Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 120

"Radiomir Rattrapante" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Radiomir Rattrapante", Automatic, No. H 0033/1000, Ref. OP 6642. Made in a limited edition of 1000 examples in 2005. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, screwed-down winding-crown, push button at 8 for the splitseconds function, wire lugs secured by 4 screws in the case band, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer ring with tachometer graduation. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP XVIII, rhodiumplated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim 45 X 45 mm. Thickness 17 mm.