Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso
PAM00515
| Brand : | Panerai |
| Collection : | Radiomir 1940 |
| Model : | Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso |
| Reference : | PAM00515 |
| Complement : | Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet |
| On sale : | 2013 |
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Brand : Panerai Collection : Radiomir 1940 Model : Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso Reference : PAM00515 Complement : Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet On sale : 2013 List Price : 20 900 € Diameter : 47 mm Styles : Classical Types : Hand-winding Calibre : P.3000 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 : Dark Brown 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
16½ lignes
5.3 mm thick
21 jewels
Glucydur® balance
21.600 alternations/hour
Incabloc® anti-shock device
Power reserve 3 days
Two barrels
162 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
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 3 DAYS – 47mm
RADIOMIR 1940 3 DAYS ORO ROSSO – 47mm
The enthralling Radiomir 1940 case is making its debut in the Historic Collection of Officine Panerai with the new Radiomir 1940 3 Days, available in steel or red gold and fitted with the P.3000 calibre, a hand-wound mechanical movement with a power reserve of three days.
In the Radiomir 1940 3 Days the essential forms of the Panerai design have been integrated with haute horlogerie technical solutions in the choice of materials and in the construction of every detail of the watch.
The dial, with the small seconds hand at nine o’clock and the date window at three o’clock, has the sandwich structure of two superimposed plates with the luminous material between them, its light being visible through the holes made corresponding to the hour markers in the upper plate. This type of dial construction had already been designed by Panerai at the end of the 1930s to provide greater brightness and legibility. The colour of the dial is black in the steel version and brown in the red gold model.
The case is made of AISI 316L stainless steel, a grade extremely resistant to corrosion, or of 5Npt red gold, an alloy with a high percentage of copper, which gives the colour greater intensity, and a proportion of platinum, which helps to exclude oxidation. In both versions the finish of the case and bezel is polished.
The P.3000 movement, developed and produced entirely in the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel, can be admired through the large sapphire crystal window in the back. Hand-wound and with a diameter of 16½ lignes, the P.3000 calibre has a power reserve of three days achieved by means of two spring barrels in series. It has wide brush-finished bridges with chamfered edges and a variable inertia balance with an unusually large balance wheel (13.2 mm in diameter) which oscillates at a frequency of 3 Hz. The P.3000 calibre also has the device which enables the hour hand to be adjusted in jumps of one hour forward or backward, so that its adjustment does not interfere with the progress of the minute hand or the running of the watch.
The Radiomir 1940 3 Days (PAM00514) and the Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso (PAM00515) are supplied respectively with a black leather strap or a brown alligator strap, and they are part of Officine Panerai’s 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 3 DAYS – 47mm
RADIOMIR 1940 3 DAYS ORO ROSSO – 47mm
The enthralling Radiomir 1940 case is making its debut in the Historic Collection of Officine Panerai with the new Radiomir 1940 3 Days, available in steel or red gold and fitted with the P.3000 calibre, a hand-wound mechanical movement with a power reserve of three days.
In the Radiomir 1940 3 Days the essential forms of the Panerai design have been integrated with haute horlogerie technical solutions in the choice of materials and in the construction of every detail of the watch.
The dial, with the small seconds hand at nine o’clock and the date window at three o’clock, has the sandwich structure of two superimposed plates with the luminous material between them, its light being visible through the holes made corresponding to the hour markers in the upper plate. This type of dial construction had already been designed by Panerai at the end of the 1930s to provide greater brightness and legibility. The colour of the dial is black in the steel version and brown in the red gold model.
The case is made of AISI 316L stainless steel, a grade extremely resistant to corrosion, or of 5Npt red gold, an alloy with a high percentage of copper, which gives the colour greater intensity, and a proportion of platinum, which helps to exclude oxidation. In both versions the finish of the case and bezel is polished.
The P.3000 movement, developed and produced entirely in the Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel, can be admired through the large sapphire crystal window in the back. Hand-wound and with a diameter of 16½ lignes, the P.3000 calibre has a power reserve of three days achieved by means of two spring barrels in series. It has wide brush-finished bridges with chamfered edges and a variable inertia balance with an unusually large balance wheel (13.2 mm in diameter) which oscillates at a frequency of 3 Hz. The P.3000 calibre also has the device which enables the hour hand to be adjusted in jumps of one hour forward or backward, so that its adjustment does not interfere with the progress of the minute hand or the running of the watch.
The Radiomir 1940 3 Days (PAM00514) and the Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso (PAM00515) are supplied respectively with a black leather strap or a brown alligator strap, and they are part of Officine Panerai’s Historic Collection.
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Brand : Panerai Collection : Radiomir 1940 Model : Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso Reference : PAM00515 Complement : Red Gold - Alligator Bracelet On sale : 2013 List Price : 20 900 € Diameter : 47 mm Styles : Classical Types : Hand-winding Calibre : P.3000 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 : Dark Brown 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
16½ lignes
5.3 mm thick
21 jewels
Glucydur® balance
21.600 alternations/hour
Incabloc® anti-shock device
Power reserve 3 days
Two barrels
162 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