Aguttes will auction a Ref. 6152/1 “Luminor Panerai” with unique caseback engraving dedicated in the year 1983 to Admiral Cataldo Gigantesco.

We know this watch since June 2007 during a Panerai collectors meeting in Tuscany, where it submerged soon after for years and now surfaced for sale online at Aguttes (France). It is part of our database since Marco, son of the Admiral, showed us the watch 16 years ago (see photo on the left).

You can find more info on this rare Ref. 6152/1 with Rolex Cal. 618 / Type 4 movement and the unique engraving on its caseback at our Watch Point. 

Aguttes (Paris/France) will auction a Ref. 6152/1 “Luminor Panerai” with Rolex Cal. 618 / Type 4 movement and engraved caseback from 14 to 28 June online here (Lot 5).

This Ref. 6152/1 is in our database since June 2007, when we took the photos in this posting, during the annual Club Panerai collectors meeting in Viareggio/Italy. Back then, Marco, son of Admiral Cataldo Gigantesco, showed us the watch of his father. Aguttes has published detailled information on Admiral Gigantesco’s career at the Marina Militare / G.O.I. which led to the unique engraving on the caseback of the watch in 1983 here.

The Rolex movement of the watch with “Luminor Panerai” dial is a typical Cal. 618 / Type 4 version with incabloc shock protection and 17 jewels. The watch is equipped with so-called “Double Pencil” hands. The crown-protecting device of this watch is signed “BREV. ITAL.” and additionally numbered “5” on the underside.

Features of the watch:
Reference: 6152/1
Dial: “Luminor Panerai”
Case number: 124591
Movement: Rolex Cal. 618 / Type 4

Chapter VIII.II of our book “The References” 1950’s-1960’s is featuring similar watches like this specimen on auction at Aguttes, with Rolex movement and Panerai crown-protecting device, on page 922-1057. The unique caseback engraving has been illustrated and explained in our book “The References” 1950’s-1960’s on page 916-917. An overview about the “BREV. ITAL.” signatures on watches with crown-protecting device can be found on page 975.

Currently this Ref. 6152/1 is one of the 73 watches in our database with Rolex movement and Panerai crown guard. Read more on the known watches in our records here as of 1 Januar 2023.

We hope that this Ref. 6152/1 will find a good new home and remains surfaced in the Vintage Panerai collectors world. [Ralf Ehlers & Volker Wiegmann]