Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 20

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. 0765/1000, Ref. OP 6531. Produced in a limited edition of 1000 examples circa 2000. Very fine, oversized, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant to 200 meters, titanium and stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and certificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel, straight lugs, winding crown with steel security lever with integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. D. black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, auxiliary sunk dials for the seconds, the 30 minute and 12 hour registers. Luminous steel "Bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP IV/400 Z, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapemet, monometallic balance, shock- absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 46 x 48 mm.