Officine Panerai loves their Radiomir watches. Since Stallone brought the iconic watch form to the USA (that’s at least the story), the Radiomir has grown in popularity beyond almost all. Today the Officine Panerai celebrated the them with 11 special edition Radiomir sets featuring three new watches in white gold, pink gold and platinum: the Radiomir 3 Days Platino, the Radiomir 3 Days Oro Bianco and Radiomir 3 Days Oro Rosa. Each comes in at 47mm. Big money balling on these. tip: tz

More looks after the click.

Now, some in the Selectism offices will argue that rose gold is about to be the breakout color of 2010 for wrist watches. While we do not tend to trend out so easily, Panerai’s addition of an 18kt Radiomir in their new 42mm casing must be a good sign. Look for it in January 2010. Nice call, David. (timezone)

How about this for a rare gem in the chrono world? Back in the day, Rolex used to make the very in the now, thanks to Stallone, Panerai Radiomir, for the Italian Navy. We’re talking like in the 1940’s. It is clearly not as refined as what we see today from Panerai, but these were the days of, well, we’ll let Hodinkee tell it. "The brand Panerai, known now as the archetypal New Yorker watch, was once a lowly producer of boring technical equipment (compasses, depth gauges, and the like) until 1935 when they somehow landed a contract with the Italian navy to develop watches that could be read underwater. Being that Officine Panerai had never produced a time-telling device at all, you can imagine who they turned to….Rolex.  Released in 1938 only to the Italian Navy, Officine Panerai produced diving watches called the "Radiomir" with movements, cases, and crowns all made by Rolex."

More images of this fine timepiece after the jump.