India, May 11 -- At Watches & Wonders, where most brands arrive armed with reinventions, slimmer silhouettes, and louder complications, Jerome Cavadini is interested in something else entirely: proving that the Panerai Luminor still works exactly because it refuses to abandon the codes that made it iconic in the first place.

After more than a decade overseeing manufacturing and operations at the maison, Jerome Cavadini, COO of Panerai, speaks about how he sees watches as engineered systems. Readability, durability, power reserve and water resistance are operational priorities at Panerai inherited from its military origins, and that philosophy takes shape at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026. For Cavadini, the annual salon remains "an opportu...