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SIHH 2013: Panerai PAM514 Radiomir 1940 3 Days 47mm
Jan 21, 2013,06:46 AM
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 – 47mmRADIOMIR 1940 3 DAYS ORO ROSSO – 47mmThe
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 3 DAYS - 47mm Movement: Hand-wound mechanical, Panerai P.3000 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.
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds, date.Case: Diameter 47 mm, AISI 316L polished steel. Screw-down winding crown personalised OP.Bezel: Polished steel.Back: See-through sapphire crystal.Dial: Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock.Crystal: Sapphire, made of corundum, 1.8 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating.Water-resistance: 10 bar (~ 100 metres).Strap: PANERAI personalised leather strap and trapezoidal polished steel buckle.Reference: PAM00514
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