Comments on: Panerai Radiomir Titanium 47mm Special Edition PAM 349 with the California dial

By: der Uhrmacher

der Uhrmacher — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:53:13 +0000

You are welcome Urano.
Happy New Year :)

By: Urano

Urano — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:21:16 +0000

Liebe der Uhrmacher

Thank you very much for your explanation.

That can make sense.

Happy New Year!

By: der Uhrmacher

der Uhrmacher — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:49:38 +0000

> Anybody knows the reason for the name?

Hi Urano,
The official version is that the name was invented after a California-based company introduced a number of “refurbished” Rolex watches with their original dials replaced with this Roman-Arabic combination. Something like that.

By: Urano

Urano — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:05:19 +0000

Hi everybody

I own a PAM249 Radiomir 1936 and I bought this beautiful as I was impressed by that “California dial”…and, of course, by its historical appeal (even as a replica).

Anybody knows the reason for the name?

I came to understand that this dial has the upper numbers in roman digits and the lower in arabic ones…this is the deepest “explanation” I could find on several internet sites…but no mention on the reason for the name.

Anybody can help?

Thank you very much for attention.

Urano