$6,490
"Automatic Chrono" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor Panerai - Automatic Chrono", No. B 241/500, Ref. OP 6531. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples in 1999. Fine, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium and stainless steel diver's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai link bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden fitted box and COSC certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down case back, tachometer graduation on the bezel, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even under water, integrated titanium chronograph buttons, sapphire crystals. Bi-color black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12- hour registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. Cal. OP IV, rhodium-plated, 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. Thickness 15 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-03-15
