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Hong Kong, Mar 09, 2022

LOT 73

Fortis
Self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour counters, date, day, AM-PM indication, calibre Lemania 5100; stainless steel

HKD 6,800 - 13,600

EUR 800 - 1,550 / CHF 800 - 1,600 / USD 900 - 1,750

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: HKD 8,000

Stainless steel, self-winding, vertical “tonneau”-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, black dial with luminescent suspended Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds at 9 and six horological complications:
· 1/8 second chronograph (activated by the two round-shaped screwed push-pieces located on the case-band) with tachometric scale graduated on the bezel for 500 units per hour
· Dragging 60-minute central counter (internal graduation with central index)
· 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
· Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
· Day of the week (aperture at 3 o’clock; indications given in English)
· Diurnal (day-time) and nocturnal (night-time) hours with a 24-hour (AM-PM) scale (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Fortis, Grenchen / Granges

Reference 571.10.142

Year circa 1983

Movement No. 4 426 758

Case No. 915 / 4.070.0.0.83

Material stainless steel

Bracelet black leather Fortis strap

Buckle stainless steel Fortis buckle

Diameter 39.2 mm. (bezel)

Caliber Lemania 5100 (28 800 v / h; by A. Lugrin & Cie, L’Orient-de-l’Orbe, Vallée de Joux)

Height 45.1 mm.

Width 38.6 mm.

Signature dial and case

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.