Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 55

?I Diamanti? Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Radiomir, I Diamanti della Officine Panerai", No. E 074/105, Ref. OP 6588. Made in a limited edition of 105 examples in the 2002. Very fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold and diamond-set diver?s wristwatch with date and an 18K Panerai deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent screwed-down case back, screweddown winding-crown, bezel set with 47 brilliant-cut diamonds, removable wire lugs with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with diamond-set Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP VII, rhodium-plated, special Panerai decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 11 mm.