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New PANERAI Pam398 and Pam399 Radiomir 1940
The PAM 399 (and 398 - which is the same watch, but in gold) is a new case and crown design for PAM (middle)
The Radiomir is the Panerai that we're told was built in the 1930s, and it features lugs that are actual wires welded to the case (left).
Then, in the 1950s, Panerai was known for its Luminor case - the one with the beefy crown guard (right).
What the PAM 399 is, or rather the Radiomir 1940 is, is a watch built in tribute to the Radiomirs not of the 1930s nor the Luminors of the 1950s, but of the oft forgotten Radiomirs of the 1940s which featured lugs attached directly the steel case - in fact they were carved out of a single block of metal. Other distinguishing traits include the oversized, but historically accurate 47mm, Plexiglas crystal, the round, cambered bezel, the cylindrical crown and the screw back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYI3gbgG3nI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBH0oc4rOA
The PAM 399 (and 398 - which is the same watch, but in gold) is a new case and crown design for PAM (middle)
The Radiomir is the Panerai that we're told was built in the 1930s, and it features lugs that are actual wires welded to the case (left).
Then, in the 1950s, Panerai was known for its Luminor case - the one with the beefy crown guard (right).
What the PAM 399 is, or rather the Radiomir 1940 is, is a watch built in tribute to the Radiomirs not of the 1930s nor the Luminors of the 1950s, but of the oft forgotten Radiomirs of the 1940s which featured lugs attached directly the steel case - in fact they were carved out of a single block of metal. Other distinguishing traits include the oversized, but historically accurate 47mm, Plexiglas crystal, the round, cambered bezel, the cylindrical crown and the screw back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYI3gbgG3nI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWBH0oc4rOA