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Model reference: PAM00968
A 47 mm Submersible with a brown dial and a brown ceramic bezel scale, carrying the date at three o'clock and running seconds at nine, shown here on a dark brown stitched strap.
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About this watch
This is the Submersible Bronzo ref. PAM00968, a 47 mm dive watch whose published design pairs a brushed bronze case and a titanium case back with a brown dial and a brown ceramic bezel insert. The dial keeps to two reads: a date aperture at three o'clock and running seconds in a register at nine, with the rest of the face left to the dot markers.
The four frames below are shown as they arrived, working through the design in order — the watch straight on, the case and strap at an angle, the dial and bezel close up, and the back. Everything a photograph cannot settle, from the movement inside the piece to the metal of the case offered, the strap supplied with it and its water-resistance state, is raised in the WhatsApp conversation rather than stated on this page.
It is a 47 mm dive watch from the Submersible line, documented by Panerai as a brushed bronze case with a titanium case back, a brown dial and a unidirectional rotating bronze bezel carrying a micro-sandblasted brown ceramic insert with a graduated scale. The same published data names calibre P.9010 inside the reference and fits it on a dark brown calf Ponte Vecchio strap with beige stitching on a tang buckle; it is not a limited edition.
The frames on this page show the same shape: a bronze-toned case, a brown dial with luminous dots and a bezel disc in the same brown family. A photograph shows the look of one watch and nothing further, so the metal of the piece you would be sent, the movement inside it and the strap it comes on are questions for the conversation rather than conclusions drawn from a frame.
Because this reference carries a micro-sandblasted brown ceramic insert in the bezel rather than a bronze top ring, and the ceramic takes light differently from the case around it. Panerai's published design data for PAM00968 describes the bezel as unidirectional and bronze, with a graduated scale on the ceramic insert, and that is what the frames show: a matt brown disc ringed by printed graduations against a warmer bronze-toned surround.
It is also why the brown of the bezel and the brown of the dial sit so closely together in these photographs. The straight-on frame shows the flat disc and the minute marks along its edge; the close-up shows the 15, 30 and 45 numerals with the scale running between them. Lighting decides how far the ceramic separates from the metal beside it, so ask for a daylight photograph of the bezel at an angle if that difference matters to you.
The dial is brown with round luminous dot markers at the hours and printed numerals between them, the brand name above the centre with the line name beneath it, and AUTOMATIC with the printed depth figure above six o'clock. Small seconds sit in their own register at nine, and a two-part Swiss-made print sits at the base of the dial.
The layout is deliberately sparse: beyond the brand, the line name, the automatic and depth lines and that base print, there is no other text on the face, which is why the dots and the hands carry the reading. The close-up frame is the one to study for print placement and for how the dots sit against the brown. Colour is the least reliable thing to judge from a single picture, so compare the dial in daylight, straight on and angled, before you weigh it against another watch.
The date sits in an aperture at three o'clock and the running seconds are at nine, one on each side of the centre. That split is the point of the layout on a dive watch: the two things checked most often, the date and the fact that the watch is running, sit opposite each other so neither breaks the ring of hour markers.
In the frames the date aperture shows a single large digit and the seconds register carries its own printed scale with a small hand inside it. Whether the date steps cleanly as the hands pass twelve and whether the seconds hand runs evenly are things a still picture cannot settle, so ask for a short video of the watch running before you decide.
The watch in the frames is on a dark brown leather strap with light contrast stitching, which is what the photographs show as it arrived. Panerai's published data for this reference specifies a dark brown calf Ponte Vecchio strap with beige stitching on a tang buckle, which is the catalogue configuration of the reference rather than a description of the piece in the pictures.
Keep the two apart: one is what is shown, the other is what the reference is documented with, and the strap you would receive is a question to raise in the conversation. Strap choice matters more than usual on a 47 mm diver, because the leather carries the case at the lugs. Ask which strap is supplied with the watch offered, whether a second strap and a spare buckle come with it, and whether it is sized for your wrist before it leaves.
The back is transparent, and in the frames it shows the bridges and winding weight inside, a blue protective film still laid across part of the surface and engraved lettering running around the rim. Panerai's published data for the reference gives a titanium case back, and the engraving visible in the frame carries the brand, the line and the diver's designation of the case.
A film left on the back is normal on a watch that has not been worn, and it is the first thing to look at: whether it has been taken off, and whether the surface beneath is clean. What the back cannot tell you is which movement is fitted in the piece offered or what its case is made from, so ask for both, and for a photograph of the back with the film removed and the light across it.
Specification
| Detail | Description |
|---|---|
| Model reference | PAM00968 |
| Model size | 47 mm |
| Dial | Brown with luminous dot markers |
| Dial print | Brand name above the centre with the line name beneath, AUTOMATIC and the printed depth figure above six o'clock, two-part Swiss-made print at the base |
| Bezel design | Unidirectional rotating bronze bezel with a micro-sandblasted brown ceramic insert and a graduated scale (reference design); the frames show a flat brown disc with a graduated edge |
| Bezel graduations | Printed 15, 30 and 45 numerals with minute marks running around the scale |
| Hour-marker layout | Round luminous dots at the hours with printed numerals between them |
| Hour markers | Luminous dots set directly into the brown dial, with no metal border around them |
| Hand arrangement | Skeletonised hour and minute hands with luminous inserts, and a small seconds hand inside the nine o'clock register |
| Date display | Aperture at three o'clock, showing a single large digit in the frames |
| Subdial layout | Small-seconds register with a printed scale at nine o'clock |
| Colour combination | Brown dial and brown bezel insert against a bronze-toned case, on a dark brown strap with light stitching |
| Type | Dive watch with date and small seconds |
| Case (reference design) | Brushed bronze with a titanium case back (Panerai's published data) |
| Movement (reference design) | Calibre P.9010, automatic in-house, two barrels |
| Power reserve (reference design) | Roughly three days |
| Water resistance (reference design) | 30 bar, about 300 m (Panerai's published data) |
| Strap shown | Dark brown leather with light contrast stitching, as fitted in the frames |
| Strap (reference supply) | Dark brown calf Ponte Vecchio strap with beige stitching on a tang buckle (reference design) |
| Case back shown | Transparent, with a blue protective film laid across part of it in the frames |
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