The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 255

Grand Prix Monaco Historique Rattrapante Chopard Genève "Grand Prix Monaco Historique Rattrapante", No. 36/50, Ref. 16/1890. Made in a limited edition of 50 pieces in 2003. Sold on May 7, 2003. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph with registers, date and an 18K pink gold Chopard buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, curved lugs, transparent case back held by 6 screws, button at 10 for the split-seconds, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone off-white and black with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, luminous indexes, outer fifths of a second divisions, guilloché black subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, date aperture between 4 and 5. Luminous pink gold skeleton baton hands. M. Cal. 1186, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.