In 1956 the Egyptian Navy commissioned a watch from Panerai
Panerai - In 1956, Panerai developed for the Egyptian Navy an underwater watch of exceptional size and solidity: “L'Egiziano”. Fitted with a marked bidirectional rotating bezel for calculating the immersion times, “L' Egiziano”
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