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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 245

Officine Panerai Firenze 1860, "Luminor Submersible - Slytech Panerai", No 24, made in 1996. Large and extremely rare, cushion shaped, waterproof to 20 ATM, stainless steel Aisi 316 L, military diving wristwatch with 40 hours powerreserve, a large thuya-root wooden fitted box containing the watch, an extra leather band, a maquette of a battleship named "Luigi Durand de la Penne", the book "I Mezzi d'Assalto della Xa Flottiglia Mas" di Marco Spertini e Erminio Bagnasco and a certificate.

CHF 6,000 - 7,000

Sold: CHF 8,625

C. polished, satined, screwed dedicated back, signed by Silvester Stallone, straight lugs, manual winding system with impermeability security lever on the crown protection D. black with ISO 8/3 tritium Arabic numerals and indexes + auxiliary seconds dial on the 9. "Baton " tritium hands. M. 16"' ETA, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 17 jewels, lever escapement, Glucidur balance, 4 adjustments, antishock system, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Weight : 125 g.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1-35

As new

To be restored

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-51

As new

Partially reprinted

Notes

This watch is No. 24 of this new limited series of 100 examples, although the hack of the watch indicates No. 24/200. The Panerai Luminor watch is a reissue, based on the original design drawings or the timepiece designed and produced by Panerai for the Italian Navy, in the years 40's and used by the Navy's Assault Forces in enterprises become legendary. The Luminor Submersible derives from the above mentioned Luminor and maintain, the same case and dial with an excellent visibility in the Clark. This particular model has been the protagonist, with Sylvester Stallone, in the Daylight movie and, for this use, was expressly manufactured in a special edition as requested by Mr. Stallone. On the dial of the watch, in effect, there is the mark Slytech Panerai (Sly is the well known nickname of Sylvester Stallone) a nd on the base, Stallonc's signature and the writing: Special Edition Sylvester Stallone. The dials of the first Pancrai watches, in the 1940's, were made with diverse superposed plates fitted with each other : the bottom plate was luminous with "Radiomir" or "Luminor". 'fhe dial plate was pierced, so that the numbers were visible through the slots. Panerai very soon noticed that Radiomir was slightly radioactive, so they changed for Luminor. The numerals, indexes and hands of the present model are made with tritium, which has no radioactive effect at all.