Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 40

Panerai - Chrono - no. 4 - Series Specially Made for BoutiqueS - Pam 215 Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor - Chrono,? No. 00R 04/10, case No. BB 1146387, Ref. OP 6643. Made in a limited edition of 10 pieces in circa 2008, sold September 30th, 2009. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, cushion-shaped, water resistant to 200 m, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer bezel and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate, guarantee card, instruction booklet, screw driver and spare strap.

C. Three-body, brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, tachometer bezel to 400 UPH, patented crown with security lever, integrated push-buttons, curved lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds at 9 and the 30-minute register at 3. Luminous steel baton hands. m. Cal. 1145/1, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.