Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 201

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Blackseal", No. E 204/300. Produced in a limited edition of 300 examples in 2002. Very fine and rare, oversized, self-winding, water-resistant to 50 m., titanium, military-type diver?s wristwatch with date, concealed dial and a titanium Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, brushed titanium, screwed down case back, winding-crown with security lever, hinged steel cover engraved with an under-water scene depicting two divers sitting on a torpedo and cutting wire-mesh, anti-reflective sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Bi-colored black and silver with applied luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" seconds dial at 9, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands.M. Cal. OP III, rhodium plated, 21 jewels, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flatbalance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam: 44 mm.