Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 242

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. F 273/399, Ref. OP 6584. Produced in a limited edition of 399 examples in 2003. Fine, oversized, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant to 200 meters, titanium and stainless steel diver?s wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Panerai link bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the steel bezel, straight lugs, crown with steel security lever with integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystal. D. Blue with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP IV/400 Z, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock- absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with special Panerai decoration.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 40 x 40 mm.