Panerai is marking the 70th anniversary of its glow-in-the-dark watches, which, back in the day, were painted with a radium paste called Radiomir. This practice was discontinued because of Radiomir’s, well... potentially lethal gamma rays. It’s since been replaced with a completely safe alternative, Super-Luminova X1, which has been applied to three super-cool 44mm versions of the new Luminor Marina. The DMLS model comes with a titanium case that’s made using 3D printing with a high-power laser.

It was before my time, but the 1960s sound like a jolly good decade. Bursting with colour, drama and international collaboration, it was also a superb time for watchmaking. A soaring demand for casual timepieces ensured steady growth and constant innovation, and we were all blissfully unaware of the looming disaster that was the quartz crisis (thanks for nothing, Generation Me!).

This probably explains why Glashütte Original’s 2020 Sixties Edition, complete with a “glacier blue” dial, hits all my sweet spots. Glashütte has released colourful additions to its Sixties collection since 2018, and this wrist-friendly 39mm version is another worth coveting.

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