Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 93

Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor.? Produced for the Italian Navy Commandos in the 1950s. Fine and rare, oversized, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s wrist-depth gauge device graduated to 15 meters with an original water-repellent leather strap and stainless steel Panerai buckle. Dial signed. Diam. 69 mm. Thickness: 39 mm. Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, ?Compass.? Produced for the Italian Navy Commandos in the 1950s. Fine and rare, oversized, water-resistant, stainless steel military diver?s wrist-depth gauge device graduated to 15 meters with an original water-repellent leather strap and stainless steel Panerai buckle. Portable instrument, usable on land as well as for diving, day and night, without any external lighting. Made of an antimagnetic, stainless steel base with attached robust transparent monoblock plexiglass case, radium-coated indexes in relief and magnetic dial immersed in liquid. Diam. 69 mm. Thickness: 32 mm.