Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 155

Ebel - Yellow Gold - Chronograph Perpetual Ebel, ?Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar,? case No. 8136901. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication, tachometer, and an 18K yellow gold Ebel deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, warranty, instruction booklet and one extra link.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel with 5 screws, concave lugs, protected winding-crown, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation to 500 UPH, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 40.0, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.