Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso

PAM00513

Brand  : Panerai
Collection  : Radiomir 1940
Model  : Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso
Reference  : PAM00513
Complement : Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet
On sale : 2013

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  • Brand  : Panerai
    Collection  : Radiomir 1940
    Model  : Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso
    Reference  : PAM00513
    Complement : Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet
    On sale : 2013
    List Price : 17 200 €
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : P.999/1
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Case material : Red gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Winding crown personalized OP
    Shape : Cushion
    Water-resistance : 100 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Luminescent
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement:
    Calibre executed entirely by Panerai
    Glucydur® balance
    Incabloc® anti-shock device
    12 lignes
    3 mm thick
    19 jewels
    21.600 alternations/hour
    Power reserve 60 hours
    144 components

    Case
    18 ct. polished red gold

    Dial
    Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers
    Seconds at 9 o’clock
    Sapphire. made of corundum. 1.6 mm thick

    Buckle
    18 ct. polished red gold buckle

DESCRIPTION

  • RADIOMIR 1940

    In about 1940, the Panerai workshops in Florence perfected a new case, designed to meet the increasing demands of the commandos of the Italian Navy. The case had evolved from the one presented in 1936 which is known today as the Radiomir – a term which originally referred to the luminous material patented by Panerai to make the dial readable in the dark – but it presented some innovations designed to make its construction even more solid and hardwearing.

    In the new case the strap attachments were no longer formed from a strong piece of steel wire bent and welded to the case, as they had been previously. This design might expose the watch to the risk of the strap coming off in the course of the extreme operations which commandos were called upon to undertake when on board their underwater assault craft. In the 1940s version, however, the lugs were larger and much more solid, being milled from the same block of steel as the case, of which it was an integral part.

    As well as the strap attachments, the system of attaching the strap was also changed, becoming much simpler and more secure. While previously it had been necessary to sew the leather round the wire strap attachments, the new construction had small holes in the lugs themselves in which little tubes could be fitted, having been inserted through the loops at the ends of the strap. This was a more modern solution, which also meant that the leather strap could easily be replaced.

    As well as the modification to the strap attachments, other changes altered the Radiomir case in a definitive way, presaging the subsequent development of the shape of the Luminor case which came out a few years later. The cushion-shaped outlines were now less accentuated. The winding crown was slightly larger and cylindrical rather than troncoidal. The overall thickness of the watch increased from about 15 mm to almost 17 mm.

    So was born the Radiomir 1940 case, which Officine Panerai is presenting again today – with the same forms but in a thinner version - in new models of the collection, watches endowed with the strength and fascination that only being a part of history can convey.

    RADIOMIR 1940 – 42mm
    RADIOMIR 1940 ORO ROSSO – 42mm


    The Radiomir 1940, in both the steel and the red gold versions is also available with the case 42 mm in diameter with the P.999 hand-wound movement, the smallest and thinnest in the wide range of calibres produced by the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel.

    Visible through the window in the sapphire crystal window which opens on the back, the P.999 has a power reserve of 60 hours and a balance which oscillates at 21,600 alternations/hour (equivalent to 3 Hz). In the red gold version, where the arrises of the bridges are chamfered, smoothed and polished, the active length of the balance spring is adjusted by a swan-neck regulator, while in the steel version it is adjusted by curb pins.

    The Radiomir 1940 (PAM00512) and the Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso (PAM00513) are supplied with a black or brown alligator strap, and they are part of the Historic Collection.
  • RADIOMIR 1940

    In about 1940, the Panerai workshops in Florence perfected a new case, designed to meet the increasing demands of the commandos of the Italian Navy. The case had evolved from the one presented in 1936 which is known today as the Radiomir – a term which originally referred to the luminous material patented by Panerai to make the dial readable in the dark – but it presented some innovations designed to make its construction even more solid and hardwearing.

    In the new case the strap attachments were no longer formed from a strong piece of steel wire bent and welded to the case, as they had been previously. This design might expose the watch to the risk of the strap coming off in the course of the extreme operations which commandos were called upon to undertake when on board their underwater assault craft. In the 1940s version, however, the lugs were larger and much more solid, being milled from the same block of steel as the case, of which it was an integral part.

    As well as the strap attachments, the system of attaching the strap was also changed, becoming much simpler and more secure. While previously it had been necessary to sew the leather round the wire strap attachments, the new construction had small holes in the lugs themselves in which little tubes could be fitted, having been inserted through the loops at the ends of the strap. This was a more modern solution, which also meant that the leather strap could easily be replaced.

    As well as the modification to the strap attachments, other changes altered the Radiomir case in a definitive way, presaging the subsequent development of the shape of the Luminor case which came out a few years later. The cushion-shaped outlines were now less accentuated. The winding crown was slightly larger and cylindrical rather than troncoidal. The overall thickness of the watch increased from about 15 mm to almost 17 mm.

    So was born the Radiomir 1940 case, which Officine Panerai is presenting again today – with the same forms but in a thinner version - in new models of the collection, watches endowed with the strength and fascination that only being a part of history can convey.

    RADIOMIR 1940 – 42mm
    RADIOMIR 1940 ORO ROSSO – 42mm


    The Radiomir 1940, in both the steel and the red gold versions is also available with the case 42 mm in diameter with the P.999 hand-wound movement, the smallest and thinnest in the wide range of calibres produced by the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel.

    Visible through the window in the sapphire crystal window which opens on the back, the P.999 has a power reserve of 60 hours and a balance which oscillates at 21,600 alternations/hour (equivalent to 3 Hz). In the red gold version, where the arrises of the bridges are chamfered, smoothed and polished, the active length of the balance spring is adjusted by a swan-neck regulator, while in the steel version it is adjusted by curb pins.

    The Radiomir 1940 (PAM00512) and the Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso (PAM00513) are supplied with a black or brown alligator strap, and they are part of the Historic Collection.
  • Brand  : Panerai
    Collection  : Radiomir 1940
    Model  : Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso
    Reference  : PAM00513
    Complement : Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet
    On sale : 2013
    List Price : 17 200 €
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Styles : Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : P.999/1
    Complication : Small Seconds
    Case material : Red gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Screwed-down crown
    Winding crown personalized OP
    Shape : Cushion
    Water-resistance : 100 meters
    Dial color : Black
    Display : Luminescent hands
    Indexes : Baton-type
    Luminescent
    Arabic numerals
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark brown
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : Movement:
    Calibre executed entirely by Panerai
    Glucydur® balance
    Incabloc® anti-shock device
    12 lignes
    3 mm thick
    19 jewels
    21.600 alternations/hour
    Power reserve 60 hours
    144 components

    Case
    18 ct. polished red gold

    Dial
    Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers
    Seconds at 9 o’clock
    Sapphire. made of corundum. 1.6 mm thick

    Buckle
    18 ct. polished red gold buckle