Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 142

CHOPARD POSSIBLY UNIQUE EMERALD DIAMOND AND WHITE GOLD Chopard, Genève, "Libya 1.9.2009", case No. 1528258. Made to mark the 40th anniversary of the Libyan Revolution in 2009. Fine and rare, self-winding, 18K white gold, emerald and diamond set wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers, printing Muammar Qaddafi motif dial date and 18K white gold and diamond set Chopard buckle.

Three-body, polished, curved lugs, case back secured by 8 screws and engraved: LIBYA 1.9.2009, bezel set with 40 round emeralds, case set with 572 rounded diamonds, sapphire crystal. Green, printed Muammar Qaddafi motif , outer minute chapter ring, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Steel double alpha hands. Cal. 2894-2, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes and oeil-deperdrix decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.