Officine Panerai Adds Three Watches To Radiomir Collection

By Arthur Touchot | May 22, 2015

Officine Panerai is spoiling us this year! After the introduction of the Mare Nostrum Titanio PAM 615, the Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech and the Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio, the Swiss wactchmaker has announced the release of three more timepieces, this time in the Radiomir collection.

Officine Panerai Radiomir 8 Days Acciaio PAM00610 Watch Front — Officine Panerai Radiomir 8 Days Acciaio PAM00610

Apparently aware of the buzz that would surround the incredibly bold designs we saw the brand present during SIHH 2015, Panerai decided to wait a couple of months to launch the new Radiomir collection. But if the new watches seem less innovative on the surface, they introduce a number of important inaugurations for Panerai.

Officine Panerai Radiomir 8 Days Acciaio PAM00610 Watch back — Officine Panerai Radiomir 8 Days Acciaio PAM00610

For the first time, Panerai’s in-house P.5000 8 days hand-wound caliber makes an appearance in the Radiomir collection, in the PAM00609 Radiomir Black Seal 8 Days and the PAM00610 Radiomir 8 Days. The movement, first introduced in 2013, and exlucively seen in the Luminor collection until now, boasts an impressive 8 days power reserve.

Officine Panerai Radiomir Black Seal 8 Days Acciaio PAM00609 Watch Front REAL — Officine Panerai PAM00609 Radiomir Black Seal 8 Days Acciaio

The PAM00609 Radiomir Black Seal 8 Days features hours, minutes and small seconds, and is priced at $6,400. Meanwhile the PAM00610 8 Days Acciaio features hours and minutes on a black dial, and is priced at $6,800.

Officine Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Titanio PAM00619 Watch Front — Officine Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Titanio PAM00619

Meanwhile, the Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic becomes the first titanium model in the family with a combination between a grade 2 caseband and a grade 5 titanium bezel and crown. Despite this contemporary fusion of materials, chosen to complement the chocolate brown dial, the appearance of the Radiomir 1940 remains otherwise classic, with a large 45mm cushion case and pure minimalistic lines.

Officine Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Titanio PAM00619

If the new case material does not revolutionize the Radiomir collection, the movement inside might. The Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic houses caliber P.4000, the brand’s first automatic movement with a “decentralized oscillating weight.” The smaller, and decentralized rotor, means the thickness of the overall movement has been reduced significantly to 3.95mm. The Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Titanio is priced at $10,700.