New Antimagnetic Sub

[gregvisser]

Have you guys seen this? Really stealth looking with ceramic bezel.

Pic lifted from the OP website

[Travelller]

Yep... not really my idea of a PAM sub, not to mention is sports a €9K price tag... we're talking a DSSD here... (and I'd take the DSSD over that any day of the week... )

[gregvisser]

Do you think they will phase the 24 and 25 out?

[DiverAsia]

I really like this model.
It is not my idea of a Pam either, but I find it attractive and more subtle than the other Pam 'subs'.
But, having a choice between it and a DSSD, I would go with the DSSD.

[nick c]

looks goodddd

[alexlt730512]

is this one limited edition?

[Psmith]

It's OK... imho not the most attractive watch that Panerai has designed. The price puts it up against some very talented competition

[mrarchiegoodwin]

Wonder what occasion requires an anti-magnetic diving watch.

[gregvisser]

Mine clearing?

[Monte Cristo]

Originally Posted by gregvisser

Mine clearing?

Underwater mine clearing?

[Trailblazer]

They should do a anti radar sub...works better

[masterserg]

I like it, but I agree with the comments above. The DeepSea blows it out of the water so to speak!

[Travelller]

Originally Posted by mrarchiegoodwin

Wonder what occasion requires an anti-magnetic diving watch.

I honestly wouldn't have a clue, but that's not really the reason OP introduced the 389, is it.

All current-day professional "tool watches" (Rolex, Sinn & Omega to mention just a few) strive to develop anti-magnetic solutions because it reinforces the image of solid / robust / dependable / accurate - under dire conditions, including high atmospheric pressures, strong magnetic fields, etc. OP (Richemont...) is just trying to get on board with it's 389 and a better late than never attitude...

I bet Nishant might be able to make use of the added protection, seeing as he is in the medical field and might get closer to an MRI machine than most of us...

[Glenn422]

I'll take the 305 instead of this any day!

[WatchTimes]

Its ok, it is not for me...

To me the 243 is the perfect PAM diver!

[mikeycanuk]

Originally Posted by WatchTimes

Its ok, it is not for me...

To me the 243 is the perfect PAM diver!

Same here, I love my 243.

But the price point of the 389 makes the DSSD a bargoon.

My 243 is going to get wet in a few months! I'd take a pic of the 243 with my gear but the reg's and computer are in the shop. Reg's for service and 2 of our Cobalts are under recall. Thankfully we're not diving until the holidays.

[mrarchiegoodwin]

Originally Posted by Travelller

I honestly wouldn't have a clue, but that's not really the reason OP introduced the 389, is it.

All current-day professional "tool watches" (Rolex, Sinn & Omega to mention just a few) strive to develop anti-magnetic solutions because it reinforces the image of solid / robust / dependable / accurate - under dire conditions, including high atmospheric pressures, strong magnetic fields, etc. OP (Richemont...) is just trying to get on board with it's 389 and a better late than never attitude...

I bet Nishant might be able to make use of the added protection, seeing as he is in the medical field and might get closer to an MRI machine than most of us...

Shame on me for asking first instead of looking it up myself. So I accept Traveller's dismissive rebuke. It seems there still exists a reason for an Anti-Magnetic watch; not merely to reinforce an image but for a purpose. Below from good old Wikipedia:

HISTORY

The first recorded experiments in anti-magnetic watch-making are in 1846. Watchmakers from Vacheron Constantin were among the first to experiment with anti-magnetic features of a watch. However, they succeeded in assembling the first antimagnetic watch only several decades later. That watch was able to withstand magnetic fields because some of its parts were made of non-magnetic metals: the palladium-made balance wheel, balance spring and the lever shaft.

In 1896 Charles Edouard Guillaume discovered the nickel based alloy Invar. Afterwards, in 1920, when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, he developed another alloy - Elinvar. These alloys assisted in the assembly of anti-magnetic watches. Invar and Elinvar are able to resist magnetic fields, allowing the watch to continue to keep accurate time.

The first anti-magnetic pocket watch was assembled by Vacheron Constantin in 1915. Later, in 1929, Tissot assembled the first ever non-magnetic wristwatch.


USAGE

Since their appearance, anti-magnetic watches have been favored by people who deal with high magnetic fields. They are widespread among electronic engineers and in other professions where strong magnetic fields are present.

Today, even divers' watches (according to ISO 6425) must be anti-magnetic as well as being water resistant, sufficiently luminous, shock resistant and have solid straps.


CONTRIBUTIONS

New version of the Milgauss
After discovering the alloys for assembling anti-magnetic watches, many watch-making brands utilize such materials in production in order to improve the performance of such timepieces.

In 1989 IWC first manufactured the Ingenieur Reference 3508[1], which was able to withstand huge magnetic fields of up to 500,000 A/m.

The Rolex Milgauss series of antimagnetic certified chronometers was first manufactured in 1954 with the model 6541 for those working in nuclear, aircraft, and medical settings associated with strong magnetic fields. The watch has an advertised magnetic flux density resistance of 1 000 gauss within magnetic fields of 80 000 A/m. In 2007, after being out of production for nearly two decades a new Milgauss was introduced as the model number 116400.