Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 158

"Chronographe à Rattrapante? Girard-Perregaux, "Chronographe à Rattrapante?, Automatic, Ref. 9014. Produced in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button co-axial split-seconds chronograph, register and a stainless steel Girard-Perregaux buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied faceted yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds scale. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 8298, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? and "oeilde- perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, co-axial push button in the crown to activate the split-seconds function. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.