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Its replacement was the short-lived CP-1 and the CP-2 that superseded it. Various markings on CP-2s indicate distribution solely to various branches of the military with their own air forces, as well as scientific units, but there are no indications that A. Cairelli produced watches for the Italian Navy, which was certainly Panerai's turf. "CP" is Italian for "cronometro da polso" or "wrist chronometer" and this watch was preceded by the similar CP-1 made by and labeled only as Leonidas.

Fitted with the Valjoux caliber 22-2 movement with flyback and hacking facility, the CP-1 was, like the CP-2, issued to the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Rolex Replica Watches) or the Italian Air Forces. It differed from the later CP-2 primarily in size: the CP-1 was a 39mm watch, while the CP-2 had a diameter of 43mm. For collectors, this is a deal-maker that amps up the CP-2's contemporary desirability. Suffice it to say, however, the less-common CP-1s enjoy astounding rarity value like that of the proverbial rocking-horse excreta, believed to be far less than the number of CP-2s produced.

Come 1960, and the CP-2 arrived. It featured a three-part polished case with screwed caseback. Its most distinctive feature, which would be exaggerated in the models that would follow, was the wide, graduated revolving black bezel reminiscent of the watch's contemporary rival, the Heuer Bund chronograph. Other details included a dust-protecting cap, black dial with tritium-coated Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer minutes, seconds and fifth-of-a-second graduation. There are said to be civilian versions with three subdials, but this writer has yet to find proof of that, other than the modern A. Cairelli items sold to civilians.

Tritium-coated baton hands were fitted for hours and minutes, with a distinctive chronograph sweep hand terminating in a pointer that looks like a miniature "swept wing" aircraft. Powering the A. Cairelli CP-2 was the Rolex GMT-Master II Replica caliber 146DP, with 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-protection and self-compensating flat balance spring.

Initially,Rolex Sea-Dweller Replica the caliber 146DP was made in the Ponts-de-Martel workshops, powering a watch made by Universal Geneve that A. Cairelli handled in the late 1950s. Because it used calibers from Martel Watch, and the brand had been purchased by Rolex GMT-Master II Replica in 1959, A. Cairelli carried on with Rolex GMT-Master II Replica to ensure that continuity was maintained -- crucial when supplying the military.