A design can be timeless. It can be a witness and
protagonist of the period in which it was born but at the same time it
is still contemporary. It is a design classic. Whether it is the fruit
of the ingenuity of a maestro or whether it is born almost spontaneously
from the function for which it is intended, a design classic is
immediately recognisable for the strength and the naturalness with which
it imposes itself on the collective imagination.
Officine
Panerai’s Radiomir 1940 has the authority of a classic of modernity. Its
simple, quintessential form tells the story of the years in which it
was designed while maintaining its unchanging up-to-date character. Its
design stands out for its functional rigour and the simplicity of its
lines, free of decorative excess: features which in 1940 were related to
a new way of life and a world of evolving values which in the following
years would lead to the international recognition of Italian industrial
design.
Created to satisfy the demanding requirements of the
specialist underwater forces of the Royal Italian Navy,the Radiomir 1940
today still has the characteristics of solidity, endurance and
reliability that are the hallmarks of a timekeeping instrument designed
for military use. The design of the case and dial have the same overall
quality and the identical iconic power as the original, demonstrating
the great versatility of a classic which is today enriched with the
highest technical content of luxury contemporary watchmaking from the
Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel.
RADIOMIR 1940 3 DAYS AUTOMATICThe
Radiomir 1940 is presented for the first time with an automatic
movement, the new P.4000 calibre which is the latest creation of the
Officine Panerai manufacture in Neuchâtel. The distinctive feature of
the new calibre is its off-centre oscillating weight, winding in both
directions. With a diameter of 13¾ lignes and just 3.95 mm thick, it has
been developed to integrate perfectly with the proportions of the
Radiomir 1940 case. The result is the Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic,
the new Officine Panerai timepiece which is available in steel
(PAM00572) or in red gold (PAM00573). It is a perfect choice for people
looking for a watch that is faithful to the history of Panerai, as well
as being suitable for the most elegant occasions with its classic,
minimalist design.
The new P.4000 calibre is the first Panerai
automatic movement with an off-centre micro-rotor. This means that the
rotor is smaller in diameter than the calibre itself: a sophisticated
technical solution which enables the movement – and therefore the watch
itself – to be much thinner. In the model with a steel case, the
oscillating weight is made of tungsten, a shiny, high density metal,
qualities which make it aesthetically appealing and ideal for
applications requiring a material with a high specific weight. In the
red gold model, the rotor is made of 22 carat red gold. Its elegant
finish and decoration can be appreciated through the sapphire crystal
porthole fitted in the back. Next to the oscillating weight is the
balance wheel, which oscillates at a frequency of 4 Hz, and a large
bridge concealing much of the mechanism, making the structure of the
movement exceptionally stable. With two spring barrels connected in
series, the P.4000 calibre has a power reserve of at least three days,
and it is also fitted with the device which stops the balance wheel when
the winding crown is pulled out to set the time, useful for
synchronising the watch exactly.
The new Radiomir 1940 3 Days
Automatic models embody the characteristics and qualities which make
every Panerai watch unique but at the same time immediately
recognisable. The case re-presents that of some of the historic models
created by Panerai in around 1940. It is 45mm in diameter and is made of
AISI 316L stainless steel, or of 5N pt red gold, an alloy which has a
higher proportion of copper than usual and a small amount of platinum
which helps to reduce any oxidation of the metal. The lugs are formed
out of the same block as the case and they adapt perfectly to the line
of the wrist, ensuring maximum comfort for wearers of the watch. The
large polished bezel surrounds a classic dial providing excellent
legibility, with its minimalist design and its structure of superimposed
plates sandwiching the luminous substance between them. This
construction means that the hour figures and the baton markers cut in
the upper plates shine with great brilliance. As has been traditional
with Panerai since the 1940s, the seconds hand rotates in a small
sub-dial at 9 o’clock on the dial, which is black in the steel version
and brown in the red gold version.
The Radiomir 1940 3 Days
Automatic is water-resistant to ten bar (around 100 metres) in the steel
version and five bar (around 50 metres) in the red gold version, and it
is supplied with an alligator strap, black or brown respectively.
RADIOMIR 19403 DAYS AUTOMATIC ACCIAIO – 45mm
PAM00572
MOVEMENT: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.4000 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 13¾ lignes, 3.95 mm thick,
31 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour. KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two
barrels. 203 components. FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes, small seconds. CASE: Diameter 45 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. Seconds at 9 o’clock. CRYSTAL: Sapphire, made of corundum,
1.7 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating. WATER-RESISTANCE: 10 bar (~ 100 metres). STRAP: PANERAI personalised
alligator strap and polished steel buckle.
RADIOMIR 19403 DAYS AUTOMATIC ORO ROSSO – 45mm
PAM00573
MOVEMENT: Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.4000 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 13¾ lignes, 3.95 mm thick,
31 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour. KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 3 days, two
barrels. 203 components. FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes, small seconds. CASE: Diameter 45 mm, 18 ct. polished red
gold. Screw-down winding crown personalized OP. BEZEL: 18 ct. polished red gold. BACK: See-through sapphire
crystal. DIAL: Brown with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers. Seconds at 9 o’clock. CRYSTAL: Sapphire,
made of corundum, 1.4 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating. WATER-RESISTANCE: 5 bar (~ 50 metres). STRAP: PANERAI
personalised alligator strap and 18 ct. polished red gold buckle.
THE P.4000 MOVEMENTOfficine
Panerai presents the P.4000 calibre, the first automatic movement with
an off-centre micro-rotor completely developed and made in the
manufacture at Neuchâtel. This design means that the rotor is mounted
off-centre and is therefore smaller in diameter than the calibre itself:
a sophisticated technical solution enabling the thickness of the
movement to be substantially reduced. The small oscillating weight is
inserted within the movement rather than superimposed upon it and the
result is a calibre which preserves all the Panerai characteristics of
accuracy, reliability and solidity but with a thickness of only 3.95 mm.
With
a diameter of 13¾ lignes (31 mm), the new calibre has a large bridge
which is flanked by the small oscillating weight winding in both
directions and the balance cock. The latter has twin supports, more
secure and stronger than the customary overhanging balance cock with a
single support. The supports have two screws for adjusting the vertical
play of the balance staff. The balance wheel oscillates at 28,800
alternations per hour (equivalent to a frequency of 4 Hz). It is a
balance wheel with variable inertia, that is, with screws enabling the
rate to be adjusted precisely without altering the relationship of the
balance spring and the bridge. Fitted with 31 jewels, the movement has a
power reserve of at least three days, as a result of having two spring
barrels connected in series. It is also fitted with the device which
stops the balance wheel when the winding crown is pulled out, for
synchronising the watch exactly.
The P.4000 calibre is produced
in two versions which differ in the kind of finish, the engraving and
the material of the micro-rotor. The first, for models with a steel
case, has bridges with a horizontally brushed finish, blue engraving and
an oscillating weight of tungsten alloy, with relief decoration on the
matt surface. The second version is for the models with a gold case and
it has bridges with a circular brushed finish, gilded engraving and a
rotor of 22 carat gold, with clous de Paris hobnail finish and polished
decorations in relief on the brushed surface.
FUNCTIONS:Hours, minutes, small seconds
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Automatic mechanical
Off-centered rotor made of tungsten or 22 ct. red gold
13¾ lignes in diameter
Thickness 3.95 mm
31 jewels
28,800 alternations/hour
KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device
Power reserve 3 days
Two spring barrels
Stop balance wheel
203 components
RADIOMIR 1940 TOURBILLON GMT ORO ROSSO – 48mmOfficine
Panerai is the interpreter par excellence of an extraordinary union:
that of Italian design and Swiss watchmaking expertise. The creativity,
elegance and functionality of the Italian design find an exceptional
consummation in the craftsmanship and skill of Swiss watchmaking in the
Panerai manufacture at Neuchâtel, giving life to extraordinary, unique
objects such as the Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso – 48mm, an
exclusive Special Edition of just thirty units in red gold, destined for
devotees of luxury sports watchmaking. The Tourbillon regulator is one
of the most sophisticated complications of high quality watchmaking,
invented almost two centuries ago to eliminate changes of rate in pocket
watches caused by the effect of gravity. In a traditional Tourbillon
the balance-escapement assembly rotates continuously on its own axis to
compensate for these errors of rate. In the Panerai P.2005 calibre, on
the other hand, the cage which contains the balance and escapement
rotates on an axis which is perpendicular to that of the balance instead
of parallel to it, and a rotation is completed in thirty seconds, that
is, at twice the speed of the traditional one. Thanks to these two
simple but revolutionary innovations, the Panerai Tourbillon compensates
better for inaccuracies, thus ensuring that the watch runs more evenly.
Its fascinating rotation can be admired through the sapphire window set
in the back and it is also indicated on the dial by a small indicator
rotating within the small seconds dial.
As well as the Tourbillon
regulator, the P.2005 calibre of the new Radiomir 1940 also has the GMT
24H function, which indicates the time in a second time zone by a
special central hand, with am/pm indication on the auxiliary dial at
three o’clock. The local time can be quickly adjusted by the system
which enables the hour hand to be moved in jumps of one hour at a time,
without interfering with the minute hand or the running of the watch.
With three spring barrels connected in series, the power reserve of this
hand-wound movement is a good six days, and the power reserve remaining
is indicated on the back.
The Radiomir 1940 case with a diameter
of 48 mm is made entirely of 5Npt red gold, a special alloy with a high
percentage of copper which gives the gold a warm, elegant tone, and a
percentage of platinum which helps to prevent oxidation. The lugs are
milled from the block of the case and the wide polished bezel frames a
sapphire glass crystal which protects the brown dial with satiné soleil
finish; its design is of exemplary simplicity in spite of the richness
of the indications. The legibility and clarity of the dial are also
enhanced by its sandwich structure: the Super-LumiNova® which makes it
visible at night is applied between two discs and its luminescence
emerges through holes in the upper one corresponding to the hour
markers. The Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso – 48mm (PAM00558) is
water-resistant to five bar (around fifty metres). It is supplied with a
brown alligator strap, closed by an adjustable red gold buckle,
personalised Panerai.
RADIOMIR 1940 TOURBILLON GMT ORO ROSSO – 48mmUnique edition of 30 unit
PAM00558
MOVEMENT: hand-wound mechanical, Panerai P.2005 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai, 16¼ lignes, 9.1 mm thick,
31 jewels, Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour. KIF Parechoc® anti-shock device. Power reserve 6 days, three
barrels. 239 components. FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes, small seconds, second time zone, 24h indicator, power
reserve indicator on the back, tourbillon. CASE: Diameter 48 mm, 18 ct. polished red gold. Screw-down winding crown
personalized OP. BEZEL: 118 ct. polished red gold. BACK: See-through sapphire crystal. DIAL: Brown, with luminous
Arabic numerals and hour markers. 24h indicator at 3 o’clock, seconds and tourbillon indicator at 9 o’clock. CRYSTAL:
Sapphire, formed of corundum, 1,5 mm thick. Anti-reflective coating. WATER-RESISTANCE: 5 bar (~ 50 metres).
STRAP: PANERAI personalised alligator strap and polished 18 ct. red gold adjustable buckle.
RADIOMIR 1940 MARINA MILITARE 3 DAYS ACCIAIO – 47mmThe
story of the Radiomir 1940 is the story of the development of the
design of Officine Panerai watches. Its essential lines recall the
intermediate stage in the transformation of the cushion case of the
first Panerai watches, created in 1936, to the more robust shape of the
Luminor 1950. The new Radiomir 1940 Marina Militare presents the pure
design of this case, combined with a series of historic details
demonstrating the fidelity of the new model to those created for the
Italian Navy. The case is 47 mm in diameter, the standard size for
watches made for the commandos of the Navy, because they had to be worn
over a wet suit. It is made of AISI 316L stainless steel, an alloy
particularly resistant to corrosion that is perfect for a watch
water-resistant to ten bar (around 100 meters). Engraved between the
lugs, milled from the steel block of the case, are the reference of the
watch (PAM00587) and the number of the case, while the inscription
“Marina Militare” appears on the dial. Apart from the engraving, the
design of the black dial is of absolute simplicity with only the large
linear markers andthe Arabic figures at the cardinal points. All the
elements on the dial are perfectly visible in very poor light, thanks
tothe large size and the typical Panerai structure of the dial,
consisting of superimposed discs with Super-LumiNova® between them,
visible through the holes corresponding to the hour markers. To protect
the dial, the crystal is not made of sapphire crystal but slightly
cambered Plexiglas®, as in the period examples in which the crystal was
made of polymethyl acrylate. The hands too, slender and pointed, have
been designed to match those of the period Panerai watches.
Visible
through the sapphire crystal back of the case is the in-house P.3000
calibre, a hand-wound mechanical movement with a power reserve of three
days achieved with two spring barrels. Clearly visible through the
crystal back are the oscillation of the balance wheel and the wide
bridges, satin finished with blue engraving, which cover much of the
wheelwork. The mechanism for adjusting the time with the winding crown
is extremely practical because it enables the hour hand to be adjusted
independently of the other hand, in jumps of one hour at a time so as
not to interfere with the running of the minute hand.
The
Radiomir 1940 Marina Militare is a Special Edition of one thousand units
and it is supplied with a brown leather strap with ecru stitching and
hot-stamped with the OP logo. In the fine pear wood box in which it is
supplied there is a spare Plexiglas® crystal.
RADIOMIR 1940 MARINA MILITARE 3 DAYS ACCIAIO – 47mmUnique edition of 1000 unit
PAM00587
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.
160 components. FUNCTIONS: Hours, minutes. 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. CRYSTAL: Plexiglas®, 3 mm thick. WATER-RESISTANCE: 10 bar (~ 100 metres). STRAP:
PANERAI personalised leather strap and trapezoidal polished steel buckle. Supplied with a second Plexiglas®.