Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 133

Mille Miglia ? Gran Turismo XL Chopard, Genève, "MilleMiglia ? GTXL - Gran Turismo XL, Certified Chronometer?, No. 0953/2006, case No. 1164876, Ref. 16/8458. Made in a limited edition of 2006 examples in 2006. Fine, large, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Chopard double deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws engraved with the Mille Miglia race track, protected screwed down winding crown, concave bezel, domed sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Twotone silver with applied luminous Arabic numerals and indexes, inner red minute division, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5- minute/seconds Arabic markers, the logo "1000Miglia", aperture for the date. Luminous blackened steel baton hands. M. Cal. AO7111, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, index regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 15 mm.