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Panerai introduced eSteel last year in the bezel-less Luminor Marina. With the Submersible line Panerai uses ceramic that's been polished to link a glossy finish for its trademark unidirectional rotating dive bezel. The dial link also wears a gradient pattern; light at the top link and dark at the bottom. Inside is the ever-present P.900 that's used in over a dozen Panerai models.

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