panerai Arktos replica watch

On August 4, 2002, explorer Mike Horn set out on foot from North Cape, Norway to attempt the first solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle. With him was a 440-pound sled and, on his wrist, a Panerai watch created specifically for the mis­sion (of which Milan-based Panerai was a spon­sor). Panerai equipped the Luminor Arktos watch with a rotating bezel marked with the four cardinal points, thus enabling the watch to serve as a compass. To protect the move­ment from the effects of magnetic fields that are particularly intense near the North Pole, Pa­nerai installed a layer of soft iron in the case.
Front and back views of the limited edition Paner­ai Luminor Arktos
More than two years later, on October 21, 2004, Horn returned to North Cape, having completed his arctic trek. He journeyed 12,500 miles, crossing Greenland, Alaska, the Russian Federation, and Norway on foot, skis, kayak and sailboat. He sailed across the Greenland Sea, the Davis Strait, the Bering Strait and the White Sea. He and his watch had endured tem­peratures as low as -94 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the course of the mission, Horn never took the Panerai off his wrist. "At extreme low tem­peratures," he says, "everything on me was' frozen and did not work any more. The only thing that continued to work was my watch."
To mark Horn's milestone mission, Panerai has issued the Luminor Arktos in a 500-piece limited series (Ref. PAM00092), with the spe­cial bezel and anti-magnetic protection. It has a brushed steel case 44 mm in diameter, inde­pendent seconds hand, date window, and rubber strap. On the back is the logo of the Arktos expedition, which shows the globe, Mike Horn's route around the Arctic Circle, and Horn's signature. The movement is a 13-ligne automatic Panerai OP III caliber, COSC-certif ied, with 42-hour power reserve.
To use the bezel as a compass, point the hour hand directly towards the sun. Rotate the bezel so that the index marked N for north is positioned halfway between the hour hand and the 12 on the dial. This indicates the direc­tion of true north.

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