Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 315

Officine Panerai PAM 159,?Luminor GMT ? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor GMT, Panerai Automatic", No. F0780/1700, case No. BB1100230, Ref. OP 6594. Made in a limited series of 1700 pieces in 2003. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s wristwatch with two time zones, date, special 24-hour dial and hand and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, patented crown with security lever, domed sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Black with luminous dot indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, outer 24-hour numerals for the second time-zone, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands and arrow hand for the second time zone. M. Cal. OP VIII, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 16 mm.