Forty-seven millimetres, and it means it
By Marco Bellini, Zurich ยท
The first Radiomirs were made for Italian navy divers, with cases and movements that came from Rolex. The 1940 case is the later version, with the lugs machined from the same block as the case instead of soldered wire, because the wire lugs broke.
This one has the P.3000, hand-wound, two barrels, 72 hours, a big movement that fills a big case properly instead of floating inside a spacer ring. The finishing is functional. Clean, not decorative. That suits the watch.
47 mm by 15.6 mm with 26 mm lugs. Mamma mia. For a large wrist and a loose sleeve, nothing else. 100 m, so swimming is fine.
8,800 to 9,500 USD. Too much for what it is, in my opinion, but at least it is honest about being large.