Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 56

"Luminor - Black Seal" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor - Black Seal", No. E 045/300, Ref. OP 6546. Made in a limited edition of 300 pieces in 2002. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium, diver's hunting-cased wristwatch with date and a titanium Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, brushed titanium, screwed-down case back, hinged steel cover engraved with a scene depicting 2 divers piloting a torpedo through an anti-submarine net, winding crown with security lever to wind the watch even under water, anti-reflective sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Bi-color black and silver with applied luminous steel Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. OP III, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 17 mm.