Panerai watch

When it took over Officine Panerai in 1997, the Vendôme Group (today Richemont) inherited an important historical legacy from the Florentine company.

To prevent it from being lost, all the historical items found so far and especially those recovered from the firm and the family have been collected together and catalogued.

This material is the foundation of the Panerai Historical Archive, a fascinating historical collection that begins in the mid-1800s and continues right up to the present day.

The collection includes watches, compasses, depth gauges, torches and patent documents as well as tools of the watchmaker's art, photographs and documents that bear witness to the work of the Panerai family from the very first watchmaker's workshop opened in Florence in around 1860.

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