At 10.5mm thick, this watch is more dress watch size than its bulky ancestors. Powered by an in-house P.1000 manually wound movement that Panerai is happy to show you via the display caseback, it provides 3 days of power reserve.The sunburst dial is interrupted by the cut-outs that form the hour markers and the link home for large amounts of lume. Straightforward baton hands and zero dial clutter ensure this is pure Panerai (but made easy to wear for the rest of us).

Another one of those acolytes is Justin Gruenberg of The Keystone. While Gruenberg's often associated with rare vintage Cartier, Patek, and other such treasures, when I visited him in L.A. a couple of months ago, I wanted to see some of link his favorite Bubblebacks.