Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 131

Panerai Steel Radiomir Rattrapante Officine Panerai, "Radiomir Rattrapante," Automatic Chronometer, No. H 0416/1000, Ref. OP 6642. Made in a limited edition of 1000 pieces in 2005, sold June 25th, 2006. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with round button splitseconds chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, chronometer certificate, gurantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, screwed-down winding-crown, push button at 8 for the split-seconds function, wire lugs secured by 4 screws in the case band, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer minute/seconds track and tachometer graduation to 400 UPH. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. OP XVIII, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim 45 x 45 mm. Thickness 17 mm.