Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 95

"Elton John AIDS Foundation" Chopard, Genève, "Elton John AIDS Foundation" No. 761/2000, case No. 980406, Ref. 8331. Made in a limited edition of 2000 pieces for the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 2004. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Chopard buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a Certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, straight lugs, dedicated transparent case back secured by 8 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Two-color green and silver, ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration with luminous radial Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, inclined outermost tachometer graduated to 400 unite/hour. Subsidiary gray dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2894-2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" 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 11.5 mm.