Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 23

PANERAI REF. OP 6673 PAM 246 1/8TH SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Radiomir Officine Panerai, Automatic, 1/8th Second, No. I 128 / 300, Ref. OP 6673. Made in a limited edition of 300 pieces in 2006, sold January 9th, 2008. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with round button co-axial 1/8th split-seconds chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, certificate of origin, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent screw-down case back, screw-down winding-crown with co-axial push button 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 dials for the 1/8th seconds at 9 and the 30-minute register at 3, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation to 400 UPH. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. OP XVI, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim 45 x 45 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Property of an American Collector