Luminor Marina
The Luminor Marina is a close relative of the Luminor base, but sports a small second hand at 9 (thus qualifying for a chronometer certificate). Again it is available with black or white dials, and used to exist in a PVD version. The PVD was replaced with brown-dialled titanium model for the C series in 2000.
From 1997 to 2001 the Marina used the OP II movement, but in 2002 (E series) the entire "Historic" line was upgraded to use the new movement, and the Marina now contains the OP XI movement. 2002 onwards models all incorporate sapphire crystal backs, whereas the earlier models all had solid backs.
For the H series, the Luminor Marina and base received a significant overhaul, in that the decoration on the bridges changed from the stamped Panerai to a côtes de geneve engraving, and all model except white dials now have a sandwich dial.