The perfect replica Panerai Submersible Elux LAB-ID is everything the Due is not. This new Submersible is massive, for instance. The case measures 49mm wide and 21.9mm thick. It’s made of luxury fake Panerai’s Ti-Ceramitech (ceramized titanium) material. It’s not shiny, and it doesn’t say “luxury.” No, it says “engineering.” And the engineering doesn’t stop with the case. It continues with the presence of Elux, a technology that Swiss made replica Panerai originally patented on June 15th, 1966. In the field of luminescence, one could say Elux is an evolution of Panreai’s Radiomir and Luminor compounds.
What’s very different about Elux compared to luminous materials like radium, tritium, and Super-LumiNova is that it uses a mechanical generator to create luminescence that is constantly maintained by an electric field. The technology was used in areas such as command centers and on internal signaling boards on ships. Elux provided a reliable and efficient light source, allowing easy reading of instrument displays under various conditions. Slimmed down and evolved, Elux now makes its debut in a wristwatch.
Just a limited amount of light
Do you feel excitement when you read about a dive watch that gets its electric light from a micromechanical generator inside the case? I don’t want to dim your mood, but the best 1:1 replica Panerai Submersible Elux LAB-ID PAM01800 is a limited edition of 150 pieces that will come in three production runs of 50 watches per year. If 2024 gets a serial number with, for instance, the letter “A” in it, 2025 and 2026 will get the two next letters. I can already hear a conversation between two Paneristi about owning an A-series Elux, the most coveted of the range. Is doing a run of three series over three years due to the need to create interest among collectors? I will try to get an answer to that question as soon as I can — preferably, aboard Eilean while heading for Ponza.
More about the enlightened tech
Swiss movement replica Panerai certainly pulled out all the stops to create an enlightened watch. When you open the pusher protector at 8 o’clock and engage the button at your disposal, four of six automatically wound barrels in the P.9010/EL movement will have supplied the 8 × 2.3mm microgenerator with enough energy to switch the LEDs on for up to 30 minutes. This microgenerator converts mechanical energy into electricity. It incorporates no active electronics and features custom-made coils, magnets, and a stator, along with a high-speed rotor that operates at 80 revolutions per second to generate a high-frequency 240Hz electrical signal. The linear “Power Light” indicator above the 6 o’clock index will indicate how much energy is left.