Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 79

Chopard - Mille Miglia - Brescia - Rome - Brescia Classic Car Race Chopard, ?Mille Miglia,? case No. 999649, Ref. 8920. Made in 2002 for the Brescia ? Rome ? classic car race. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer bezel, date and a stainless steel Chopard link bracelet with double deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, inclined tachometer bezel to 240 UPH, curved lugs, case back with 8 screws and engraved with a map of the Brescia-Rome circuit, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, red ?Mille Miglia 1000? logo, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2892A2 with chronograph module, 37 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.