P.3000

About the Panerai P.3000

Its construction imitates a three-quarter-plate pocket movement: one large bridge and one smaller cover most of the works, fixed to the plate by thick screws, which makes the movement rigid and gives a display back something to look at. Two barrels in series hold 72 hours, the balance beats at 21,600 vph, and the movement has 21 jewels at 36.6 mm across. The hour hand jumps in one-hour steps from the crown, so a traveller resets it without disturbing the minutes.

In the library it powers 17 Radiomir references, 10 Radiomir 1940s and 10 Luminor 1950s, including the Luminor California with its Californian dial; 35 of the 37 are 47 mm. 23 are limited editions.

The P.5000 is the eight-day hand-wound movement of the same family in the 44 mm Luminor, and the P.6000 the smaller three-day hand-wound movement that succeeded the Unitas-based calibers.