of watches, now it becomes its own thing, with a greater sense of identity. Tat comes hand-in-hand with a few aesthetic tweaks – bolder luminous markings on the dials; bezels with relief- etched numerals; chunkier, more cartoonish hands; and a smattering of fresh colours and textures throughout, from sailcloth to “sharkskin”. One change that may irk


devotees of the brand – and they are legion – is the absence on many models of “sandwich”


bus ine s s tr a v el ler .c om


dials, but they have been replaced by some impressively three-dimensional luminous numerals and hour markers. Alongside some handsome


base models – the royal blue and pale grey combination of reference PAM00959 (£8,300) is a particular highlight – Panerai has made three special- edition watches, and it’s these that come with the high-energy holidays attached. Let’s start with the Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech. As the name suggests, this watch pays


homage to Panerai’s beginnings as a supplier to Italian frogmen in the Second World War, and its dusky green and carbon stylings have more than a hint of the armed forces about them. Te 33 buyers will be


dispatched on a two- day training session with “Comsubin”, the Italian navy’s elite special forces commando unit. Based in La Spezia in north-west Italy, the group numbers roughly 700 men and has been deployed in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya


in recent years. Details on the two-day programme are scant (it is a secretive unit, aſter all) but one can assume that the 33 will at the very least be required to pass a medical. If being shouted at by an


Italian sergeant major isn’t your thing, allow me to draw your attention to the Submersible Mike Horn edition. Mr Horn is a South African-born explorer and adventurer with solo expeditions across South America and around the Arctic Circle to his name, as


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