Panerai

While the four new models in Panerai’s 1940s-inspired Radiomir collection are not likely to ever see battle, the brand has outfitted them with matte green dials with a distinctly militaristic aesthetic in a nod to its heritage as a WWII-era supplier to the Royal Italian Navy. Built at the Panerai Manufacture in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the pieces hark back to a time when the brand was used by the frogman commandos of the Italian Navy’s First Submarine Group Command, elite military divers who required accurate timekeepers to detonate bombs and synchronize daring underwater missions. The monochrome shade of green chosen for the dials belongs to a long tradition of using green on uniforms and gear, in order to stay camouflaged on the battlefield.