Panerai Radiomir: The Legendary Road

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Italian Royal Navy commissioned Panerai to supply high-precision instruments. At that time, Guido Panerai, the grandson of the founder of the brand, showed his extraordinary R & D talent and obtained the Radiomir patent in 1916. shooting weapon use". The success of this invention established the fate of Panerai, and the brand joined hands with the Italian Navy to embark on a groundbreaking journey. Gdwatchclone - The website to get good Panerai Radiomir clone watches online, best replica watches.

According to a receipt in the brand archives, in 1935, Panerai delivered the first prototype of the Radiomir watch for underwater use, named after the patented luminous material "Radiomir" developed by Guduo, with a diameter of 47 mm. The large size, pillow-shaped case and side design that protects the dial endow this watch with excellent pressure resistance; the three-stage structure composed of a screw-in case back and a screw-in winding crown ensures its Excellent waterproof performance. Other features include lugs welded to the case and a wide, extended waterproof strap for commando frogmen to wear in the murky waters around military ports after donning their special diving suits. Sturdy, waterproof, and easy to read, this watch became a popular timekeeping tool for various military units at that time.

In order to meet the increasingly stringent requirements and standards of the army, Panerai actively introduced various elements for improvement on the basis of the prototype, including the classic sandwich dial, making the hour markers and numbers clearer and easier to read. The dial structure is adjusted from a single-layer disc to a double-layer disc.

This structure is like a sandwich, consisting of a top plate, a bottom plate coated with luminescent material, and a transparent Perspex® disc inserted in the middle, which provides perfect protection for the self-luminous radium-based paste material. This technology injects a large amount of self-luminous material into the dial, and underwater commandos need to use mud or seaweed to cover the dial when operating at night to avoid detection.

This radium-based material was gradually replaced by another material also developed by Panerai-Luminor based on tritium. This material was specially developed for military use, and was granted a patent on January 11, 1949 for "products that emit light by fluorescence, phosphorescence, or any similar form".

Excellent performance and function are the key driving forces to promote Panerai's research and development, so Panerai constantly explores and improves timepieces with abundant creativity to meet the continuous upgrading of technical needs. By the 1950s, the case of the watch became thicker, and the lugs were integrally formed with the stainless steel case, replacing the linear lug design with a solid one-piece structure design. Panerai Luminor Due Luna PAM01181.

In 1956, the new diving watch Ref GPF 2/56 was born, later called "Egiziano" (Egyptian), this watch contains a number of outstanding innovations, including a 60mm case, a scale that can calculate the diving time Rotating bezel, equipped with a Swiss-made Angelus movement, with an 8-day power reserve, and Panerai's now iconic element: the crown bridge guard. In the same year, the crown bridge protection device was patented, and Egiziano left his name in history and is the source of inspiration for the modern Submersible stealth series watch.

From the size of the case to the use of new luminescent materials, the evolution of various details led to the birth of the Luminor watch in the 1960s, resulting in a distinctive pillow-shaped case, a wide and flat bezel, and a crown bridge guard. The crown bridge protection device provides excellent water resistance and protects the crown from shocks and accidents even under extremely harsh external conditions.