Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 341

EBEL QUANTIEME PERPETUEL CHRONOGRAPH 'JUSTIN LEONARD' YELLOW GOLD Ebel, "Chronograph, Quantieme Perpetuel", Ref. 8136901, case No.64103945. Made in the 1997. 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.

HKD 62,000 - 96,000

USD 7,980 - 12,360 / CHF 7,900 - 12,275

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel with 5 screws, concave lugs, protected winding-crown, snap-on case back with presentation engraving to American golfer Justin Leonard for winning the 126th British Open, sapphire crystal. 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 1/5 seconds/minute divisions, outermost tachometer scale, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 40.0, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

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signed. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 12.5 mm. The reverse features a presentation engraving to JUSTIN LEONARD for winning the 126TH BRITISH OPEN golf championship, held at the ROYAL TROON GOLF CLUB in Scotland during 1997, it was the first time the famous American had won a major championship.