Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 60

"Luminor - Black Seal Ref. 6546" Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, "Luminor - Black Seal", No. E 061/300, Ref. OP 6546. Made in a limited edition of 300 examples in 2002. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium, military- type diver's wristwatch with concealed dial, date and a titanium Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, brushed titanium, screwed-down case back, hinged steel cover engraved with an underwater scene depicting 2 divers sitting on a torpedo and cutting wire-mesh, windingcrown with security lever to wind the watch even underwater, anti-reflective sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Bi-color black and silver with applied luminous steel Arabic numerals and indexes, subsidiary seconds dial at 9, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. OP III, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 17 mm.