Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 249

"1000 Miglia" Chopard Genève, "1000 Miglia", No. 791/1000. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Chopard buckle.

C. Three-body, polished, straight lugs, transparent case-back with screws, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary 12 hour and 30 minute register white ring dials, the logo "1000 Miglia" and ?1988- 1998", outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. "Bâton" luminous steel hands, the second hand with the famous arrow, symbol of the race. M. Cal. 2894.2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11 mm.