Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 340

"Luminor Chrono" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. 028/ 500, Ref. OP 6531. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples circa 2000. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and stainless steel diver's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Officine Panerai link bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units, transparent screwed-down case back, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even underwater, integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. D. Bi-color black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 400 Z, rhodium-plated, 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. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 15 mm.