Super dumb question but I've always been baffled by this......

[EBE]

I've got both the 087 Submersible and the 243 Submersible.

I've noticed that the the depth rating on the dial of the 087 says 1000m. with a period after the m. The 243 does not.

I've not seen this on other watches. Why a period? It isn't a sentence!

Just my Laphroaig induced thinking this evening.

 

[mysterio]

The PAM064 also has this 1000m. with a period at the end.

 

[Jeane123]

I've got both the 087 Submersible and the 243 Submersible.

I've noticed that the the depth rating on the dial of the 087 says 1000m. with a period after the m. The 243 does not.

I've not seen this on other watches. Why a period? It isn't a sentence!

Just my Laphroaig induced thinking this evening.

That is interesting. I didn't notice it until you pointed it out.


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[Nivka]

In UK English a full stop is used when a word is abbreviated and the final letter of the word changes. For example, Prof. X and Dr Marvin Monroe. Maybe that's it?

 

[mysterio]

In UK English a full stop is used when a word is abbreviated and the final letter of the word changes. For example, Prof. X and Dr Marvin Monroe. Maybe that's it?

Good try, but the watch isn't a UK-market specific model (plus it would be amusing to put an English rule on a Metric measurement ).

 

[Nivka]

Fair point. What's the convention in Italian I wonder?

 

[ALE7575]

Fair point. What's the convention in Italian I wonder?

The convention in Spanish language is the same: abreviated word has a point
I think is the same for Italian

Bu this is not the point here

"m" is the way to indicate the length unit called "meter", it is not an abreviated word and never comes with a point
Is the same with all units like "g" for gram, "km" for kilometer or "mF" for milifarad.

Therefore it is no necessary to include a point after the letters indicating the name of a magnitude unit.

Anyway many people (mainly with not technical training) are adding a point after the unit letters: m. g. km. mF., but this is not at all correct

ALE

 

[d4m.test]

Intresting observation, definitely. Some pics for further illustration?

 

[EBE]

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[Pamtastic]

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[MySharona]

You know there's free porn on the internet these days, right?

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[XAD]

Generally speaking, abbreviations for metric units, including temperatures (Kelvin or Celsius), do not end with periods. Abbreviations for most non-metric units of measurement (with few exceptions) use small letters and periods.

So... agree that the one with no period is grammatically correct.

Abbreviation

	Unit of Measurement
b	bit
B	byte
C	Celsius, Centigrade
cc or cm³	cubic centimeter (cm³ is standard)
cm	centimeter
G,GB	gigabyte (GB is standard)
g, gr	gram (g is standard)
ha	hectare
K	Kelvin
K, KB	kilobyte (KB is standard)
kg	kilogram
kl	kiloliter
km	kilometer
l	liter
m	meter
M, MB	megabyte (MB is standard)
mcg or µg	microgram ( µg is standard)
mg	milligram
ml	milliliter
mm	millimeter
MT	metric ton
t, T	metric ton
w, W	watt (W is standard)
kw, kW	kilowatt (kW is standard)
kwh, kWh	kilowatt-hour (kWh is standard)

 

[fredl187]

very interesting - I shot some macros of both dials and for some reason I did not see that...now, after you mentioned it, the point on the 087 is pretty conspicuous....

the question for me is - correct or not - why did panerai do it on the on and not on the other watches, too?

or was that a mistake of the designers of the 087 and noone spotted the point or they did let it happen....

everyday new findings...I love this forum

 

[Dinkis]

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LOL!


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[mysterio]

very interesting - I shot some macros of both dials and for some reason I did not see that...now, after you mentioned it, the point on the 087 is pretty conspicuous....

the question for me is - correct or not - why did panerai do it on the on and not on the other watches, too?

or was that a mistake of the designers of the 087 and noone spotted the point or they did let it happen....

everyday new findings...I love this forum

Okay, I think I have a theory. Launched in 2002, the PAM087 and the PAM064 were the first Panerai submersibles to feature the depth rating on the dial and with the unit of measure (they weren't the first submersibles, the PAM024 and PAM025 were released in the late 1990s, neither were they the first to have a depth rating, the PAM187 and PAM194 were earlier but did not have the unit measure). This wasn't going to re-appear until 2009, with the release of the PAM285, which only used the period-less unit.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Knifemaker]

OK, so here is the "REAL" reason strait from Pam Herself. The "Period" Means exactly what is says. 1000m Period!!! And not one silly little MM further, or it will blow like a Nuke!!!:timeout2:

Yeah, I made it up. Sorry. Only thing that seems to fit here!:whistling:

Knife

 

[EBE]

That makes the most sense. Now to just test this theory.........

OK, so here is the "REAL" reason strait from Pam Herself. The "Period" Means exactly what is says. 1000m Period!!! And not one silly little MM further, or it will blow like a Nuke!!!:timeout2:

Yeah, I made it up. Sorry. Only thing that seems to fit here!:whistling:

Knife