Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 230

?Cosmonaut?s Chronograph " Fortis, "Official Cosmonaut?s Chronograph", No. 025, Ref. 602.50.142. Made in the 1990s. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, day and date, tachometer, an unusual dial and a gold-plated Fortis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a letter signed by Yuri Gagarin.

HKD 30,000 - 45,000

USD 4,000 - 6,000 / EUR 3,200 - 5,000

Sold: HKD 18,880

C. Three-body, micro-sanded, tachometer graduation on the bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, case back engraved with the UNK logo, sapphire crystal. D. Black, tritium-coated indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, 30-minute register and 24-hour dials, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 5100, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 22

Later original

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original