Description
Panerai has launched the most technically ambitious Submersible the brand has ever produced: the Submersible GMT PAM01495, a 47 mm DMLS (Direct Metal Laser Sintering) titanium beast with a fully skeletonised manufacture movement, twin barrels delivering a 72-hour power reserve, a tungsten micro-rotor — and a patented polarised-window date that is essentially invisible to the naked eye until viewed through the aperture at 3 o'clock.
The PAM01495 is boutique-exclusive, available from Panerai stores worldwide from May 2026 at GBP 42,100 (UK retail incl. VAT). Sandblasted titanium throughout — case, bezel, bracelet — with a 500 m water-resistance rating that signals the watch's serious dive intent despite its haute-horology dial side.
Design
The 47 mm Submersible case is built using Direct Metal Laser Sintering — a 3D-printing process in which Grade 5 titanium powder is fused layer by layer with a high-energy laser to create complex internal lattice structures impossible with traditional machining. The result is a case approximately 25% lighter than conventional titanium of the same external dimensions, with structural rigidity preserved. The bezel is sandblasted titanium with a unidirectional dive scale; both the case and bracelet share the matte sandblasted finish.
Front-side, there is no traditional dial — the architecture of the skeletonised manufacture calibre is the dial. Centre-mounted small seconds (with reset to zero), GMT 24-hour hand, AM/PM disc, and the patented polarised-window date complete the layout. Rear-side, the openworked caseback reveals the off-centre tungsten micro-rotor, the twin-barrel architecture, and a power-reserve indicator. Hands and indices use Super-LumiNova for legibility against the open architecture.
Specifications
- Reference: PAM01495
- Case: 47 mm DMLS Grade 5 titanium, sandblasted; ~25 % lighter than conventional Ti
- Bezel: Unidirectional dive bezel, sandblasted titanium
- Dial: Fully skeletonised; centre seconds (reset), GMT 24 h, AM/PM, polarised-window date at 3
- Crystal: Sapphire front and back; sapphire-laminated polarising filter for date window
- Movement: Manufacture skeletonised calibre — 341 components, 31 jewels, 4 Hz (28,800 vph), 72 h power reserve, twin barrels, off-centre tungsten micro-rotor, hacking seconds
- Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds (reset), GMT, AM/PM, polarised-window date, power-reserve indicator
- Water resistance: 500 m
- Bracelet: Sandblasted titanium with quick-change system
- Price: GBP 42,100 (UK retail incl. VAT)
- Availability: Panerai boutiques worldwide, from May 2026
What's Exciting
The PAM01495 is built around three independent technical statements. First, the DMLS construction: layer-by-layer additive manufacturing of a Grade 5 titanium case allows internal lattice geometries (for both weight reduction and structural integrity at depth) that subtractive machining simply cannot produce. Panerai is not the first to use DMLS in a watch case, but at 500 m water-resistance combined with a fully skeletonised dial, this is the most aggressive deployment of the technology yet.
Second, the polarised-window date is a genuinely original solution to the long-standing problem of skeletonised dials and date complications: the date wheel is physically present and visible across the open architecture, but a polarising filter on the sapphire renders it invisible until you look through the aperture, at which point the polarised filter cancels and the date “develops” into view. Third, the skeletonised manufacture calibre — 341 components, twin barrels, off-centre tungsten micro-rotor, 72-hour reserve and hacking seconds — is a serious, fully-engineered statement, not a parts-bin variant. Combined with the boutique-only distribution, this is Panerai positioning itself in the haute-horology Submersible tier.
History
The Submersible line traces back to the 1956 Egiziano dive watch developed for the Egyptian Navy, with its outsized cushion case and luminescent dial. Modern Submersible references began with the PAM 023 in 1998 and the line was elevated to its own collection separate from Luminor in 2019. Panerai has experimented with advanced case materials throughout the 2010s and 2020s — BMG-TECH (bulk metallic glass), carbon composites, and now DMLS titanium for the PAM01495. The polarised-window date is a Panerai-developed patent-pending complication and is a first for the brand.
