Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 27

Corum Bubble ?Joker? Chronograph Corum, ?Bubble? Automatic, THE COLLECTOR SERIES, No. 664/ 777, case No. 794949, Ref. 285.240.20. Made in a limited edition of 777 pieces in 2001. Fine, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Corum double deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, shaped, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, case back with 6 screws and ?Joker? image, screwed down ball-shaped winding crown and chronograph buttons with rubber rings, domed sapphire crystal. D. Red, black and white with the face of a Joker at 12, painted heart, diamond, spade and club indexes, guilloché silver ring subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute division, aperture for the date. Luminous steel lozenge hands. M. Cal. based 2892-A2 with chronograph module, rhodiumplated, 57 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 21 mm.