Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 39

CHOPARD REF. 37/8209 IMPERIALE CHRONOGRAPH Chopard, Geneve, "Imperial, Automatic," case No. 837763, Ref. 37/8209-33. Made in the 2000s. Fine, water- resistant, self-winding stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Chopard buckle.

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped inclined bezel, cabochon stone-set winding crown, buttons and lug ends, case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied steel radial roman indexes, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour register, magnifying aperture for the date, outer minute/1/5th seconds track. ETA 2892A2, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.