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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 217

"Luminor Submersible" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Submersible" 1000 m., Automatic, "Diver's Professional", No. 347/500, Ref. OP 6541. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 2002. Fine, oversized, cushion-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant to 1000 meters, stainless steel military diver's wristwatch with date, 40-hour autonomy, helium escape valve and a stainless steel Panerai buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down engraved case back, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel, patented winding-crown with security lever, helium escape valve in the band at 9, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Blue with tritium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated steel ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. OP III (base 7750 P1), rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" and special "Panerai" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness: 18 mm.