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AnthonyTsai
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SIHH 2012: Panerai PAM395 & PAM439

The next 2 watches I'll be looking at are 2 stunning Radiomirs in red gold - the 45mm PAM395 & 42mm PAM439.

Below are pictures of the 45mm red gold PAM395 Radiomir 8 Days GMT Oro Rosso which has a retail price of $39,800.  The elegant red gold case pairs perfectly with this brown dial

Our friendly Boutique Manager Chad @ the Beverly Hills Boutique terms this shiny brown dial as the "root beer dial" which is perfect nickname.  I don't seem to recall any past Panerai model with this specific root beer dial, so I believe this is Panerai's 1st model w/ this root beer dial. 

There have been other similar dials in the past such as the vivid blue dial of the special edition PAM277 (see below) from SIHH 2007.  This blue dial immediately popped into my head when I saw the PAM395's root beer dial because it has the same exact look but in a different color.  I really like these shiny dials but Panerai doesn't offer many models with them, so hopefully we'll see more variants in different colors in future models.

Below is an awesome picture of the skeletonized P.2002/10 movement.  I never knew the P.2002 movement could look so beautiful since the only thing you see in prior non-skeletonized models are 2 gigantic plates covering the entire movement!  Panerai really upped its game with this skeletonized P.2002 version, and I really HOPE we see more of these movements in future editions, preferably even some in regular production models.  But I doubt Panerai would release these skeletonized P.2002 movements in regular editions though

In any case, with the 1st skeletonized P.2002 movement in the PAM395, I hope this is a prelude of what's the come in the future - skeletonized P.999, P.3000, and P.9000 movements!  That will make me extremely happy and possibly attract a new clientele to Panerai's already huge customer base as maybe we'll get some interest from higher end collectors of Pateks and Lange.  I personally am hoping for a skeletonized P.3000

Below is a video of the PAM395 so you can see its sparkle.  I tried to get a good view of the movement for my PuristS readers.

 
The next watch is the 42mm red gold PAM439 Radiomir Oro Rosso with a retail price of $21,300.  It's basically the same watch as last year's PAM378 42mm Radiomir in pink gold w/ black dial but this years it's red gold w/ brown dial.  As with last year's PAM378, the PAM439 also houses the Piaget based P.999 movement.

Below is last year's PAM378 w/ black dial (pic by Martin Wilmsen)

and below is this year's PAM439 in red gold w/ brown dial:

Panerai makes winners with these heart warming red gold cases and brown dials IMO.   Sorry I don't have any good live PAM439 pictures but it seems this Radiomir didn't get much coverage and attention since it's just another variation of last year's model.  Even our PuristSPro reporters at SIHH didn't get any live pictures of this PAM439.  In any case, I have a video so we're all good

Below is a picture of the P.999 movement which I took last year.  It's a Piaget base movement and very fitting for the dressy 42mm Radiomir case.  I'm still hoping to see Panerai incorporate the P.999 movement, instead of the generic Unitas movement, into the 42mm Historic Luminors if it's possible

Finally, here's a video of the PAM439.  Beautiful ain't it?

Cheers,
Anthony