Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 83

?Mare Nostrum? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, ?Mare Nostrum?, Ref. OP 6501. Made in the 1990s. Fine, large, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel with tachometer graduation, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register dials. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 11''', rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.