Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 123

"Mare Nostrum" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Mare Nostrum", No. 0042, Ref. 5218-301/A. Made in 1997. Fine and rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 280 units per hour, concave lugs, screweddown case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30- minute register dials. Luminous black "baton" hands. M. Cal. 11''', rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.