Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2015

LOT 81

HUBLOT REF. 703 KING POWER GUGA KUERTEN LIMITED EDITION Hublot, "King Power Guga Kuerten," No. 041 / 100, Ref. 703.NQ.1129.NR.GUG13. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces circa 2013. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, Titanium, Carbon and Nomex wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers and a Hublot rubber strap with black and gray titanium deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, USB device, a Hublot tennis ball autographed by Guga, warranty card and certificate.

USD 12,000 - 18,000

HKD 93,000 - 140,000 / CHF 11,600 - 17,500

Three-body, titanium, carbon fiber and nomex, brushed, case back with 8 screws, an image of Guga and his signature, hooded lugs, bezel fixed with 6 nuts, sapphire crystal with Guga's signature. Black with applied luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12- hour registers, outer 1/5th seconds track with Arabic 5-seconds markers, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Luminous brushed steel skeletonized baton hands. Cal. HUB 4144, rhodium-plated, 40 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized matte black rotor, hack mechanism.


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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 52 mm. THICKNESS 18 mm. GUSTAVO KUERTEN, also known as Guga, is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the FRENCH OPEN three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the TENNIS MASTERS CUP champion in 2000, becoming the only player to defeat PETE SAMPRAS and ANDRE AGASSI in the same major tournament.