Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 154

"Mare Nostrum" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Mare Nostrum", No. 0770, Ref. 5218-301/A. Made in the 1990s. Fine and very rare, large, water-resistant, stainless steel, gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, tachometer and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 280 units per hour, concave lugs, screwed-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register. Luminous "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 11''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.