Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 240

?World Time? Girard-Perregaux, ?F2003-GA World Time Chronograph", No. 119-249, Ref. 4980. Made in a limited edition of 249 examples for Ferrari, in 2003. . Very fine, oversized, world time, centerseconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with Ferrari logo, rounded bezel, concave lugs, the windingcrown at 9 moves the city disc backwards or forwards, the one at 3 is for setting the time and moving the night/day function backwards or forwards, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied luminous indexes and Arabic "12", subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, surrounded by a white and red revolving ring with contrasting painted Arabic numerals for the night/day hours, outermost revolving disc bearing the names of 24 cities in the world, aperture for the date. Luminous white "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 3387, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 63 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 14 mm.