Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 105

Chopard - L.U.C ? Steel Automatic Chopard, No. 50/500, case No. 1414535, Ref. 3490. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces circa 2008. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Chopard double deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, rounded bezel, concave lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, protected winding crown at 4, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied steel Arabic numerals, outer minute track, concentric large aperture to view the movement, skeletonized silver section at 7 for the subsidiary seconds dial and the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. L.U. 3.96, 29 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism, 22K micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.