Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 24

PANERAI REF. OP 6779 PAM 326 LUMINOR CHRONO DAYLIGHT TITANIUM Luminor Panerai, Firenze 1860, Daylight - Chronograph, Automatic, No. M 284 / 500, Ref. OP 6779. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in 2010. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water resistant, titanium and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Panerai link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, guarantee, instruction booklet, Chronometer Certificate, tool, 2 spare straps with 1 buckle and 4 additional links.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, straight lugs, bezel with tachometer graduation to 400 UPH, patented winding-crown security lever with integrated chronograph buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Midnight blue with luminous indexes and Arabic 12, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer minute/seconds track with concentric 5-second Arabic markers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. OP 1185, rhodium-plated, engraved with special Panerai decoration, 37 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. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 16 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm plus 4 links. Property of an American Collector