The long tradition linking the Officine Panerai to the Yachting world is celebrated again this year with a special edition dedicated to the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. As in the past, just 500 numbers have been produced of the Luminor 1950 Regatta Rattrapante 44 mm, DLC (PAM00332). It is a split-second chronograph, complete with chronometer certificate, that counts down the 5 minutes to the start of the regatta.

The case of new Regatta has an unusual new design; the steel is no longer polished but blackened with a treatment called DLC. The Luminor case measures 44mm in diameter. DLC treatment has also been extended to the three buttons, winding crown and lever bridge, the latter being the signature feature, with the dual function of protecting the crown and ensuring its watertight seal.

Waterproof to 100 metres (10 bars), this watch has a screwdown back plate, which is burnished and engraved with the event logo, edition year and the model's identifying and production number.

The dial, covered by 2-mm thick anti-reflective sapphire glass, has a black clou de Paris background: a close-knit weave that gives an impression of depth and highlights the two Arabic numbers and the stud hour markers, luminescent like the hands except for the first of the two chronograph markers, which is blue with just a tiny luminescent point on its tip.

The watch has automatic OP XVIII calibre movement, 131/4 lines in diameter, with double column wheel. The rattrapante or split-second
chronograph allows timing of two events starting at the same time, thanks to a second hand that can be stopped and then realigned with the first while the latter continues its course. The third button, at 8 o’clock, stops and realigns the second hand.