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All you ever wanted to know
about OFFICINE PANERAI Firenze!
The PANERAI Book
by Dino Zei
(CEO at OFFICINE PANERAI Firenze 1973-1997)
La PANERAI di Firenze
“150 Years at Officine Panerai”
*****A special limited edition*****
Special Edition, 500 sets, each numbered and signed by the author.
A Book that tells the 150 years of Officine Panerai Firenze.
A Story of hard-working courageous, often ingenious men who set up a company and then gradually developed and enriched it with technologies and traditions.
The author is a Navy Officer "on loan" to the industry who established Officine Panerai in 1972 and managed it for thirty years. He has gathered and told, in simple and clear language, a collection of news, including much hitherto unknown information, of valuable data (those concerning the divers watches will be much appreciated by collectors), of interesting notes and considerations and of intriguing episodes.
The book covers numerous patents, studies and projects and many significant products (even if those protected by military secrecy had to be left out), mostly developed for the Italian Navy from as early as World War 1
Those who only know PANERAI for its famous watches will discover that this historic Florentine company was a breeding ground for creativity in many diverse research sectors.
La Panerai di Firenze original - first Italian edition (288 pages, illustrated).
La Panerai di Firenze original - A separated volume in English.
A Photo’s holder with the original photos of Panerai’s first 15 watches, technical specifications and drawings.
A Certificate of limited edition numbered and each signed by the Author.
Price: €369 / $410 / GBP £240
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Author’s Biography:
Dino Zei was born in Viterbo (Italy) 1931.
In 1950 he entered the Naval Academy, In 1958, as a Naval Weapons Officer, he graduated in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pisa.
While he served in the Navy, he had numerous appointments on board and working establishments, study and experimenting organizations. His last assignment in the Navy began in 1968 and saw him fill the double position of Head of the Weapons and Explosives Section of the Centre of Studies of the Navy Commandos and Divers Headquarters “Teseo Tesei” and Head of the Ammunition and Missiles of the Standing Committee for the Experimentation on War Materials. In 1969 he also became Director of the Centre of Studies of the Navy Commandos and Divers Headquarters.
In 1972, after Giuseppe Panerai’s death, he left the Navy to take up the management of “Guido Panerai e Figlio”, a Florence-based company engaged in important and extremely delicate work for the Special Units of the Italian Navy. In the same year he established and became Sole Director of Officine Panerai Srl, which took over all the activities and industrial capabilities of Guido Panerai. He subsequently became Chairman of Officine Panerai Spa and, after the watch division and trademark were sold to Cartier, of Panerai Sistemi Spa, a position he held until 1999, when the business was transferred to the Bologna-based company Calzoni.
He currently lives in Florence.
Yves Odier
Yves.Odier@connectingwatches.com
Officine Panerai - Pre-Vendome Panerai Watches:-5218-201/A Luminor Logo Watch – 5218-202/A Luminor Marina Militare PVD – 5218-203/A Luminor Marina PVD – 5218-205/A Luminor Submersible Slytech (Sylvester Stallone) – 5218-207/A Luminor Daylight Slytech (Sylvester Stallone) – 5218-209 Luminor Logo Watch – 5218-210 Luminor Marina PVD - 5218-218/A Black Seal (Watches never produced by Panerai) – 5218-301/A Mare Nostrum – 5218-302 Mare Nostrum Slytech (Sylvester Stallone) with graduated bezel - 5218-301/A Mare Nostrum – 5218-302 Mare Nostrum Slytech (Sylvester Stallone) with smooth bezel.
Panerai (Richemond Group) – Post-Vendome Watches:-All watches from 1997 onwards are produce by Panerai (Richemond Group). All watches, HISTORIC: Luminor and Luminor Marina Watches CONTEMPORARY: Luminor Marina Automatic, Luminor Submersible, Luminor GMT, Luminor Power Reserve, Luminor Chrono, Radiomir, Radiomir Alarm Alarm/GMT. For more info from Panerai visit: www.panerai.com and for all Panerai enthusiasts visit: www.viapaneristi.com
