Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 152

L.U.C. Power-Reserve Limited Edition Chopard, "L.U.C. Power-Reserve", No. 0172/1860, movement No. 1000789, case No. 947915, Ref. 16/1863. Made in a limited edition of 1860 pieces in the 2000s. Very fine, 8-day going, water-resistant, 18K white gold chronometer wristwatch with twin barrels, power reserve indication, date and an 18K white gold Chopard buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished, concave lugs, flat bezel, transparent back with 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone silver with applied white gold faceted dart indexes on a brushed reserve, outer minute divisions, engine-turned center, power-reserve sector at 12, subsidiary dial for the date concentric with seconds at 6. White gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 1.98, rhodium-plated, 39 jewels, twin barrels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, hacking feature. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.