Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 479

?P.A.M. 187 Luminor Submersible Chrono 1000 m? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai ? 1000, Automatic Chrono", No. 0079/100, Ref. PAM00187, OP 6607. Made in a unique edition of 1000 examples in 2004. Fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant to 1000 meters, chronometer, brushed stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with helium escape valve, screw down button chronograph, registers, date, unidirectional revolving bezel for decompression times, and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and pushers, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even under water, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numeral, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "Skeleton" hands. M. Cal. OP XII, 13 1/4???, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Glucydur balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness 19 mm.