Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 99

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860,"Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. B248/500, Ref. OP 6531. Produced in a limited edition of 500 examples circa 2000. Very fine, oversized, cushion-shaped, self-winding, titanium and stainless steel diver?s wristwatch, water-resistant to 200 meters, with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai link bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, straight lugs, winding crown with patented steel security lever, integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP 400 Z, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 40 x 40 mm.