Panerai Radiomir Quaranta in 40mm | A Week On The Wrist

I don’t get why the reviewer believes the closed case back is a welcome feature on a watch that is 30m water resistant. Do you think a sapphire case back would bring it down to 15m? This is at an age when even Rolex is replacing their (extremely unattractive) solid case backs with sapphire exhibition ones. The solid case back on this watch is a major turn off for me. As boring as a PAM movement can look, I’d still rather have a view of it than some stamped, dead piece of stainless steel.

Nice watch and super review. But why oh why has Panerai opted for a mere 30m water resistance? Every budget watch these days comes with 100m. If you're dropping 6,000 bucks you want to be able to wear it in the rain.

Panerai is back imho

".. with 30m water resistance" - closes video.

30meter tool watch? 😂

“Considering, possibly having the watch in my collection in the future” - Panerai, this one isn’t a buyer!

Is this going to be in this guys wedding dvd

Unless I missed it, would help to state or show your wrist size for reference. 30M WR?? Bring back the 337 in 42mm 100m WR!

You went on a boat with it. Why?

I bought myself this watch and the newer productions have a 50m WR rating. The low WR comes from the very thin saphire crystal.
I think this watch could handle swimming due to the screw down crown, but who would go swimming with a leather strap anyways...

And then there’s also the Luminor Quaranta.

The 30m water resistance is brutal

Love the look. But the 30mm water resistance makes it a hard no for me.

Panerai should hire the clone factories to teach them to have better WR

Panerai dress watch. Perfect.

Can we please just all learn the difference between depth & pressure...?
3atm may be rated for handwashing but 30m is absolutely good for diving.
If Omega's 50m watches can go down to 50m then why on earth shouldn't these go down to 30?
If the 30m rating is indeed wrong then that's a bigger topic for another day!

30m... Do panerai want to detroy the brand?

Thanks for the review, Danny <3

Its beautiful, price is restrained, and the lug-to-lug is perfect, below 50 mm means almost anyone can enjoy it. Great review, Hodinkee.

We'll done.. I like this review. I agree you're not the guy I see wearing a Panerai, but this one you wear well 👍🏻

30 meters for a naval watch?

If it were to lose its second hand and date complication it would be perfect.

Not my cup of tea. 30m WR is unacceptable. Would 100% prefer the 42mm 1940 case style models. The Luminor Quaranta is a different story and a proper Panerai.

pass

It's clearly a dress watch, not a dive watch. If you want a dive watch, don't buy this. If you like the Radiomir styling for a dress watch, fill your boots.

Great review.

Can only imagen a 39.

This watch is beatifull, when I saw it in local distributor I was hooked, until I realized it has only 30m water resistance. Not that I am a big diver, but that is lazy. If this watch will have 100m water resistance, I will be the first in line for sure.

The only drawback to me is the date window, not only it breaks the sandwich dial continuity, the date script is white, not ivory like the lume. If it doesn’t have the date window and have a transparent case back, it’ll be the perfect Panerai for me. The 30m water resistance is fine, you wouldn’t wear it to go swimming anyway

What sort of dishes are you doing at 30m ?

The buckle strap is an absolute joke - I’ve had this watch for a few months now, and love it to bits… until I put it on or take it off. Deployment clasp please Panerai, come on!

I'm not sure about Cal. P900.
Does this model have hacking seconds? Thx in advance.

While i personally prefer the larger size watches, I'm really happy to see them offer these smaller ones

U mentioned the depth rating is 30m but on the panerai website its 50m?

Too small

Good overview of the 40mm Panerai.

Looks a little odd to me with 100% polish and then still so much lume. And then practically no water resistance. Talk about a watch with an identity crisis.

A 6000$ watch model known for having diving heritage and being tough but now can’t even handle a few splashes? No thanks. This is just exorbitantly priced for the brand name. I don’t know what I’m paying for anymore.

meh

Thinking of selling my omega aqua terra day date calibre 8602 for this PAN. Question is do I ? Is it a good swap?

I won’t buy any dress watch that only has 30-50 meters….

What size is your wrist?

been there, done that. 20 years ago.

I like it, but it's still too big imo. 38mm would've been perfect.

Great Week on the Wrist. Totally daft WR though - get a thread on that crown.

What is you wrist size?

This without a date window would be perfect