Panerai. A rare and unusual aluminium and stainless steel openface keyless lever chronograph watch with 30 minutes recorder and anti-vibration and anti-magnetic appliance
Signed Mare Nostrum, circa 1935
With nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, the white enamel dial with outer ring calibrated for 60 seconds, subsidiary dial indicating the 30 minutes register, in circular stainless steel case set within a glazed aluminium outer protective case suspended from the aluminium frame with six anti-vibration springs, the springs protecting the movement from deregulation by the vibrations of the vessel's engine and magnetic fields, chronograph activated and reset by depressing the large crown, stopped by sliding a lever in the band, dial signed
70 mm. overall diam.
Panerai. A rare and unusual aluminium and stainless steel openface keyless lever chronograph watch with 30 minutes recorder and anti-vibration and anti-magnetic appliance
Signed Mare Nostrum, circa 1935
With nickel-finished jewelled lever movement, the white enamel dial with outer ring calibrated for 60 seconds, subsidiary dial indicating the 30 minutes register, in circular stainless steel case set within a glazed aluminium outer protective case suspended from the aluminium frame with six anti-vibration springs, the springs protecting the movement from deregulation by the vibrations of the vessel's engine and magnetic fields, chronograph activated and reset by depressing the large crown, stopped by sliding a lever in the band, dial signed
70 mm. overall diam.