Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 169

"Luminor Chronograph" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Chronograph?, Automatic, PAM 00192, No. F 0949/1500, OP 6595. Made in a limited edition of 1500 pieces in 2003. Very fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the bezel, straight lugs, patented winding crown security lever with integrated chronograph buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. OP 1185, rhodium-plated, engraved with special Panerai decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 16 mm.