Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016
CHRONOSWISS REF. CH 1643 QUARTER REPEATER STEEL Chronoswiss, "Répétition a Quarts Automatique", No. 05 064, Ref. CH 1643. Made circa 2000. Fine, quarter-repeating, self-winding stainless steel wristwatch with a stainless steel Chronoswiss buckle.
Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent back, rounded bezel, flat band, straight lugs with screwed bars, sapphire crystals, large spherical crown, button at 10 o'clock to activate the repeating. Rose champagne with radial black painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands with pierced tips. Cal. C.126, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a button at 10 o'clock.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-9 |
Very good Scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |