Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 84

?Automatic Chrono? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. B 306/500, Ref. OP 6531. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1999. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, and a stainless steel Officine Panerai link bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even under water, integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30- minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP 400 Z, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm.