The Panerai Luminor Marina Bronzo PAM01678, the First Bronze Luminor Marina to Join the Fleet

The Luminor Marina family by Panerai has long stood for the essence of the brand’s modern identity, a bridge between its storied naval roots and modern tool-watch engineering. Earlier this year at Watches and Wonders 2025, the Florentine brand revitalised the Luminor Marina line with a new generation of steel and titanium models featuring upgraded construction, refined ergonomics, and the in-house automatic P.980 calibre. Now, Panerai expands this evolution to one of its most emblematic materials: bronze. The Luminor Marina Bronzo PAM01678 is the first to use the alloy in this iconic collection; from a brand that pioneered the use of bronze in modern watchmaking, this feels like the natural progression.

Panerai’s affair with bronze started back in 2011 with the now near-cult-classic Luminor Submersible 1950 Bronzo PAM00382, which helped ignite the industry’s fascination with living metals. True to that legacy, the new PAM01678 deploys Panerai’s proprietary bronze alloy, made of pure copper and tin, designed to form a protective patina over time. This slow evolution gives each watch a unique personality, while keeping the material’s strength and corrosion resistance intact-qualities that made bronze essential for the first naval engineering applications.

Measuring 44mm, the new PAM01678 brushed bronze case shares the new Luminor Marina proportions that were launched earlier this year: the watch is slimmer (13.7mm) and lighter, but still unmistakably bold. The well-recognised crown-protecting bridge remains a signature feature and keeps the movement safe, ensuring a capable 500m water-resistance. The titanium caseback carries a sapphire crystal window into the movement.

The matte blue gradient dial echoes the sea-inspired spirit of the design, in Panerai’s signature sandwich construction, gradating from a deep navy at the edges to a lighter blue at the centre, complementing the warm bronze tones. Beige Super-LumiNova fills the cut-out Arabic numerals and hands, ensuring great legibility in the dark, while the small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock maintains the series’ functional symmetry. The dial omits an indication of a date for a clean, historically faithful layout.

The new PAM01678 is powered by calibre P.980, an automatic 3-day movement made by the Richemont Group, designed and tested in Neuchâtel. Operating at 28,800 vibrations/hour, it boasts a traversing balance bridge for increased stability, a stop-seconds function, and regulation in six positions.

The watch is worn on a blue calfskin leather strap with beige stitching, closed with a brushed bronze trapezoidal buckle, with an additional blue rubber strap. Available from December 2025, the Luminor Marina Bronzo PAM01678 is a natural evolution of Panerai’s material storytelling, a timepiece that connects the brand’s maritime past with its modern technical edge. Price is EUR 17,000 or USD 17,500. For more, visit panerai.com.