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Panerai watches were the invention of >Giovanni Panerai in 1860. He came up with the unique look of watches in Florence for the first time. The inspiring time pieces were so well reputed that it soon became the preference of Italian Navy.

The watches were exclusively made only for the first 50 years. Later on the collection of watches were designed for the rest of the world. In 1997, the company was taken over by Franco Cologni of Richemont who had made the brand grow even further. Today the name behind the renowned brand is Angelo Bonati.
The collection of watches is designed in three forms namely historical, contemporary and special edition. The historical designs included steel and titanium casing watches which fully equipped with Luminor technology. Contemporary collection consisted of two different watches called Luminor Power Reserve and Panerai Radiomir. The first one is known to have a huge back up reserve of energy up 42 hours and Radiomir is famous for GMT/alarm movement. Special edition is an exclusive line of Panerai which offers watches like Luminor Marina 1950 and Luminor Blackseal. Both are apart from each other in outlook and features.

The original watches of Panerai are highly expensive due to reputable image it has maintained. So it is just normal for celebrities and the elite to possess it. Everyone loves to imitate movie stars, their style and fashion. But when it comes to watches, Luminor carbon copy satisfies the wish which one have thought would never come true. The fake Panerai watches are manufactured so close to the genuine ones that they are hardly identified as fake by the viewers.