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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 149

Mille Miglia ? GTXL Power-Reserve Chopard, Genève, "Mille Miglia ? GTXL - Gran Turismo XL", Certified Chronometer, Ref. 16/8457. Made circa 2007. Fine, large, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 100m, stainless steel wristwatch with power-reserve indication, date and a stainless steel Chopard deployant clasp. Accompanied by a box, instruction booklet and certificate

C. Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, protected screwed-down winding crown, domed sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with applied luminous baton indexes and Arabic 12, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5-minute/seconds Arabic numerals, "1000 Miglia" logo, aperture for the date, sector for the up-and-down indication inspired by a fuel gauge with F (full) and E (empty). Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. AO7161, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack feature. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 14 mm.