Panerai Radiomir Officine 45mm Mens Watch

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Panerai Radiomir Officine 45mm Mens Watch

Ref. PAM01382

The Radiomir name goes back to Panerai's work supplying the Italian Royal Navy with diving instruments in the 1930s, and this reference distils that lineage to its essentials: cushion case, wire lugs, matte black dial, nothing more. There is no date, no complication, no ornament to date it or dilute it. What the wire lugs do in practice is shrink the effective footprint considerably. At 45mm the cushion case reads large on the wrist, but the way those thin loops of steel allow the strap to lie flat means it sits closer and quieter than any conventional lug arrangement at this diameter. The 13mm profile reinforces that — this is not a watch that rides high or catches on a sleeve. The calfskin strap with its beige contrast stitching and trapezoidal pin buckle are the right choices here: plain hardware, no folding clasp mechanism to interrupt the line. The P.6000 is Panerai's own hand-wound movement, built for exactly this kind of watch — time-only, three days of reserve from a single barrel, nothing to go wrong. Winding it each morning is part of the point, and the movement earns that ritual by being genuinely simple and robust rather than merely appearing so.

Reference: PAM01382
Brand: Panerai
Collection: Radiomir
Case size: 45mm
Case thickness: 13mm
Lug width: 27mm
Case material: Stainless steel
Case shape: Cushion
Dial: Black
Crystal: Sapphire
Movement: Manual
Calibre: P.6000
Water resistance: 100m
Bracelet / strap: Leather strap
Strap colour: Black
Clasp: Buckle
Lume: Luminous
Retailer: Mappin & Webb

Learn more about Panerai

Giovanni Panerai opened a watchmaker's shop on the Ponte alle Grazie in Florence in 1860, which also served as the city's first watchmaking school. For its first seventy years the business was a retailer and instrument maker, not a watch brand.

Everything that defines Panerai came from a military contract. The Royal Italian Navy needed watches its frogmen could read in dark water, and in 1936 Panerai delivered the Radiomir: an enormous cushion case, wire lugs, and a sandwich dial with luminous material packed between two layers so the numerals glowed rather than being painted on. The radium-based compound gave the watch its name. Movements and cases came from Rolex.

The Luminor followed in 1950, replacing radium with the safer tritium-based Luminor compound and adding the crown-protecting bridge — a lever-locked steel guard clamping the crown against the case — which is now the single most recognisable Panerai feature.

These were classified military instruments, not consumer goods. They were never sold publicly until 1993, when the company released its first civilian collection. Sylvester Stallone wore one in a 1996 film and demand followed; Richemont acquired the brand in 1997.

Modern Panerai builds its own movements at Neuchâtel and works extensively in titanium, ceramic, and proprietary composites, but the shapes remain those of the frogmen's watches.

1860: Giovanni Panerai opens his Florence shop and watchmaking school.
1936: The Radiomir is developed for Italian navy frogmen.
1950: The Luminor introduces the crown-protecting bridge.
1993: The first civilian collection is released.
1997: Acquired by Richemont.

Also in 4 collections

This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (2,624), Leather Strap Watches (844), Watches 44mm and Over (688) and Tonneau & Cushion Watches (87).

What the specifications mean

Strengths

100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
Luminous hands and markers for low light

Worth knowing

45mm is a large watch with real presence
Leather does not suit regular contact with water

Best forSwimmingFormal wear

Less suited toSmall wrists

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Price	£4,300	£3,675	£3,350
Case size	45mm	43mm	41mm
Water resistance	100m	200m	30m
Movement	Manual	Manual	Manual
Strap	Leather strap	Stainless steel bracelet	Leather strap
Power reserve	—	45 hours	68 hours
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