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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 406

Chronographe Quantieme Perpetuel Chopard, Genève, No. 07/10, Ref. 36/1208. Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in circa 2000. Very fine and very rare, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Chopard buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, and

C. Three-body, solid, polished, graduated bezel, concave lugs, protected winding crown, transparent case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied luminous white gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 889/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 52 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.