PAM322 Radiomir Titanium Brown dial
The dial is a very subtle brown which is quite hard to capture in photos with flash photography. As you can see in the above and below photos, the dial appears to be black - but in daylight it's definitely brown/grayish.
The PAM322 with a painted ammo strap by Kevin
There's a pink gold ring inside the case, a design element that is inspired on one of the vintage Panerai watches. The watch is shown with one of Kevin's painted ammo straps. The original OEM strap is a glossy brown crocodile strap.
The dial has a pink gold ring
The movement is the Panerai OP XXVII calibre (16 ¾ lignes, 18 jewels, power reserve of 55 hours) which is based on a Minerva calibre 16-15 movement. This calibre is modified so that the small seconds is at 9 o'clock position - it was originally located at six o'clock position on the Minerva Seconde Grande Authentique.
Panerai OP XXVII Minerva movement
The PAM322 has a crystal case back so that you can see its beautifully finished movement. The finishing was actually done by Minerva for Panerai.
The watch has a crystal case back (exhibition back)
Panerai introduced the PAM309 at the same time as this PAM322. It's essentially the same watch but it has a black dial and 100 units were produced, as opposed to the even lower production number of the PAM322 which is 50 units. The millesimation of both watches is x/150. 100 units of the 309 and 50 of the brown dialed 322, together this accounts for 150 watches.
The sub seconds dial is located at the 9 o'clock position
The PAM322 has a sandwich dial which can be seen in the above and below photos. You can click on the photos for a larger view.
The sub seconds dial is located at the 9 o'clock position
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All the photos in this post were taken with a Nikkor 85mm PC-E lens.
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Thanks to MM for making the watch available to me for taking pictures!
Panerai watches are my choice no. 1!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see Panerai Bronzo in Basel
btw, great photos!