Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 344

Set of 3 military instruments:

A. Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, ?Compass ? Mod. GPF 4/55?. Made for the Italian Navy Commandos in the 1950s. Fine and rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s compass with an original waterrepellent leather strap and stainless steel Panerai buckle No. 51.
Portable instrument, usable on land as well as for diving, day and night, without any external lighting. Made of an antimagnetic, stainless steel base with attached robust transparent monoblock plexiglass case, luminous indexes in relief and magnetic dial immersed in liquid. Diam. 69 mm. Thickness: 32 mm.

B. Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, ?Luminor?. Made for the Italian Navy Commandos in the 1950s. Fine and rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s wrist-depth gauge device graduated to 60 meters with an original water-repellent leather strap and stainless steel Panerai buckle No.207.
Dial signed. Diam. 69 mm. Thickness: 39 mm.

C. (Rolex) movement and case No. 317518. Made circa 1942. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s wristwatch.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back and crown, wire lugs. D. Panerai black with luminous Arabic numerals and bâton indexes. Luminous blued steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 618-15 3/4''', rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Case numbered. Dim. 47 x 47 mm. Thickness 12 mm.