Radiomir 1940
PAM00512
| Brand : | Panerai |
| Collection : | Radiomir 1940 |
| Model : | Radiomir 1940 |
| Reference : | PAM00512 |
| Complement : | Steel - Aligator Bracelet |
| On sale : | 2013 |
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Brand : Panerai Collection : Radiomir 1940 Model : Radiomir 1940 Reference : PAM00512 Complement : Steel - Aligator Bracelet On sale : 2013 List Price : 7 000 € Diameter : 42 mm Styles : Classical Types : Hand-winding Calibre : P.999/1 Complication : Small Seconds Case material : Polished steel 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 : Black 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
AISI 316L polished steel
Dial
Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers
Seconds at 9 o’clock
Sapphire. made of corundum. 1.6 mm thick
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.
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Brand : Panerai Collection : Radiomir 1940 Model : Radiomir 1940 Reference : PAM00512 Complement : Steel - Aligator Bracelet On sale : 2013 List Price : 7 000 € Diameter : 42 mm Styles : Classical Types : Hand-winding Calibre : P.999/1 Complication : Small Seconds Case material : Polished steel 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 : Black 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
AISI 316L polished steel
Dial
Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers
Seconds at 9 o’clock
Sapphire. made of corundum. 1.6 mm thick