Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 20

"Yacht Club" International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, "Yacht Club", Automatic, Ref. R 811 A. Made in the 1980s. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, centerseconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back. D. Satiné champagne with applied gold and black indexes and luminous dots, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 8541, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.