Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 423

Chopard, Genève. Ref. 1109, No. 214813. Made in the 1990s. Fine and unusual 18K yellow gold, water-resistant, self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch with leap-year indicator, on Chopard strap with 18K yellow Chopard buckle.

C. Two-piece, circular, polished, stepped bezel and shoulders, reverse secured by 4 screws, band with inset calendar adjuster, cabochon set winding crown. D. Silvered, applied gold Roman numerals and dots, 4 guilloché subsidiary dials with constant seconds, day indicator, date indicator and months combined with leap year indicator. Blued steel baton hands. M. Brass plated with fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat hairspring, shock-absorber, gold plated 0.900 platinum rotor. Case, dial and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.