Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days GMT Oro Rosso

Paneristi, take note: available in a limited set of 300 pieces, the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days GMT Oro Rosso is as elegant as it is simple. In true Panerai style, its name is a mouthful, but it tells you everything you need to know about the Swiss Breitling replica watches. Let’s break it down and review.

The Radiomir 1940 collection takes its name from Panerai’s original involvement with the Italian Navy. In the 1930s the brand made divers’ watches for navy commandos, using a luminous substance, known as “radiomir,” on the dial. In recent years, the Panerai Radiomir 1940 collection has been defined by elegant watches and minimalist dials; the cases are polished to highlight their metals, and there are none of the Panerai-signature crown protectors found on many of the brand’s other models.

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The watch gets the “3 Days” part of its moniker from its power reserve. Ref. PAM00570 (as the new watch is otherwise known) has a 72-hour power reserve, using two barrels to achieve the full three days of energy. Its caliber, P.3001/10, is hand wound, so that means a little more work for the wearer. But it’s worthwhile when you can turn the cheap Panerai replica watches over and watch the wind decrease gradually, thanks to an arc-shaped power-reserve indicator on the back of the skeletonized movement.

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Like all of its Radiomir 1940 brethren, the PAM00570 has a small seconds subdial at 9 o’clock; like some of its brethren, there’s also a date aperture at 3 o’clock. But the “GMT” in its name is thanks to its other function: an arrow-shaped, second-time-zone hand, mounted underneath the hour and minutes at the center of the dial. wLastly, there’s “Oro Rosso,” or “red gold” in Italian. The PAM00570 has a 47-mm-wide case made of 5nPt rose gold. This alloy has a higher percentage of copper than some rose golds, in addition to a small amount of platinum, which slows the process of oxidization. The bezel has been polished. Within the case, there’s a brown dial with a sunburst finish. The dial itself uses Panerai’s usual two-level construction, with luminous material from the lower level visible through cut-outs in the brown top layer.

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The P.3001/10 caliber has been nicely finished, with skeletonized barrels and bridges. The bridges have a brushed finish. The replica Breitling watches has a brown alligator strap with a rose-gold buckle. It is water resistant to 50 meters. The Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days GMT Oro Rosso costs $31,800. If you get your hands on one of the 300 pieces in the limited edition, you get to be the one forcing people to say the watch’s name in full.

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A Musical Whirlwind: Introducing the Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon

To some collectors, a cheap Breitling replica watches brand — even one with a proud history — only proves its horological legitimacy when it produce its first tourbillon. Geneva-based Raymond Weil joins that prestigious club this year, with the release of its extremely limited Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon. Best of all, the watch still manages to fit squarely into the brand’s long-held value-for-price arena.

The Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon, of which only 10 pieces will be made, is the brainchild of brand CEO Elie Bernheim, a grandson of company founder and namesake Raymond Weil,  as well as an avid music lover and accomplished cellist himself. Music and musical themes have long influenced the company’s identity, from the names of its watch collections (the Nabucco family, for example, is named for a famous opera) to its partnerships with concert halls, musical awards ceremonies and music-related charities. The new tourbillon watch incorporates musical themes directly into the design elements of both the dial and the skeletonized, manual-winding movement.

The cello theme is evident most strikingly on the front of the Breitling replica watches for sale with four thin “strings” stretched tautly across the dial between the 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock positions, behind the central hour and minute hands and above the tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock. Additionally, the diamond-tipped hands take the shape of a cello’s bow, while the bezel is adorned with five grooved lines representing a musical stave. On the reverse, through a clear sapphire caseback, you’ll also notice the movement bridges, which support the tourbillon escapement and the mainspring barrel, in the shape of a cello’s distinctive f-holes. Speaking of the barrel, it holds an impressive 105 hours of power reserve when fully wound. The musical elements of the movement, which Raymond Weil has dubbed Caliber RW1842, were conceived by the company’s in-house R&D department, which was established in 1999.

Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon - front

The case of the Raymond Weil Nabucco Cello Tourbillon measures 46 mm in diameter and 15.25 mm in thickness, and boasts modern elements and materials; it’s made primarily of polished stainless steel and titanium, with black PVD coating and carbon fiber inserts along the case middle. The fluted, screw-locked crown is designed such that the brand’s “RW” logo aligns harmoniously with the curves of the case. The case, water-resistant to 200 meters, is attached to a genuine black alligator strap, with a titanium-and-steel folding clasp with a double-push security features. Each of the swiss Breitling replica watches comes packaged in a specially designed collector’s box that, according to Raymond Weil, “echoes the quality and craftsmanship of a traditional, hand-made cello.”

Last but not least, the price of admission to this exclusive musical opus is less than one probably expects: $39,995, around half the price of most high-end, Swiss-made tourbillon timepieces on the market — surely music to the ears of the 10 lucky collectors who manage to get their hands on one.

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