Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 276

Heuer Yellow Gold Carrera Heuer, Automatic Chronograph, No. 320932, Ref. 1158. Made in the 1970's. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, winding-crown at 9. D. Bicolor satiné gold and black with applied yellow gold and black baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the 12-hour and 30 minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds track and tachometer graduation, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous gold and black baton hands. M. Cal. 12, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.