Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 29

PANERAI REF. 5218-301/A MARE NOSTRUM STEEL Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, Mare Nostrum, No. 0427, Ref. 5218-301/A. Made in 1994. Fine and rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original mahogany box, guarantee and extra strap.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 280 units per hour, concave lugs, screw-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Luminous black baton hands. M. Cal. 11''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of an American Collector