Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 234

PANERAI REF. OP 6558 CHRONOGRAPH 1000 STEEL Luminor Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860, Automatic Chrono 1000, No. BB 1134669, Ref. OP 6607. Made in a limited edition of 1000 pieces circa 2004. Fine and rare, large, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water resistant to 1000 meters, brushed stainless steel diver?s chronometer wristwatch with helium escape valve, round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Officine Panerai buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and buttons, graduated unidirectional revolving bezel for the decompression times, straight lugs, patented crown with security lever to wind the watch even underwater, domed sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes and Arabic numeral, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. OP XII, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 27 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. 47 x 47 mm. THICKNESS 19 mm.