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Word: radiomir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2007-2007
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...decades as a watch-repair shop and mail-order catalog. In 1936, already the official supplier to the Italian navy for precision instruments like mechanical calculators and compasses, Panerai created a prototype watch able to withstand the extreme conditions naval usage would subject it to. In 1938, the Radiomir, so named for the radium-based substance used to illuminate the dial, went into production exclusively for the Italian navy. It boasted a 47-mm diameter?practical for distinguishing numerals while diving in murky waters. Between that time and 1993, only 300 Panerai watches were made, each one for exclusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Large | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...early model of the Radiomir produced for the Italian navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living Large | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

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