Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 78

"Fly-back" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai ? Fly-back Chrono", Automatic, No. C 284/300, Ref. OP 6531. Produced in a limited edition of 300 examples in 2000. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and stainless steel diver's wristwatch with square button fly-back 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 screweddown case back, straight lugs, tachometer graduation on the bezel, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even under water, integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. D. Bi-color satiné silver and black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel "bâton? hands. M. Cal. OP 405 Z, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" 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.