Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 8

PANERAI REF. OP 6596 PAM 163 CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Radiomir Panerai Officine Chronograph, No. F 164 / 230, case No. BB1106900, Ref. OP 6596. Made in a limited edition of 230 pieces in 2003. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, water resistant to 100 meters, stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, date, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, guarantee, instruction booklet and Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, polished, screw-down engraved and transparent case back, screw-down winding-crown, wire lugs secured by 4 screws in the band, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied luminous steel indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 45-minute register dials, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. Valjoux 234, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness: 15 mm. Property of an American Collector