Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 248

Gold Perpetual Calendar Chopard, Genève. No. 214813, Ref. 1109. Made in the 1990's. Fine and unusual, water-resistant, self-winding 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar wristwatch, leapyear indicator and an 18K yellow Chopard buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel and lugs, case back with 4 screws, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals and round indexes, subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, day of the week, date indicator and the months combined with leap year indicator. Blued steel baton hands. M. Cal. 886, rhodium-plated, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 7 mm.