Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 87

"Luminor - Rattrapante 1950" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor -Rattrapante 1950", Automatic, PAM 213, No. H 435/ 800, OP 6641. Made in a limited edition of 800 pieces in 2005. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, winding crown with patented security lever to wind the watch even underwater, push button at 8 for the split-seconds function, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer ring with tachometer graduation. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. OP XVIII, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 X 44 mm. Thickness 19 mm.