Στην παρουσίαση του Horomundi τα πράγματα είναι ξεκάθαρα: την σχεδίαση των νέων μηχανισμών έκανε ή τέλος πάντων επέβλεψε ο Erik Klein, ο οποίος είναι ο τεχνικός διευθυντής του Richemont group. Παραθέτω το σχετικό απόσπασμα:
Eric Klein who collaborated with Panerai CEO Angelo Bonati on this movement [εννοεί τον Ρ.2002] as well as the new movements (Klein is the head of Richemont movements overseeing the vast in-house facility located at Val Fleurier) explains, “In creating the in-house movements for Panerai we wanted to make sure we respected the military history of the brand and as such we created only functional innovation.” In addition having established the core features of Panerai’s movements it was important that all new movements also had these features.
και λίγο πιο κάτω:
The P 2004 is a vertical clutch activated, column wheel, manual wind chronograph. In this movement Klein has offset the clutch to the side (as you find in Chopard L.U.C’s movement, De Bethune’s in-house chrono and also in the old Lemania 5100)
When asked why he decided to go with an offset vertical clutch he explained, “I have created other calibers using a central vertical clutch but in this case because the movement configurations for the future may have hands that are mounted at different heights the best solution was to have an offset clutch. In the centralized configuration every time you change the height of the chrono hand you have to redesign the clutch. With the offset clutch you don’t have to keep redesigning the clutch.” Reading not too far behind the lines it means that Panerai has even further plans for this chronograph, a split second, a perpetual chronograph? We’ll just have to wait and see!
