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stew77 Admin 
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Just dreamin' here on this (Limited to 30 pieces) Radiomir Tourbillon GMT Ceramica 48mm from Panerai (you also need to come up with $160,000). Wow...this thing has some serious horology WOW FACTOR IMO!!!!!  I thought you guys would enjoy this one!!!The main novelty of the new timepiece is the refined skeleton structure, clearly visible from the dial. The dial shape allows the numerous parts of the movement to be seen, including the tourbillon regulator at 10-11 o’clock. The dial is protected by a sapphire crystal with double AR coating. Despite the technical complexity of the tourbillon movement, this watch is 100-meter waterproof, qualifying as a true traditional Radiomir. Comprising 277 parts, the movement is the result of exceptional work by the maestro watch-makers at Officine Panerai and, thanks to its three spring barrels, enables a power reserve of six days, indicated by a hand that can be seen through the back plate moving through the arc of a circle. It comes on a leather strap with adjustable buckle in scratch-resistant burnished steel. The watch case measures 48 mm diameter and is sculptured from a zirconium oxide ceramic. How is that for WOW!!!     |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Oh my I am in love and in lust!  Who wants to donate one to me. LOL |
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deadlyapp 3T WIS 
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Good lord that is beautiful |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Remember me a bit of BRM in the skeletonised structure. Damn, the tourbillon is gyroscopic  |
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Nabco 3T WIS 
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HOLY CRAP, that has to be one of the coolest watches I've seen in a really long time  |
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Focal 3T WIS 
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Way cool watch, but am I the only one who sees the tool marks on all of the hex screw heads? I know it is impossible to assemble without some trace of this, but I guess for the kind of money this thing will fetch I feel like they could be more careful? |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Focal wrote:Way cool watch, but am I the only one who sees the tool marks on all of the hex screw heads? I know it is impossible to assemble without some trace of this, but I guess for the kind of money this thing will fetch I feel like they could be more careful? You are so right: The pvd chiped on the left end of the flat facets. It's there that the torque apply hardest when you screw those heads clockwise...Even the bottom of the heads lost some black patina. I guess that the hardened steel of the key wasn't the right choice: They could have done better for the price. Maybe by using another softer material made of hard composite plastic for the key... Or use polished steel screw: It would have give more relief to the all movement. Maybe platinum screws... Anyway: That was a killing detail. Well seen Focal! |
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Focal 3T WIS
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Still an amazing watch, though. I love the whole look of it. |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Beautiful watch. Zirconium oxide is tough to beat and is probably, for now, still the hardest black you can get. This is because the zirconium oxide powder is formed from the very first step of case-making and not stamped like most black ceramic. On the dings on the hex screws of the bottom pic, I don't think they're dings. They look to me like light reflections hitting at an angle and as proof, check out the first photo that's a full frontal. You won't see the same dings on the same hex screws anymore. Thanks for posting this, Chris. |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Yeah, I think the dings are actually a trick of the light... I don't think Panerai would willingly release pix featuring tool marks on this puppy. Just an incredible watch. Love the placement and action of the toubillon. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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On the dings on the hex screws of the bottom pic, I don't think they're dings. They look to me like light reflections hitting at an angle and as proof, check out the first photo that's a full frontal. You won't see the same dings on the same hex screws anymore. Yeah, I think the dings are actually a trick of the light... I don't think Panerai would willingly release pix featuring tool marks on this puppy. Just an incredible watch. Love the placement and action of the toubillon. I don't want to be complicated but: Look on the screw right over 1860 writen on the low back of the watch(the one down the "reserve 6 days marker"). You can see at 11:00 the little white chip who shows again on the closer picture. I see it on my screen: Light effect??? NO. I can see 1 or two others like that on the full back pic of the watch: Hard to see, but I got 10/10 on my eyes and the chance for that those chips shows EXACTLY and each time on the left side of the exagonal facet is like what? 8 screws X six facets each X probality factor of light effect???? Huffff..... Many! I recognise this chiping pattern: Same chips happen on hexagonals valves's purging-plugs when they are spray painted and that we screw them off. Exactly the same place where the torque apply. I wasn't surprised at all to see this problem there: It's expected with steel keys on "covered" surfaces. |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote: On the dings on the hex screws of the bottom pic, I don't think they're dings. They look to me like light reflections hitting at an angle and as proof, check out the first photo that's a full frontal. You won't see the same dings on the same hex screws anymore. OK, William. My very old 350/450 eyes (+10 diopter) bow to your 10/10  . If that's a small ding, then maybe that's why it is selling for just $160,000.00 |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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"OK, William. My very old 350/450 eyes (+10 diopter) bow to your 10/10. If that's a small ding, then maybe that's why it is selling for just $160,000.00" I guess that Panerai got more performant guys working as movement-ingeniors than the ones who work on watch assembly... As i told before, they could have make a special key in softer material to avoid this problem. But to make such tools in composite materials cost some money and they prefered to go on the classic steel hexagonal key... They certainly saw the bad result but thought that it would not show on naked eyewaving.gif |
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