Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 33

Officine Panerai Firenze 1860, "Luminor Submersible 1000 m", No. 374/500, Ref. OP 6541. Produced in a limited edition of500 examples in June 2000, sold on Feb. 3, 2001.Fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant to 1000 m., stainless steel, professional grade diving gentleman?swristwatch with date and an Officine Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box, accessories and a certificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, counter-clockwise rotating bezel graduated to measure time of immer-sion,winding crown with security lever, helium escape valve, anti-reflective sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. black with tritium-coatedArabic numerals and indexes, guilloché silver subsidiary seconds at 9, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated "skeleton" hands.M. Cal. OP III, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensatingflat balance spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 44 x 44 mm.