Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 99

"PanoRetroGraph" Glashütte Original, Glashütte i./ Sa., "PanoRetroGraph", No. 090/150. Made in a limited edition of 150 examples. Production of this reference started in 2000. Very fine, rare and unusual, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button fly-back chronograph, countdown timer with acoustic signal, panoramadate and an original 18K white gold Glashütte buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

USD 15,000 - 20,000

EUR 12,000 - 16,000

Sold: USD 22,420

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with screws, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied white gold bâton indexes on a plain reserve for the off-center hour and minute dial at 10, subsidiary seconds dial at 7, 30-minute recorder aperture at 2, aperture for the oversized date at 5. Blued steel "Alpha" hands. M. Cal. 60, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels partially in screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with 28 gold screws, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, hand-engraved balance cock, repeating on gong at end of chosen countdown interval. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Caliber 60 is a flyback-chronograph, which also features a countdown function with acoustic signal. Similar to a repeater mechanism, 3 repeater chimes sound when a hammer strikes on a gong at the end of a preset interval, up to 30 minutes. A classic column-wheel mechanism, the chronograph fly-back function allows restarting of the chronograph in an instant without any delay. Caliber 60 includes also an oversized date and consists of more than 450 individual parts, elaborately hand-finished, then adjusted and regulated with the greatest of care. The PanoRetroGraph was chosen "Watch of the Year 2001" in Germany, an extraordinary achievement for the "Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH", which began again in 1994 after a forced 40-year break due to political circumstances.