Mike Horn’s New Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro PAM01676

One of the most publicised adventurers and a Panerai ambassador for around two decades, Mike Horn has been known to push the limits of his gears – watch included – to levels that you and I would probably never dare to imagine. Should his polar expeditions, high-altitude climbs or even underwater explorations be considered a testimony to the resistance of Panerai’s watches to extreme conditions? Well, it should at least provide reassurance that the watches can handle rough terrains. The latest joint creation of Horn and Panerai is a new 44mm Submersible instrument designed for all terrains (land and sea) with a modern look that’s familiar to previous editions. Meet the new QuarantaQuattro PAM01676. 

Horn’s latest collab is based on the well-known Submersible QuarantaQuattro – a fancy Italian word to tell you that its case measures 44mm (things always sound better in Italian…) – meaning the brand’s range of dive and exploration watches, distinguished by the presence of a rotating bezel, over what’s otherwise a classic Luminor design. While we have seen advanced and complex watches made with Horn in the past, this one is reassuringly classic and more purposeful.

As said, the PAM01676 is classic dive watch territory with its 44mm stainless steel case, with a thickness of about 13mm and fully brushed surfaces. In line with previous Horn editions, this new Submersible QuarantaQuattro features multiple blue accents, starting with the ceramic insert over the unidirectional bezel – and being a Submersible, there’s the indispensable 60-minute scale and lumed pearl. The crown, well protected under the trademark locking device, is coated in blue rubber – good for grip, maybe less for durability. The rest is no-nonsense diver, with a sapphire crystal on top, a screwed solid steel caseback and a water-resistance rated at 300m – even though Panerai indicates that it is tested to “a pressure 25% greater than the guaranteed water resistance value”.

The dial of this Mike Horn Edition PAM01676 comes in a blue, vertically brushed colour with several yellow accents – a recurring colour in previous timepieces in the Mike Horn series. Other than the colour scheme, the most distinctive elements are the applied markers, which are wider by 20% in diameter than on a normal Submersible QuarantaQuattro for better low-light visibility and paired with Arabic numerals at 3, 6 and 12 o’clock. Also, the date window, usually found at 3 o’clock, has been removed, and the small seconds hand is bright yellow.

Under the closed back engraved with Mike Horn’s signature is the calibre P.900, a movement which shares architecture within the Richemont Group (Baumatic, IWC 32xxx). This automatic calibre stores 3 days of energy in its large single barrel, runs at a 4Hz frequency and is equipped with a stop-seconds function. The PAM01676 comes with two strap options, a blue rubber strap and a second blue bi-material strap; both closed by a trapezoidal brushed steel pin buckle.

Now available from the brand and not limited in numbers, the Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro Mike Horn Edition PAM01676 is priced at EUR 12,100 (incl. taxes), USD 11,900 (excl. taxes) or CHF 10,600 (incl. taxes). For more details, please visit Panerai.com.