Panerai (PAM 441) Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic Ceramica

44mm black ceramic case, manual-wind mechanical Panerai P.9001 calibre

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, 2nd time zone, power reserve indicator on the back, seconds reset, Crystal: Sapphire (2.3 mm)

]]> http://blog.perpetuelle.com/watches/closer-look-panerai-pam-441-ceramic/feed/ 0 http://blog.perpetuelle.com/sihh/panerai-pocketwatch-ceramic/ http://blog.perpetuelle.com/sihh/panerai-pocketwatch-ceramic/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:30:18 +0000 Kyle Stults http://blog.perpetuelle.com/?p=12157 Details are scant, but one of the Paneristi Team snapped a couple pics of this Panerai pocket watch at SIHH.  Looks to be ceramic.  Most likely a prototype, but we have seen several high profile brands release pocket watches these past few years.  Highest on the radar this year is the Cartier pocket watch.  Anyway, I’ll keep you posted if I learn more.

Panerai Pocketwatch

Panerai Radiomir 1940 aka PAM 399

47mm polished steel case, 3mm Plexiglas, manual-wind mechanical Panerai OP XXVII calibre (base Minerva 16-17)

44mm black ceramic case, manual-wind mechanical Panerai P.9001 calibre

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, 2nd time zone, pr indicator on the back, seconds reset

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Sapphire 2.3 mm

Back: Smoked see-through sapphire crystal

The tourbillon regulator has been reinterpreted in a sophisticated and innovative manner in the new Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica.

The material of which the Luminor 1950 case (48mm in diameter) has been made also expresses the technical mastery of the Officine Panerai manufacture: it is a synthetic ceramic based on zirconium powder which, by means of a complex series of working and finishing processes, acquires a particularly uniform and even matt black appearance, as well as ensuring excellent performance in terms of hardness, resistance to scratches, corrosive agents and high temperatures.

The black dial has a simple graphic appearance reduced to essentials and is of the classic sandwich structure created in the 1930s by Officine Panerai to achieve the maximum legibility even in conditions of very low light. The small dial at 3 oclock provides am/pm indication over 24 hours. The small seconds dial, at 9 oclock, also contains an original indicator, consisting of a series of dot markers, which is connected to the tourbillon and therefore moves at twice the speed of the seconds hand, completing one revolution in 30 seconds.

The 12-sided back with 12 sides in titanium (coated with PVD) has a sapphire crystal window in the centre which enables the P.2005 manufacture movement to be seen. Here Officine Panerai is presenting it for the first time in the P.2005/B version, which has undergone a blackening treatment to create an aesthetic continuity with the matt black of the case. The sapphire crystal also enables the remaining power reserve to be seen, thanks to a golden indicator within an arc-shaped dial. The Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica (PAM00396) is supplied with strap of natural untreated leather, closed by an adjustable steel buckle, coated in PVD.

Panerai Lumior Tourbillon GMT Ceramica (PAM 396)

48mm black ceramic case, manual-wind Panerai Panerai P.2005/B calibre

Functions: hours, minute, small seconds, 2nd time zone, 24h indicator, power reserve indicator on the back, tourbillon

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Sapphire 2.0 mm

Back: See-through sapphire crystal

For collectors and enthusiasts who are fascinated by historic details, Officine Panerai has created two exclusive Special Editions of the Radiomir California 3 Days (PAM00448) and the Radiomir S.L.C. 3 Days (PAM00449), each produced in an edition of only 500 units.

The two Special Editions have the two historic dials reduced to essentials, protected by a Plexiglas® crystal instead of a sapphire one: an element descended from the models created at the end of the 1930s by Panerai for the Royal Italian Navy with the crystal made of polymethyl methacrylate.

To emphasise the strong historical connotations of these two Special Editions, the word VINTAGE is engraved between the strap attachments at 6 oclock.

Panerai PAM 448 California

Special Edition 500 pieces

47mm polished steel, manual wind mechanical Panerai P.3000 calibre

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Plexiglas 2.8mm

Panerai PAM 449 S.L.C.

Special Edition 500 pieces

47mmpolished steel case, manual wind mechanical Panerai P.3000 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Plexiglas 2.8mm

Both the Radiomir 1940 models are produced in limited editions of 100 units each. Officine Panerai has created 50 sets which consist of the two watches in an exclusive box containing the two models with the same millesime numbering (from 1 to 50).

The two versions are distinguished by the different materials of the case, each combined with a different dial colour: the Radiomir 1940 (PAM00399) is made of stainless steel (AISI316L) with a polished finish and has a black dial, while the Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso (PAM00398) with the brown dial is in red gold. The red gold used by Officine Panerai is 5NPt, a special alloy with an unusually high percentage of copper (24.1%), which gives great depth to the colour, together with a quantity of platinum of 0.4%, which helps to prevent any oxidation of the metal.

Panerai Radiomir 1940 (PAM 398)

SPECIAL EDITION

100 pieces

47mm polished red gold case, manual-wind mechanica Panerai OP XXVII calibre (base Minerva 16-17 )

Water resistance: 30 metres

Crystal: Plexiglas 3.0 mm

Dial: brown

A new chapter in the history of the most famous watch designed for underwater military operations lives again in the new Radiomir 1940, two new Special Edition watches which are presented for the first time in a special Panerai case of vintage inspiration. Unlike the prototype and the examples which went into production at the end of the 1930s, some historic Radiomirs made in the 1940s had a distinctive case in which the strap attachments were not made of steel wires welded to the case but were formed out of the same block of steel as the case itself, thus resulting in stronger, more solid lugs. The new Radiomir 1940 watches are offered in this special case in the classic size of 47mm in diameter, and they incorporate other elements inspired by the historic examples: the Plexiglas® crystal protecting the dial, the round, cambered bezel, the cylindrical crown and the screw back.

The sapphire crystal in the centre of the caseback enables the OPXVII hand-wound mechanical movement on a Minerva base to be admired: it is a movement of the highest quality, superbly refinished, with a diameter of 16¾ lignes, 18 jewels, variable inertia balance with swan-neck micrometric regulator, Kif Parechoc® anti-shock device and a power reserve of 55 hours. The movement is visible through the sapphire crystal in the centre of the back.

Both the Radiomir 1940 models are produced in limited editions of 100 units each. Officine Panerai has created 50 sets which consist of the two watches in an exclusive box containing the two models with the same millesime numbering (from 1 to 50).

The two versions are distinguished by the different materials of the case, each combined with a different dial colour: the Radiomir 1940 (PAM00399) is made of stainless steel (AISI316L) with a polished finish and has a black dial, while the Radiomir 1940 Oro Rosso (PAM00398) with the brown dial is in red gold. The red gold used by Officine Panerai is 5NPt, a special alloy with an unusually high percentage of copper (24.1%), which gives great depth to the colour, together with a quantity of platinum of 0.4%, which helps to prevent any oxidation of the metal.

Panerai Radiomir 1940 (PAM 399)

SPECIAL EDITION

100 pieces

47mm polished steel case, manual-wind mechanical Panerai OP XXVII calibre (base Minerva 16-17)

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds

Crystal: Plexiglas 3.0 mm

A new chapter in the history of the most famous watch designed for underwater military operations lives again in the new Radiomir 1940, two new Special Edition watches which are presented for the first time in a special Panerai case of vintage inspiration. Unlike the prototype and the examples which went into production at the end of the 1930s, some historic Radiomirs made in the 1940s had a distinctive case in which the strap attachments were not made of steel wires welded to the case but were formed out of the same block of steel as the case itself, thus resulting in stronger, more solid lugs. The new Radiomir 1940 watches are offered in this special case in the classic size of 47mm in diameter, and they incorporate other elements inspired by the historic examples: the Plexiglas® crystal protecting the dial, the round, cambered bezel, the cylindrical crown and the screw back.

The sapphire crystal in the centre of the caseback enables the OPXVII hand-wound mechanical movement on a Minerva base to be admired: it is a movement of the highest quality, superbly refinished, with a diameter of 16¾ lignes, 18 jewels, variable inertia balance with swan-neck micrometric regulator, Kif Parechoc® anti-shock device and a power reserve of 55 hours. The movement is visible through the sapphire crystal in the centre of the back.

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The special design of the Luminor 1950 case used by the two models is inspired by a rare, historic watch which is notable for the pronounced rounding of the cusps of the caseband. This  detail recalls a stage of transformation, which took place in the 1940s, from the classic Radiomir cushion case to that of the Luminor.

The Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days and the Luminor 1950 3 Days Power Reserve are both fitted with the new P.3001 and P.3002 manufacture calibres, which are distinguished from each other by the different ways in which the power reserves is indicated. In the P.3001 the power reserve indication is located on the bridge of the movement, and is therefore visible through the crystal on the back, while in the P.3002 the indicator appears on the dial. With a diameter of 16½ lignes, the two calibres have in common the typical structure of large bridges, two spring barrels giving a power reserve of three days and a balance wheel 13.2 mm in diameter with variable inertia, enabling the rate of the watch to be adjusted through external screws on the rim. Both also have the seconds zero reset device and a mechanism for the rapid adjustment of the hour,
enabling the hour hand to jump one hour at a time, without interfering with the movement of the minute hand or the running of the watch.

Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days (PAM 423)

47mm steel case, manual-wind Panerai P.3002

Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, power reserve indicator, seconds reset

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Crystal 3.0 mm

The special design of the Luminor 1950 case used by the two models is inspired by a rare, historic watch which is notable for the pronounced rounding of the cusps of the caseband. This  detail recalls a stage of transformation, which took place in the 1940s, from the classic Radiomir cushion case to that of the Luminor.

The Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days and the Luminor 1950 3 Days Power Reserve are both fitted with the new P.3001 and P.3002 manufacture calibres, which are distinguished from each other by the different ways in which the power reserves is indicated. In the P.3001 the power reserve indication is located on the bridge of the movement, and is therefore visible through the crystal on the back, while in the P.3002 the indicator appears on the dial. With a diameter of 16½ lignes, the two calibres have in common the typical structure of large bridges, two spring barrels giving a power reserve of three days and a balance wheel 13.2 mm in diameter with variable inertia, enabling the rate of the watch to be adjusted through external screws on the rim. Both also have the seconds zero reset device and a mechanism for the rapid adjustment of the hour,
enabling the hour hand to jump one hour at a time, without interfering with the movement of the minute hand or the running of the watch.

Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days (PAM 422)

47mm steel case, manual-wind Panerai P.3001

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, power reserve indicator on the back, seconds reset

Water resistance: 100 metres

Crystal: Sapphire 3.0 mm