Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 31

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Marina", Automatic, Ref. OP 6553. Produced circa 2000.Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant to 300 meters, stainless steel military diving gentleman?s wrist-watchwith date, 40 hours autonomy and a stainless steel Officine Panerai deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box andcertificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, patented winding-crown protection mechanism, sapphirecrystal. D. black with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, ?Cyclops? aperture for the date. Tri-tium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP III (base 7750 P1), rhodium-plated, ?oeil-de-perdrix? and special "Panerai"-decoration, 21jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometric reg-ulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 44 x 44 mm.