I have said It Before,
In My Opinion Since OFFICINE PANERAI Was Bought By the Capital Enterprise Vendome/Richmont Group,
The Brand Became A way To Legally Produces Replica's Of the Historic Familly Business from the 1860-1980's.
The Focus Seems to Sell Exclusive Limeted Editions, With Haute Horlogerie Price Tags, Become instant Sought After Collector's Pieces.
At this The Business Is Very Sucsesfull.
Panerai Climbed From A Cult Watch To A Brand That Is A rival to Rolex.
The Modern Watches Produced Are Verry distantly related to the Originals; The Nononses Navy Divers Watches, Became Mens-Jewellery And A Status Symbol.
One in A while The Company Produces A "Historic" Special Edition To Remind The Public Of the 'Gloryous' Past of the Brand. Combined with A Nostalgic Advertisment Campaign.
In my Opinion Only One Such Tribute to the Past Suceeded.
Not in terms of Sales, Only 60 where produced.
Again Not In Representing A Exact Replica Of the original (This does Never seem to be the goal of the Modern Company)
But It Is Probally the Best Tribute to The 1st Divers Watch In The World. Produced By Panerai/Rolex.
The PAM000021 Limeted Edition Of 1997. Is A special Watch in the Modern Production Output.
It Took Guts To Sell A Watch With Welded Wire Loop Strap Attacments, To The 'Paneristi' Comunity Whoms Favorite Pastime seems to be Swapping Expensive Straps on their Exlusive Watches.
Also The Use Of A Rolex Made Movement That Shows It's Brand Name Through The Skeleton Back, Is Unorthodox! Now Days Rolex Is Considered A Rival Even The Use Of The Brandless California Dial (On Pam249 & 262) Was Unwanted By OP Because It is in fact A Rolex Oyster Dial Design.
The Use Of The Gen Rolex Cal.618 Movements Give The Pam21 A Unrivalled Re-edition Simullarity to the Original 3646 Radiomir. The Rarity Of this Movement is possible the reason for the Very Limeted number Produced.
The Dial Is The Closest Replica made to the 3646 Sandwich Dial, It's Surface Is Flush Like The Original Wich Had Transparant Fillings in the Cutout Symbols. The Dialtext Is in Beautifull Artdeco Letters, Just Like The Ingraved Text On the Skelleton Back, True To the 1930's Ingraved Texts.
To Set This Limeted Edition Apart From the Original It is made In Platinum, It Has A Tapered Crocodile Strap Sewn Around The Wire Lugs And Saphire Crystal Vs The 3646 Plexiglass, Alienating It from the Original Divers Watch (Who Is Going to Use A Sotheby's Platinum Croc Strapped Collectors Item, For Diving?)
The 1997 PAM21 Is the Better Tribute To The 3646 Then the 2006 Special Editions PAM232, 249 and 262.
3646 1938 47mm Rolex Cal.618
PAM21 1997 LE 47mm Rolex Cal.618
PAM232 2006 SE 47mm ETA 6497 OP
PAM21 Platina And Croc Strap sewn around The Loops, But Especially Its limeted number makes this Watch Precious.
PAM21 Rolex Cal.618 17 jewels Movement The Same As used in the WWII Radiomirs.
PAM21 The Skeleton Back At first glance might fool A Expert to be Looking at A Vintage 3646!
3646 1940's Skeleton Back Compare With Photo Above.
PAM21 Exact Replica Of The Original Dial Text. The short Wire Loops Are Rounded and welded like The 1938 Radiomir.
3646 1930's Compare with PAM21 Above.
PAM21 Has A thinner and Rounder Case body Compared to the Fat Square Bodys of the Modern Radiomirs.
3646 Even Thinner And Rounded off Body But Fat Bezel and Backplate. (Note Sharp Edges on Backplate)
3646 1940 California Dial. The Flatened Crown Tube Shows How Thin The Case Is. Compare With Modern Radiomirs, You Will Notice 2mm Above and below the Crown Tube's Possition in The Case edge.
Since OP seems to have trouble Replicating their Original Watches why did't The Rep Business Jump Into It?
PAM21 OP's Best try to Commemorate The Original Radiomir has not been Replicated?
There Is still Hope Becuase Of Some Experts wthin this Comunity.
Regards,
In My Opinion Since OFFICINE PANERAI Was Bought By the Capital Enterprise Vendome/Richmont Group,
The Brand Became A way To Legally Produces Replica's Of the Historic Familly Business from the 1860-1980's.
The Focus Seems to Sell Exclusive Limeted Editions, With Haute Horlogerie Price Tags, Become instant Sought After Collector's Pieces.
At this The Business Is Very Sucsesfull.
Panerai Climbed From A Cult Watch To A Brand That Is A rival to Rolex.
The Modern Watches Produced Are Verry distantly related to the Originals; The Nononses Navy Divers Watches, Became Mens-Jewellery And A Status Symbol.
One in A while The Company Produces A "Historic" Special Edition To Remind The Public Of the 'Gloryous' Past of the Brand. Combined with A Nostalgic Advertisment Campaign.
In my Opinion Only One Such Tribute to the Past Suceeded.
Not in terms of Sales, Only 60 where produced.
Again Not In Representing A Exact Replica Of the original (This does Never seem to be the goal of the Modern Company)
But It Is Probally the Best Tribute to The 1st Divers Watch In The World. Produced By Panerai/Rolex.
The PAM000021 Limeted Edition Of 1997. Is A special Watch in the Modern Production Output.
It Took Guts To Sell A Watch With Welded Wire Loop Strap Attacments, To The 'Paneristi' Comunity Whoms Favorite Pastime seems to be Swapping Expensive Straps on their Exlusive Watches.
Also The Use Of A Rolex Made Movement That Shows It's Brand Name Through The Skeleton Back, Is Unorthodox! Now Days Rolex Is Considered A Rival Even The Use Of The Brandless California Dial (On Pam249 & 262) Was Unwanted By OP Because It is in fact A Rolex Oyster Dial Design.
The Use Of The Gen Rolex Cal.618 Movements Give The Pam21 A Unrivalled Re-edition Simullarity to the Original 3646 Radiomir. The Rarity Of this Movement is possible the reason for the Very Limeted number Produced.
The Dial Is The Closest Replica made to the 3646 Sandwich Dial, It's Surface Is Flush Like The Original Wich Had Transparant Fillings in the Cutout Symbols. The Dialtext Is in Beautifull Artdeco Letters, Just Like The Ingraved Text On the Skelleton Back, True To the 1930's Ingraved Texts.
To Set This Limeted Edition Apart From the Original It is made In Platinum, It Has A Tapered Crocodile Strap Sewn Around The Wire Lugs And Saphire Crystal Vs The 3646 Plexiglass, Alienating It from the Original Divers Watch (Who Is Going to Use A Sotheby's Platinum Croc Strapped Collectors Item, For Diving?)
The 1997 PAM21 Is the Better Tribute To The 3646 Then the 2006 Special Editions PAM232, 249 and 262.
3646 1938 47mm Rolex Cal.618
PAM21 1997 LE 47mm Rolex Cal.618
PAM232 2006 SE 47mm ETA 6497 OP
PAM21 Platina And Croc Strap sewn around The Loops, But Especially Its limeted number makes this Watch Precious.
PAM21 Rolex Cal.618 17 jewels Movement The Same As used in the WWII Radiomirs.
PAM21 The Skeleton Back At first glance might fool A Expert to be Looking at A Vintage 3646!
3646 1940's Skeleton Back Compare With Photo Above.
PAM21 Exact Replica Of The Original Dial Text. The short Wire Loops Are Rounded and welded like The 1938 Radiomir.
3646 1930's Compare with PAM21 Above.
PAM21 Has A thinner and Rounder Case body Compared to the Fat Square Bodys of the Modern Radiomirs.
3646 Even Thinner And Rounded off Body But Fat Bezel and Backplate. (Note Sharp Edges on Backplate)
3646 1940 California Dial. The Flatened Crown Tube Shows How Thin The Case Is. Compare With Modern Radiomirs, You Will Notice 2mm Above and below the Crown Tube's Possition in The Case edge.
Since OP seems to have trouble Replicating their Original Watches why did't The Rep Business Jump Into It?
PAM21 OP's Best try to Commemorate The Original Radiomir has not been Replicated?
There Is still Hope Becuase Of Some Experts wthin this Comunity.
Regards,
