Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 82

Chopard "St-Moritz" Steel Chronograph Chopard, Geneve, No. 53297, Ref. 8352. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, 45 hours autonomy, date and a Chopard stainless steel buckle. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stylized brushed bezel with 8 screws, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone blue with applied faceted steel Roman 12 and baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/ seconds square luminous markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1185, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed, numbered on the case. Dim. 38 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.