Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 400

LUMINOR PANERAI PAM 52 TITANIUM & STEEL CHRONOGRAPH Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, Luminor Automatic Chronograph, No. B 128/500, OP 6531. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 1999. Fine and rare, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water resistant, titanium wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers with a titanium and stainless steel Panerai bracelet. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee, certificate, instruction booklet, the Controle Officiel Suisse des Chronometres and 2 extra links.

USD 4,000 - 6,000

CHF 3,500 - 5,200 / EUR 2,800 - 4,300

Sold: USD 9,000

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, straight lugs, patented winding-crown security lever with integrated chronograph buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous Arabic numeral and baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. OP IV, rhodium-plated, engraved with special Panerai decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The PAM 52, made in a limited edition of 500 examples, features Panerai's iteration of the venerable Zenith El Primero chronograph movement. The current example is also more desirable as, being one of the fi rst 150 released does not have a tachometer on the bezel.