Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso Lo Scienziato

In Context

At 48 mm this is exceptionally large for something worn on a wrist, closer to a pocket watch given lugs. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 50 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 144 hours of reserve puts it well past a weekend — several days off the wrist and it is still going. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

PAM00559 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a skeleton dial with a red gold case. It was a limited edition. Beyond the time it carries a gmt and a tourbillon.

The P.2005/S skeleton hand-wound mechanical movement with a diameter of 16¼ lignes and 31 jewels, is characterised by the exclusive Panerai tourbillon that rotates perpendicularly to the axis of the balance, completing two rotations a minute instead of one, as in traditional tourbillons. This rate of rotation ensures greater accuracy and better compensation of the effects of gravity on the movement (this tourbillon is an Officine Panerai registered patent).

4 other watches in the library run the Panerai P.2005/S.

Panerai

Pocket Watch Tourbillon GMT Ceramica

PAM00446 · 59 mm

Panerai

Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Ceramica Lo Scienziato

PAM00348 · 48 mm

Panerai

Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica Lo Scienziato

PAM00528 · 48 mm

Panerai

Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Ceramica Lo Scienziato

PAM00350 · 48 mm