The famous Duomo Clock in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (aka the Florence Duomo) was in a state of disrepair until Panerai chimed in (get it?) to renovate it in 2014. Painted by artist Paolo Uccello and engineered by clockmaker Angelo di Niccolò around the mid-15th century, this unusual clock is divided into 24 sectors and displays ora italica (“Italian time”), also known as Bohemian time. Its 24th hour ends around seven in the evening, as ora italica was designed to inform farmers how much daylight they had left to complete their outdoor tasks. Then, the first hour of this counterclockwise clock begins.
The Duomo Clock’s generous benefactor also unveiled a perpetual calendar this year, which is an updated rendition of 2021’s Goldtech PAM 742 and Platinumtech PAM 715, this time with a translucent
