Handsome and classy---Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso PAM515

Panerai watches are fortunate with similar visual appeal because the alpha-males who populate the land of opera, fast cars and Barolo. They've passion, romance, style and culture running through their veins. Panerai have searched for their method of watch design. They haven't copied other brands work, but continued to be in keeping with their maritime history. 

Initially the Radiomir, with California dial, was given to the Royal Italian Navy in 1936 by having an unusual strap attachment employing welded wire loops. The model was produced for specialist underwater forces. Later within the nineteen forties, the case was enhanced with more powerful lugs, more conventional to look at, usual for many present-day watches.

Panerai have revisited their back-catalogue of horological gems and lately revealed a brand new Radiomir at SIHH 2013. The molasses-brown hue supplies a welcome option to the ever-present black dials which dominate many jewelry shop home windows. It's wealthy and indulgent and harmoniously blends using the red gold case.

A sandwich dial, faithful towards the nineteen forties original, provides depth and improves its looks. A date is situated at 3 o’clock, and opposite at 9 o’clock, the subsidiary seconds confers balance. Simple strokes succinctly impart the hours, save for six o’clock and noon where Arabic numbers are presented inside a modern font.

The Radiomir title is obtained from the luminous mixture initially utilized on the first Panerai models. The hour markings and numbers about this modern-day model are luminous, improving legibility in diminishing light. Indeed, the dials will always be a vital aspect that has caused urges in almost any budding Panerai collector. They're clean, convey time with brevity and eloquence in equal measure. They're one of clearness.

A departure in the military problem watches of the nineteen forties, may be the polished 18-carat red gold case. It indulges with a feeling of luxury. The watch includes a water resistance of fifty meters, hence won't prove appropriate for professional diving use. The asymmetrically tapering crown of the original 1936 model was later changed having a standard cut down round crown usual for today’s watches. The styling might be Italian inspired, however the engineering inside the case is greatly Swiss. The manual winding P.3000 manufacture movement is produced at Panerai’s atelier in Neuchâtel.

The mainplate is pleasingly finished with perlage. Furthermore, the screwed balance will delight purists and so will the rubies punctuating the bridges. Twin barrels hoard energy giving the watch a 3 day power reserve because the title of the watch attests.

An especially helpful feature, for those smart people that like to traverse different time zones, may be the facility to succeed the hour hand, forwards or backwards in a single-hour step. This facility is independent of the minute hand and doesn't prevent the watch running although adjustment happens. Panerai were created for Italian naval commando. 

The models are inherently masculine and many of the Radiomir pieces pay due reverence towards the 1936 original. The nineteen forties model enhanced the robustness of the original and that is that variant which supplies the historic reference with this new watch. This model is handsome and classy.