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Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 331

Pre-Vendôme, Sly Tech Daylight Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Daylight ? Sly tech Panerai", No 032/200, Ref. 5218-207/A. Made in a limited edition of 105 examples in 1995 in collaboration with Sylvester Stallone, sold on May 27th, 1996. Fine and very rare, large, cushion shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with a large stainless steel Panerai buckle. Accompanied by fitted wooden box, warranty, an Officine Panerai overhaul invoice and a letter of Authenticity signed by Mario Paci.

CHF 60,000 - 80,000

USD 57,000 - 75,000 / EUR 40,000 - 53,000

Sold: CHF 66,000

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back engraved with Silvester Stallone's autograph, winding crown with patented security lever to wind the watch even underwater, sapphire crystal. D. White soft enamel with blue Arabic numerals, luminous dots, subsidiary seconds dial at 9. Luminous blue baton hands. M. Cal. OP II base on ETA UT6497, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Sly Tech Daylight Dial: During the filming of ?Daylight? Sylvester Stallone asked Officine Panerai to produce a special limited edition watch. Officine Panerai intiially planned to produce 200 examples with a white dial and blue indexes and hands, but after seeing an example, Stallone requested that the dial be white with black indexes and hands. Officine Panerai changed the dials as requested, and fewer than 10 models remained with blue indexes and hands. In the end, Officine Panerai produced only 105 of the 200 examples originally planned. For this reason, this example is one of the rarest Pre-Vendôme Panerai avalaible in the market.
Source: ?La Panerai di Firenze, 150 Anni di Storia?, written by Dino Zei, former President of Officine Panerai.