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The Radiomir is the original Panerai, a cushion case with wire lugs made from 1936 for the Italian Navy's frogmen. It is named for the radium-based luminous paste Panerai patented in 1916. This library holds 178 references, from 40 mm to 60 mm.

Panerai Radiomir Zerograph

Panerai

Radiomir Zerograph

PAM00067 · 43 mm

Panerai Radiomir 10 Days GMT Istanbul Boutique

Panerai

Radiomir 10 Days GMT Istanbul Boutique

PAM00555 · 47 mm

Panerai Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Bronzo

Panerai

Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Bronzo

PAM01284 · 48 mm

Panerai Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Titanio

Panerai

Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Titanio

PAM00315 · 48 mm

Panerai Radiomir Quaranta Yellow Gold / Green

Panerai

Radiomir Quaranta Yellow Gold / Green

PAM01437 · 40 mm

Panerai Radiomir 10 Days GMT Shenyang Boutique

Panerai

Radiomir 10 Days GMT Shenyang Boutique

PAM00476 · 47 mm

Panerai Radiomir Quaranta Goldtech / White

Panerai

Radiomir Quaranta Goldtech / White

PAM01026 · 40 mm

Panerai Radiomir 8 Days Shanghai Boutique

Panerai

Radiomir 8 Days Shanghai Boutique

PAM00410 · 45 mm

Panerai Radiomir Black Seal White Gold Tarascio 25th Anniversary

Panerai

Radiomir Black Seal White Gold Tarascio 25th Anniversary

PAM00261 · 45 mm

Panerai Radiomir 8 days Madrid Boutique

Panerai

Radiomir 8 days Madrid Boutique

PAM00408 · 45 mm

About the Panerai Radiomir

The 1938 production ref 3646 was 47 mm, built by Rolex to Panerai's design with a Cortebert pocket-watch movement, and its dial was a sandwich of two plates so the numerals glowed through the cut-outs. The wire lugs, welded to the case, are what separate a Radiomir from the Radiomir 1940, whose lugs are machined from the block. Panerai revived the case for civilians in 1997, and the Radiomir Black Seal and the 8 Days and 10 Days GMT models built the modern line.

The ten-day P.2003 automatic with its GMT hand is the most common movement here at 37 references, which is why GMT appears on 57 of the 178, the highest share of any Panerai line. The hand-wound three-day P.3000 follows at 17, the automatic P.900 at 10, and the P.6000 in its two forms at 13. The Unitas-based OP calibers of the early revival survive in 18 references, and the Unitas piece explains where they came from. The collection splits 92 automatic to 84 hand-wound.

The 47 mm and 45 mm cases are nearly equal at 61 and 57 references, the 42 mm follows at 23 and the 40 mm at 18. Steel accounts for 94 cases, but platinum at 21, white gold at 16 and pink gold at 15 give the Radiomir a higher precious-metal share than the Luminor. Black dials lead at 111 and brown, the colour of the aged Radiomir paste, at 30. Water resistance is 100 m on 152 references. 100 of the 178 are limited editions, and 16 still carry a plexiglass crystal.

The Luminor is the 1950s successor with the crown bridge, and the glossary covers the luminescence and tritium that replaced the radium.

All models in this collection178