Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 215

PANERAI PAM 398 / 399 "RADIOMIR 1940 SPECIAL EDITION" MINERVA BASE MOVEMENT SET OF 2 WATCHES Panerai , "Radiomir 1940" Set No. M 050 / 100, Ref. OP 6896. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces in 2010. Very fine, large, cushion-shaped, water-resistant wristwatches, one steel with steel buckle and one 18K pink gold with 18K pink gold double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, certificate, sticker, 2 spare crystals, 2 pouches, instructions and a book: Panerai Radiomir 1940: "History on the wrist." A) PAM 398 REF. 8607 CASE NO. BB1547709 PINK GOLD B) PAM 399 REF. 6896 CASE NO. BB1544976 STEEL

A) Two-body, solid, transparent screw-down case back, screw-down winding- crown, straight lugs, gold screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Matte black with recessed luminous Arabic quarters and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. OP XXVII, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator B) Two-body, transparent screw-down case back, screw-down winding- crown, straight lugs, steel screwed bars, sapphire crystals. Matte black with recessed luminous Arabic quarters and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. OP XXVII, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator.