$195,000
Officine Panerai, Firenze 1860,"Radiomir Tourbillon", No. 02/02, Ref. PAM00077. Produced in a limited edition of only 2 examples in 2001, sold on Jan. 1, 2002. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, cushion-shaped, water-resistant to 100 m., platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under 3 golden bridges and an 18K white gold Panerai buckle. Accompanied by a special fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished, pyramidal bezel, screwed-down case back and winding-crown, wire lugs, domed sapphire crystal. 3 polished 18K pink gold bridges secured in 2 satiné 18K pink gold blocks over a guilloché silver plate, the guilloché silver ornamented barrel at 12, the 18K pink gold center wheel and at 6 the visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with it’s A-shaped polished steel cage and the subsidiary blued steel seconds hand, outer 12-hour graduation. Luminous white gold "bâto" hands. Based on Girard-Perregaux Cal. 9900 /“Tourbillon sous trois Ponts d’Or”, rhodium-plated, 20 jewels, one-minute tourbillon regulator with lateral lever escapement, A-shaped tourbillon cage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 42 x 42 mm. Notes Two Panerai Radiomir Tourbillons were made by Panerai in 2001, using a movement with gold bridge by Girard-Perregaux. The first Tourbillon completely produced by Panera
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-05-26
