Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 500

Platinum Chronographe, Quantième Perpétuel Chopard, Genève, ?Chronographe avec Quantième Perpétuel?, No. 36/50, movement No. 2654253, case No. 919950, Ref. 36/1224. Made in a limited edition of 50 pieces circa 2000. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, leap year, week, season and 24 hour indication, moon phases and a platinum Chopard buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, straight and curved lugs, transparent case back with 8 screws, correctors on the band, sapphire crystals. D. 18K gold in white with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary guilloche silver dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the date, days of the week, months, the week, season and leap year indication, aperture for the moon phases. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 889/2, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straightlever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.