Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 11

Eberhard & Co., "Tazio Nuvolari 1892 - 1992 Gold Car Collection", Chronograph. Made in 1992. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Eberhard buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back with 8 gold screws, oeil-de-perdrix bezel and back, tachometer graduation on the bezel in miles per hour, lapidated lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute and 1- hour register, outer tachometer graduation in km per hour, at 9 the signature and tortoise charm symbol with the initials in polychrome enamel. Luminous white "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 7750, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Rotor engraved: Tazio Nuvolari 1892 - 1992 Gold Car Collection and a gold raised image of an Alfa Romeo Tipo "C". Dial and case signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.