After many years as the official supplier of the Royal Italian Navy, the Panerai Manufacture has conquered luxury sports watch enthusiasts with models of powerful design and advanced technology. Perfectly blending Italian design with Swiss watchmaking technology, the brand is inspired by its home town of Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance. Its origins date back to 1860, when Giovanni Panerai opened in Florence, a watch shop that became a supplier of precision instruments to the divers of the Italian Navy from 1900. Technological advances allow the company to improve the luminescence of its watches to reach depths of up to several hundred meters. The powders based on radium then tritium created by Panerai and the locking of the crown are then a major turning point in the development of the hour under water and in the dark. The brand remains true to its roots as a highly specialized supplier of precision measuring instruments and replicates the designs of these exclusive period instruments in its current collections. Since 2002, the brand has its own factory in Neuchâtel, bringing together about forty specialized watchmakers. She designs and manufactures movements entirely made by the company. The timepieces produced by Panerai have a unique look and the animated models of a tourbillon or a minute repeater are among the most prestigious of the brand.