{"id":26030,"date":"2021-03-28T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T08:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/the-panerai-radiomir-1940-3-days-automatic-42mm-acciaio-pam-655-watch-hands-on\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:41:25","slug":"panerai-radiomir-1940-3-days-automatic-42mm-acciaio-pam-655","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/panerai-radiomir-1940-3-days-automatic-42mm-acciaio-pam-655\/","title":{"rendered":"The Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic 42mm PAM 655 watch hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a savvy Internet user, you will immediately realize after reading the first 3 comments of any article, that the majority of the readers of watch mags and watch-fans alike consider a 40mm<\/strong>\u2013diameter<\/strong>\u2013case<\/strong> the maximum tolerance limit. Many of these people would love to buy a Panerai<\/strong> but they can\u2019t do so because their wrist is so tiny that if they were to wear a Luminor 1950<\/strong> or a Radiomir California<\/strong> under their shirt cuff they would look a bit ridiculous.<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiInitially, I thought that the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic 42mm Acciaio PAM 655<\/strong> with its white dial had been exclusively crafted to attract more women to a brand that is considered \u201cmasculine\u201d by definition, but then I realized that if the manufacturer has released its 6th<\/sup> 40mm<\/strong>\u2013timepiece<\/strong> in a single collection already, it might be that it is actually aiming at something else.<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiThe Radiomir 1940<\/strong> collection is today\u2019s only collection that can provide us with a 42mm-Radiomir-timepiece<\/strong> which is less than 11mm<\/strong> thick and that has been released, in this specific version, with a new white dial sporting vintage-style SuperLuminova-made glowing dots.<\/p>\n

Considering that we are dealing with a Panerai<\/strong> here, the secret of this very compact timepiece lies in the P4000<\/strong> in-house-built caliber, the first automatic caliber developed by Panerai<\/strong> that features an off-centered winding rotor (also called \u201ca microrotor\u201d.)<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiThe small winding rotor is made of tungsten<\/strong> (most likely due to the mechanical inertia moment) and it has been inserted inside the movement, so that it reduces the thickness of the whole timepiece by almost 4mm<\/strong>, that is to say that it is only 0.6mm<\/strong> thicker than the P999<\/strong> manual caliber.<\/p>\n

It is a breaking record if you compare it to the P3000<\/strong> caliber, its real inner benchmark (if we\u2019re dealing with a Radiomir<\/strong>), and it guarantees up to three days of power reserve; a characteristic that usually affects quite dramatically the thickness of a movement.<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiThe balance wheel of the P4000<\/strong> caliber features a variable inertia that can be adjusted through small screws, it thus allows the user to adjust the inertia with extreme precision without altering the delicate connection between the spring and the double bridge (a very sophisticated solution.) The P4000<\/strong> is basically a very fine caliber that is among the top end in-house ones developed by\u00a0Panerai<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiWhen you get to wear the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic 42mm Acciaio PAM 655<\/strong>, you will\u00a0notice that it doesn\u2019t exude the same \u201cpower\u201d as the other Panerai<\/strong> watches, this is actually a three-hands timepiece that tends to get a bit overlooked.<\/p>\n

It looks and feel more gentle than a PAM 424<\/strong> and it is as if it had almost been crafted to \u201cinvade\u201d the classic three-hands world while still maintaining the typical sporty style of the Italian-Swiss brand. This watch is extremely thin, comfortable to wear and even elegant if I compare it to any of my three not-at-all-slim Panerai<\/strong> watches. When I wear it around my not-exactly-delicate wrist, however,\u00a0this Radiomir<\/strong>\u00a0seems a bit like \u201can outcast\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"PaneraiThis timepiece\u2019s \u201cstanding\u201d is inversely proportional to the beauty of the P4000<\/strong> caliber; it is thin and understated and it is equipped with a technically impeccable caliber. If you are bored with classic watches or find many of the classic 40mm<\/strong>\u2013sports<\/strong> watches<\/strong> trivial, then you should probably consider purchasing a Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic 42mm Acciaio PAM 655<\/strong> at about 10,000<\/strong> euro (the price is driven by\u00a0the exclusiveness of the P4000<\/strong> caliber).<\/p>\n