Panerai Radiomir 8 Giorni Eilean Experience Edition PAM01643

Panerai’s watches had been born with saltwater of their veins. Designed for Italian Navy frogmen on the eve of WWII, Panerai’s rugged Radiomir not solely timed their secret underwater missions and detonations, however its luminous radioactive radium-based paste lit up the murky depths. Panerai has all the time cultivated sturdy ties to all issues nautical, together with the acquisition of the Eilean, a wonderful 1936 Bermudian ketch that was lovingly restored to her former glory. The newest Radiomir 8 Giorni Eilean (ref. PAM01643) is a restricted version of 30 items and options bronze recovered from the well-known ketch and a really interesting shock within the field. As a part of the model’s ‘Experiences Program’, the watch comes with an invite to discover the cultural riches of Sicily, together with a cruise on board the Eilean.

As any collector is aware of, a watch with an excellent story is all the time extra collectable, and the historical past of the Radiomir, the primary skilled underwater army watch, is action-packed. However what in case you may additionally embrace an unforgettable expertise to mark your buy? In 2019, Panerai got here up with a intelligent advertising and marketing technique that gives for full immersion experiences with the sale of restricted editions. Together with the watch, Panerai presents its purchasers a full-on expertise that may contain something from combat training with the Marina Militare and canine sledding throughout the North Pole with Mike Horn to much less strenuous actions like these accompanying the brand new Radiomir 8 Giorni Eilean.

Underscoring the Italian roots of the manufacturers, the 30 new homeowners of the watch might be invited to Sicily to absorb the island’s historic, cultural and pure wonders. Beginning in Taormina, the itinerary features a helicopter journey and a hike up Mount Etna and, naturally, a cruise on board Panerai’s historic ketch (a two-masted crusing vessel with a triangular mainsail on the primary mast and a smaller triangular sail on the shorter mizzen mast) together with different undisclosed surprises.

The 45mm cushion-shaped stainless-steel case of the Radiomir 8 Giorni Eilean PAM01643 options bronze particulars from materials recovered from the Eilean throughout the yacht’s intensive renovation. The recovered bronze, composed of copper with 8% tin, is used to craft the bezel, crown and medallion on the caseback engraved with Eilean and the 12 months 1936 in reduction (the identical 12 months that prototypes of what would turn into the Radiomir had been issued to Italian frogmen commandos).

To reinforce the classic enchantment of the watch, the 100m waterproof case has a rugged, burnished end (brunito) achieved with a PVD therapy adopted by hand-brushing. The left metal case flank options an Eilean 1936 engraving with the dragon emblem discovered on the vessel’s hull, and the darkish brown leather-based strap is hot-stamped with 1936, commemorating her maiden voyage.

Panerai’s basic sandwich dial has a heat, grainy beige gradient end, recalling the color of the Eilean’s sails. The cut-out hour markers, Arabic numerals at 12 and 6, and the operating seconds counter at 9 o’clock permit the beige Tremendous-LumiNova on the decrease plate to shine by,  matching the SLN on the hour and minute arms.

Panerai’s manual-winding calibre P.5000 with a formidable 8-day energy reserve powers the Radiomir. With many of the 113 elements sandwiched between two plates, the 4.5mm thick motion is shock-proof and sturdy. Nevertheless, the big 10mm steadiness wheel, supported by a traversing bridge, may be regulated with out disassembly.

The Radiomir 8 Giorni Eilean Expertise Version PAM01643, a restricted version of 30 items, retails for EUR 49,000, together with the Sicilian expertise. For extra particulars, please go to Panerai.com.