Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 27

PANERAI REF. OP 6558 PAM 187 CHRONO 1000 STEEL Luminor Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, Automatic Chrono 1000, No. G 0962/1000, Ref. OP 6607. Made in a limited edition of 1000 pieces in 2004. Fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant to 1000 meters, brushed stainless steel diver's chronometer wristwatch with helium escape valve, round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden box, guarantee, instruction booklet, Chronometer Certificate, tool and spare nylon strap with slide through buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and buttons, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel for the decompression times, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even underwater, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numeral, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. OP XII, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Glucydur balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 47 x 47 mm. Thickness 19 mm. Property of an American Collector