Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 172

?Radiomir Chrono? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, ?Radiomir Chrono?, No. 050/125, Ref. OP 6620. Made in a limited edition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wempe chronometerwerke in 2005. Very fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, water-resistant to 100 meters, stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down engraved and transparent case back, screwed-down winding-crown, wire lugs with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with painted luminous indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal.OP XVI, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating, flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 42 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.